SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co said on Monday it will sell the webOS operating system to South Korea's LG Electronics Inc, unloading the smartphone software it acquired through a $1.2 ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday it would make its operating system for mobile devices, called webOS, available for anyone to use for free. The model, known as open source, means that any individual or ...

When the Palm Pre smartphone first introduced us to the webOS operating system in June of 2009, many felt that it had a bright future ahead of it. Apple's iPhone was selling hand over fist, and Google ...

WebOS, the software behind HP’s failed TouchPad tablet and Palm’s failed Pre smartphones, is getting another shot at life as an open source operating system. That means anyone, from bedroom ...

The webOS platform has been one of the most struggling tablet/smartphone platforms in the world. After HP's acquisition of Palm, the entire operating system came to HP, which was later used for HP's ...

TV makers have a habit of rebooting their smart TV platforms every few years, so it’s usually not a big deal when yet another platform debuts. But LG wants to make a big deal out of WebOS. This is the ...

HP has announced it will contribute the former Palm smartphone operating system, webOS, software to the open source community. In a statement HP said: "HP plans to continue to be active in the ...

For over a decade, I’ve written about Windows Phone (RIP), iPhone, and, my main squeeze, Android. But there’s one beloved operating system missing from that list: webOS. 17 years after the Palm Pre ...

About a year and a half ago Hewlett Packard bought Palm for $1.2 billion. The company had big plans for the webOS operating system, and planned to launch phones, tablets, and other products… even ...

LG Electronics announced on September 23 that its proprietary webOS operating system for smart TVs and monitors has been integrated into more than 240 million devices worldwide. Industry observers say ...

HP officials have said that the company’s webOS operating system which runs on phones and tablets will also be available for HP desktop and laptop computers, allowing you to run webOS apps on nearly ...