HP Fulfills A Deep, Magical Promise The Open WebOS project announced today via its blog the immediate availability of WebOS 1.0. Today is a major win for Open Source as many — including us — were not so fast to trust HP to deliver on the promise of a September release. At the same time, [...]
How Nexus 7 Will Finish Nook
The Day the Nook Died The Nexus 7 has been unveiled today to much fanfare. 2 years after the first mainstream Android tablet devices were introduced, Google has finally decided to make an official foray into a segment that is already populated by its immensely popular mobile operating system. This foray in particular is probably [...]
[Sneak Peek] Vivaldi Content Store Shows Ankles For The Cinematograph
Our good friends over at opentablets.org have posted a video from aseigo’s blog demoing the beginnings of the Make-Play-Live content store. No word yet on whether that name is official, but it does drape itself quite dramatically across the application’s login screen. The application is clearly very early on in development and there isn’t much [...]
Android 201: How To Automate Your Build
Welcome to Android 201, a series for the Android developer that already has some experience, but wants to take things to the next level. In other words, this is not an Android 101 column focused on teaching new developers how to make an Android app. This is a column focused on teaching developers more about [...]
7 Mobile Operating Systems You Might Never Use
Diamonds– err, Emeralds– In The Rough With iOS and Android dominating the mobile space, it’s sometimes hard to remember that it’s actually a congested and cluttered market. They are quite a few operating systems that are either in an incubating period, or already in your local Verizon store vying for your attention. This attention costs a lot [...]
RIM: No Products To Sell, Stock Goes Up?
Today’s news of RIM’s restructuring should not come as a surprise to anyone that follows the mobile industry. RIM has been strugging for the last 5 years to sustain itself in a market it never belonged it. The last 365 days have been it’s worst ever. It’s stock has lost of 2/3 it’s total value in this [...]
How The Retina Display Will Fundamentally Change The Internet
Maybe You Didn’t Notice Display technology is changing and it’s changing very fast. Sure, you could say that display technology evolves at the same rapid pace as everything else, and you’d be right, but what you have to consider are the standards for TV and Internet. These standards, while completely necessary, are what keeps amazing [...]
Meet Vivaldi: It’s Got A Real “Spark” For Open-Source!
Meet Vivaldi, the new opensource tablet from the gang over at MakePlayLive. You might already know a thing or two about the Vivaldi, because it used to be called the KDE ‘Spark’ Tablet. What you should really know is that at heart, it is just a giant Google Nexus S. But what makes it so [...]
Get A KDE Spark Tablet RIGHT NOW!
The KDE Spark Tablet is now called Vivaldi! Check It Out! Potential buyers have been clamoring over the new KDE Spark tablet. Though predicted to perform otherwise, demand has been incredibly high as suggested by the sheer volume of pre-orders over at Make-Play-Live. Well, you don’t have to wait in line… The Spark tablet is [...]
Meg Whitman’s New Smokescreen: Android To Become Closed-Source?
Wild speculation has been rampant as of late, and HP is no exception. Meg Whitman, who is undoubtedly doing something great right now, has tried to stir the proverbial pot with this statement: I think there is room for another operating system. iOS is great but it is a closed system. I think that Android may [...]
- 1
- 2