The majority of new smartphone users live in developing countries where cost is an important factor and will drive demand for lighter-weight operating systems with lower bill-of-material costs. Read more »
While a majority of smartphones with various operating systems will slightly increase in global shipments over the years until 2017, shipments of phones with the Android operating system are expected to… Read more »
The Ubuntu Edge may have broken a record for the most money pledged in a crowdfunding campaign, but ultimately it failed to reach its $32 million goal by a long shot… Read more »
Nine years ago, the Linux distribution Ubuntu came out with the mission of challenging Windows’ status as the default preinstalled PC operating system. But, since then, the whole game changed. Read more »
Roughly half a dozen new mobile operating systems will come to market over the next 6 to 12 months. Many of these look to be more sophisticated than the older ones… Read more »
Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth has really big, plans to put Ubuntu on your smartphone, on your tablet and (via OpenStack). What he doesn’t offer is details on revenue. Read more »
Information technology managers and their staff are facing unprecedented challenges to their traditional roles and responsibilities as the primary providers of business computing resources. Cloud computing, mobile computing and the consumerization… Read more »
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Today tablets are a fast-growing sector of mobile computing, and while the tablet market is still in the early stages of adoption, tens of millions of units are being sold each… Read more »
This year’s CES was the biggest in the show’s 44-year history, boasting 15 miles of exhibit hall aisles, 3,100 booths and 153,000 attendees. The Kerton Group sent three delegates to CES… Read more »