— Jul. 14, 2008 — The OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner lives up to its billing as a completely open source, hackable hardware platform, says an Ars Technica first look. Yet that very openness, including its choice of three mobile stacks, adds to the confusion for Linux developers, says the article. ...

While open source mobile browsers will gain popularity, ABI Research says offerings from companies like Opera can still garner significant revenue.

Canonical head and chief architect of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth late Tuesday told developers at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention that Linux should go "beyond the Mac" in terms of its software experience. While not specific, he notes that the open source operating system should be at least as "crisp and clean" as Mac OS X while still offeri...

Citi says its Hong Kong arm will be the first financial institution to deploy a mobile banking platform developed by Mobile Money Ventures (MMV), the ...

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation tonight unveiled its new online streaming platform, allowing users to watch TV shows on the internet.

It is said that by 2013, 31 percent of all mobile phones will be smart phones, and by then, a smart phone might be almost like a full blown PC. Meanwhile it seems like everyone is trying to push their feet into the blooming mobile phone market. We've seen a lot of ups and downs in this area, lots of promises that haven't been fulfilled. In fact only since the arrival of the iPhone, has surfing ...

Research and development efficiency, and not competitive concerns about the Google Android or Linux Mobile (LiMo) initiatives, was a chief driver in the decision to make the Symbian mobile platform open source, a Symbian official said Monday afternoon. Symbian, which is being made an open source project by Nokia , is to be provided by an Eclipse license in the 2009-2010 timeframe, said ...

Research and development efficiency, and not competitive concerns about the Google Android or Linux Mobile (LiMo) initiatives, was a chief driver in the decision to make the Symbian mobile platform open source, a Symbian official said Monday afternoon.

The Internet giant's Android handsets could outsell the iPhone in China.

Google vowed that its Linux-based Android mobile platform would empower enthusiasts and amateur developers, but today we have seen compelling evidence that this is an empty promise.