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 | webOS isn't dead after all We all thought webOS died a few years ago when HP dumped it into the open source community. LG subsequently picked up the pieces of webOS and intended to use it in TV's and other appliances. Now it see LG has other plans. LG has announced the Watch Urbane and the Watch Ur... |
 | Every Yahoo Mail user should check this setting immediately Do you use Yahoo Mail? I do. I've been a Yahoo Mail Plus customer for over a decade. I moved my main accounts to other services, but I still use Yahoo Mail for some things. A few days ago, I noticed mail I received from Yahoo Mail users had incredibly small fonts. It wa... |
 | Can webOS succeed in a TV? webOS was such a major fail despite being ahead of its time in so many ways. webOS was the unluckiest OS since BeOS. Palm hire former Apple designer Jon Rubinstein to breathe new life into Palm with the forward looking webOS. The results were amazing, but lack of funding,... |
 | Android 4.4 KitKat unofficially running on HP TouchPad The HP TouchPad was released two years ago when webOS was still an HP project. Since then, webOS has gone open source and people have been porting versions of Android on the device. Now there is a port of the latest version of Android KitKat for the TouchPad. The HP Tou... |
 | Is HP looking to sell webOS patents? According to Bloomberg, HP is looking to offload some webOS patents. Who can blame them? HP lost a big opportunity when it dumped webOS into open source, then sold the code to LD. Now HP apparently needs the cash. HP acquired webOS in 2010 when it bought Palm, and at th... |
 | Apple acquires Palm patents Remember when Steve Jobs famously rebuffed Palm's patents as not worth much? It seems Apple has had a change of heart as it has paid $10 million to acquire Palm patents. Then again, what is $10 million to a company with $147 billion in cash? Not much. Apple has licensed ... |
 | Looking for a HP Touchpad? They are still out there If you missed out on the fire sale at Best Buy when HP sold out of its last Touchpads, and have been kicking yourself ever since, don't worry. You can still find a HP Touchpad out there if you're willing to take a chance. Several retailers still offer HP Touchpads, althoug... |
 | Will a webOS TV be better than Google TV or Apple TV? LG's intent of using webOS on smart TVs means a new platform will hopefully emerge in the TV space. Will they be successful when other companies were not? I hope so. Google TV had a lot of promise, but didn't go very far. Even though millions of users around the world ... |
 | webOS mobile hardware petition started LG just purchased webOS from HP but they supposedly intend to use the OS in smart TVs. The webOS community seems to want mobile hardware however. We'd like to see smartphones and tablets running webOS. One user has decided to start a petition at change.org in hopes of con... |
 | Wordpress for webOS looks great webOS is still the best mobile OS from a UI standpoint and I'm glad to see some people still supporting it. Most of us have Wordpress blogs these days, and Wordpress for webOS is an elegant way to manage your blog. Based around sliding panels, Wordpress for webOS lets you ... |
 | Will LG breathe new life into webOS or will this be another disappointment? webOS has had a long history in its short life. After all, wasn't just a few years ago in 2009 when we saw webOS for the first time? Palm was resurrected and introduced webOS only to later get in financial trouble. They were purchased by HP who promised to double down on ... |
 | Can webOS be saved? TechCrunch says no webOS has found another home today. HP has agreed to sell the last remaining parts of webOS and its team to LG. webOS will apparently be used in LG's smart TVs. So is this good news or bad news for webOS? Well if you're an engineer on the webOS team, then I suppose it's ... |
 | HP sells webOS properties to LG webOS has been left for dead and given to the open source community, but it's not over until it's over. HP has apparently struck a deal with LG to sell all the remaining pieces of Palm's webOS. That means the code, the engineering talent, and more will head over to LG. A... |
 | What was up with that BlackBerry Super Bowl commercial? If you watched the Super Bowl you probably saw the strange BlackBerry commercial. Although I didn't know what to expect, what I saw was a bit strange. It turns out BlackBerry did that by design. CNET talked to BlackBerry Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben who said the ... |
 | Open webOS runs as an Android app webOS fans out there can take solace in the fact that webOS is not dead, yet. webOS has a new lease on life because it can now be run as an Android app. We've seen it running on Android phones before, but not as an app. The good folks at Phoenix International Communicatio... |
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