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LG Acquires webOS From HP To Power Smart TVs
LG has announced that it has acquired the much-troubled webOS from HP. But instead of using it to power smartphones or tablets, it’s planning to roll out smart TVs that will make use of the OS.
Here’s HP’s WebOS Running On A Nexus 7
Remember WebOS? That dinky little operating system seemingly abandoned by its parent, HP during a mid-life tech company-style crisis? After HP started to recover from its slight brain explosion, it open-sourced the WebOS platform, and now the first untethered alpha version of the software has been spotted on one of the best tablets around: the Nexus 7.
Rumourmodo: LG Working On An Open WebOS-Powered Smart TV?
Google TV was a wonderful idea, but there’s no denying that it’s flopped. LG has a new idea though, and it’s reportedly developing a line of TVs powered by the newly open-source webOS platform.
HP CEO: Ultimately We’ll Need A Smartphone
After purchasing Palm, putting webOS on smartphones and tablets, and then giving up, it seems that HP has finally decided it needs to offer a smartphone. Pressured on the point in an interview with Fox Business, HP’s CEO Meg Whitman said that the company “ultimately has to offer a smartphone.” But when, where, how, and what are still up in the air.
HP’s Open Source WebOS Code Has Arrived. Will Anyone Actually Use It?
There’s almost no reason for any normal person to get excited about the beta release of open source WebOS, but for those of us who still can’t come to grips with the fact that Palm’s stunted mobile OS was an abject failure, there’s still a faint beacon of light to soothe the soul.
HP’s WebOS Team Is Moving To Google
Poor little webOS, it just can’t catch a break. Now a large chunk of HP’s webOS team is leaving the company and moving on to Google.
HP Dumps 275 Employees From The webOS Team
It’s been a rough ride for webOS of recent times. But despite the OS continuing to survive, HP has decided to ditch a large chunk of it’s development team.
