iOS Passes Linux to Become Third-Most Popular Internet Browsing Platform
Eric Slivka, MacRumors.com, 9/3/2010 As noted by Computerworld, Internet research firm Net Applications has calculated that Apple’s iOS has passed Linux to become the third-most popular Internet platform, surpassing Linux to trail only Windows and Mac OS X. According to Net Applications, the milestone came in July, when the release of the iPhone 4 apparently [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: Linux
Mobile 3D planned for MeeGo Linux
Gavin Clarke, The Register, 8/23/2010 Intel and Nokia are reviving the spirit of Second Life with plans for 3D interfaces on mobile devices running their MeeGo Linux distro. The companies have announced their first joint innovation center at Finland’s Oulu University, and it will specialize in the development of 3D interfaces and environments for MeeGo. [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone 7, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: Flash, Linux, Nokia
LiMo rumoured set for recall to Linux mothership
Bill Ray, The Register, 8/4/2010 The operator-backed LiMo Foundation is on the verge of folding into the Linux Foundation, according to Taiwanese manufacturers working with the standard. Digitimes reports that Vodafone has given up on the platform following poor sales of its LiMo-based Vodafone 360 handsets, and that the remaining partners are having a hard [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, LiMo, Linux, Motorola, Samsung, Vodafone
‘Unhackable’ Android phone can be hacked
Tim Greene, Network World, 7/29/2010 Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. Not only has suspect software cloaked in a wallpaper application gathered personal information from infected phones and sent it to a Web site in China, but researchers from Lookout Mobile Security [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 4G, GPS, Linux, Malware, SMS, Sprint, Verizon
LiMo Foundation and GNOME Foundation Partner to Catalyze Further Open Source Innovation
BusinessWire, 7/26/2010 LiMo Foundation and GNOME Foundation today announced a key partnership with the objective of collaborating closely on open source innovation. Starting immediately, LiMo Foundation will become a member of GNOME Foundation’s Advisory Board and GNOME Foundation will become an Industry Liaison Partner for LiMo Foundation. This development represents a natural formalization founded upon [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux
Android PHP option planned for Javaphobes
Gavin Clarke, The Register, 7/19/2010 PHP is coming to Google’s Android phones for those averse to programming in Java or going native. The PHP for Android (PFA) site says here that its goal is to make PHP development in Android “not only possible but also feasible providing tools and documentation.” The project’s main sponsor is open-source [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Linux
Nokia Dumping Symbian for MeeGo on N-Series Phones
Reuter, PCMag.com, 6/25/2010 Nokia Oyj will use Linux MeeGo software in its flagship N-series smartphones, hoping the new platform will give it a better chance to battle rivals such as Apple Inc and Google Inc. The N-series has been Nokia’s crown jewel for years and it dominated the smartphone market before Apple’s iPhone was introduced [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux, Moblin, Nokia, Symbian, WebOs
Skype Opens Up SkypeKit SDK To All Devices And Desktop Apps
Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch, 6/23/2010 Today, Skype is releasing an open software development kit (SDK) for developers called SkypeKit which will allow Skype calls, instant messaging, video chat and other features to be integrated into consumer electronics and computers. For the past few years, Skype has found its way into a variety of devices from cordless [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: API, IM, Linux, SDK, Skype
New research reveals troubling security issues for iPhones
Chris Foresman, ArsTechnica, 5/28/2010 Though Apple has added additional data security features to the iPhone with every iteration of the OS—including encrypting files on-device for the iPhone 3GS—vulnerabilities still exist. These issues are of particular concern to enterprise users, since sensitive corporate data may exist on any given employee’s mobile device. A new vulnerability revealed [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, API, AT&T, JailBreak, Linux
MeeGo for Netbooks
Sam Churchill, DailyWireless.org, 5/27/2010 MeeGo, the open source, Linux-based operating system that combines Intel’s Moblin project and Nokia’s Maemo smartphone OS, is now available for netbooks and soon the Nokia N900. The MeeGo group says Version 1.0 of MeeGo supports the N900 in addition to a number of Intel Atom based netbooks. // // Nokia [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Linux, Moblin, Nokia, SDK