Editorial: HP’s Old webOS Device Support Statement is Stupid, Confusing, Just Not Surprising
HP’s statements on how older webOS devices will be handled by Open webOS is as confusing, as it is stupid. But, it’s no surprise, and it’s something we thought would happen awhile ago.
HP Makes Good on Claim it’s Hiring for Open webOS
But the news isn’t all great. Nearly all the positions appear to be critical, dire need-to-fill jobs, most appear to be due to recent departures.
Giveaway: HP Fires 275 webOS Employees, We Give Away a Pre Case
HP yesterday announced plans to lay off 275 webOS team members, mostly engineers. The move comes as HP cuts costs after posting extremely poor financial numbers last quarter, and faces further financial troubles ahead of the launches of Windows 8, and an unclear future for webOS in the device market. But you don’t care about […]
HP Releases More Open webOS Components and Sets Governance Model
In a press release, HP has announced its latest webOS component release for the month in the Isis web browser which is shipped with the operating system as well as the ancillary components in Qt WebKit and the Netscape Plug-in API for third-party plugin support, such as Adobe’s now deprecated Mobile Flash plugin.