The company is inching toward offering its Windows Phone operating system gratis in some markets. Does that portend big changes in Microsoft's strategy? A longtime Microsoft analyst weighs in. Brooke ...

In the largest migration from a proprietary to an open source model ever, the most popular OS for mobile phones (over 330 million phones) in the world is now open source. The Symbian mobile OS which ...

The Free Software Foundation has published initial details about the LibrePhone project. The goal is not to develop a smartphone operating system. As the FSF explains in a blog post and a FAQ page, ...

WhatsApp's first smartwatch app is also coming to Wear OS, bringing texting and voice calls without needing a phone. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and ...

Dominant on Android, Samsung's attempts to mitigate any risk from the Google-Motorola deal - as well as target emerging markets - have been improved with the Korean manufacturer announcing three new ...