Hewlett-Packard will discontinue operations for devices running on WebOS. Despite critical praise, the WebOS software just couldn't compete in the crowded market for smartphone operating systems.

LG TV owners are discovering Microsoft Copilot on their home screens following a software update. The AI assistant installs ...

It’s ironic that perhaps the best commentary on the technology industry is a line written 160 years ago by the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest ...

HP announced Thursday that it will discontinue its WebOS line of devices, which includes the HP Veer 4G, the HP TouchPad, and the yet-to-be-released HP Pre 3 smartphone. The death of WebOS devices is ...

Long after HP dumped webOS as a platform for Palm smartphones and tablets, LG is still using the tech it snagged in 2013 to run apps and manage voice assistants on new smart TVs. While it continues to ...

When we first learned LG had purchased webOS from Hewlett Packard (HP) as part of a plan to refresh its smart TV platform, we were left scratching our heads. What would LG want with a failing mobile ...

HP announced it will no longer produce hardware running its webOS mobile operating system, discontinuing operations on future TouchPad tablets and the Pre smartphone devices. "HP plans to announce ...

HP has gone into detail today on what webOS components will be open sourced over the coming months, making Enyo 1.0 and the newly-announced Enyo 2.0 available immediately. HP has gone into detail ...

When Palm first unveiled webOS in 2009, the new platform was supposed to be the next mobile messiah. With its sexy user interface, a developer-friendly backend and a host of new features like ...

LG's brand-new smart platform, webOS, wasn't initially intended for televisions. In a previous life, webOS was Palm's (and then HP's) last attempt at a mobile operating system, and it was... average.

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