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Ares 2 opened up, Enyo 2 updated with improved scrolling and lists
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Ares 2 opened up, Enyo 2 updated with improved scrolling and lists
by Derek Kessler
Apr 27, 2012
With the runway from April showers into May flowers growing short, HP is closing out the week by making good on their April code commitments for webOS. What can you expect to find in HP's...
Zhephree's Wooden Rows goes open source, invites new data sources to cataloging
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Zhephree's Wooden Rows goes open source, invites new data sources to cataloging party
by Derek Kessler
Apr 18, 2012
A few months back, webOS developer extraordinaire Geoff Gauchet (Zhephree, as he calls himself in the mirror) released his newest app, a media-cataloger for the TouchPad titled Wooden Rows. Shortly...
Novacom hacked to work over Wi-Fi, wireless app installs on the horizon
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Novacom hacked to work over Wi-Fi, wireless from-the-desktop app installs on the horizon
by Arthur Thornton
Apr 02, 2012
As a mobile app developer, I can definitely say one of the least pleasant things about webOS development is that to deploy applications you are required to plug in your webOS device to your computer...
Enyo Community Gallery brings together more open source bits
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Enyo Community Gallery brings together more open source bits
by Derek Kessler
Apr 01, 2012
That Enyo 2.0 is open source is awesome. That the webOS developer community is taking advantage of this open source awesomeness is even more awesome. While the application frameworks for webOS have...
Novacom USB communication toolset released to open source
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Novacom USB communication toolset released to open source
by Derek Kessler
Mar 29, 2012
Today saw yet another release along the Open webOS roadmap, with Novacom and Novacomd finding their way onto GitHub. The two pieces comprise a generic communication toolset used to communicate...
App Review: WebOSM
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App Review: WebOSM
by Scott Rose
Mar 27, 2012
We all know that choice is good. Choice gives us freedom. We celebrate our ability to make the choices we want, such as Pepsi or Coke. Mac or PC. If you've ever felt the need for choice in your...
Enyo 2.0 beta 3 release brings sliders and progress bars
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Enyo 2.0 beta 3 release brings sliders, progress bars, HTML content
by Derek Kessler
Mar 23, 2012
Less than a month after the release of the Enyo 2.0 beta 2, beta numero 3 is now out, bringing bug fixes, core improvements, and some new user interface elements. The Onyx user interface style (...
Open webOS gets a website all its own, Nyx hardware abstraction layer gets a rel
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Open webOS gets a website all its own, Nyx hardware abstraction layer gets a release
by Derek Kessler
Mar 20, 2012
The march towards a fully open source webOS continues, with today seeing the release of the Nyx hardware abstraction layer. As described on the nyx-lib GitHub repository, "Nyx is the webOS...
Open webOS open source branding competition winner
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Open webOS open source branding competition winner
by Derek Kessler
Mar 20, 2012
Unsurprisingly, our call for people to lay out their vision for branding for Open webOS drew a lot of awesome entries. Surprisingly, HP liked it enough that wanted to get involved, pitching in a...
Linux Standard Kernel 3.3 released, Android trapping in tow
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Linux Standard Kernel 3.3 released, Android trappings in tow
by Derek Kessler
Mar 19, 2012
Right on schedule (for taking place in the month of March, that is), the Linux Standard Kernel version 3.3 has been released, bringing a metric ton of Android driver support to the mix. While the...