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 ...

(AP) Hewlett-Packard says it is selling its webOS operating system technology to South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Hewlett Packard Co. and LG said on Monday that LG will use ...

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 ...

LG will use WebOS for its future smart television products and has announced a new line of sets running the software. HP acquired WebOS from Palm in 2010 and released a number of mobile devices ...

WebOS has had a strange and troubled life. After surviving an acquisition, cancellation, and an open-source rebirth, the next chapter in the WebOS story is being written today. LG, a South Korean ...

Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said she isn’t sure exactly what move to make with the company’s hobbled webOS operating system, reports The Verge. HP paid $1.2 billion for webOS’ creator Palm in 2010 ...

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 head of the Palm group at HP said the company is willing to license the operating system to 'one or two special companies' HP is open to licensing the WebOS operating system, but only to very ...

Hewlett-Packard has sold some of the rights to its webOS mobile operating system to LG Electronics for use in smart television sets made by the South Korean electronics firm. LG has agreed to acquire ...

LG is apparently planning to bring its webOS operating system to smartwatches. The South Korean firm announced that the software is coming to wearable devices on its developer website, but has since ...

Hewlett-Packard has cut 275 jobs in its webOS group, as part of its strategy to turn the operating system over to the open-source community, a source said Tuesday. HP said last year that it would stop ...