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Alibaba steps up battle versus Android with Amos OS
BBC News
Alibaba - China's biggest e-commerce company - has ramped up efforts to
promote its mobile operating system. The firm has set up a one billion yuan
($162m; £105m) programme to support app developers and is offering monthly
payments to handset ...
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Report: Android OS Originally Intended to Power Cameras
PC Magazine
It turns out, when the Android operating system was very young, it secretly
wanted to grow up to power digital cameras. According to PC World, Google's
wildly popular mobile OS was initially meant for PC-connected "smart
cameras," but took a different ...
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Facebook thought about building an operating system to call Home
TechRadar UK
"The OS path was the least fleshed-out of the paths. Mark [Zuckerberg]
talked on launch day that he wanted to build something for everyone. It's
hard to get to the type of scale that's necessary for us [when building an
OS]. We wanted Home in front of ...
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Firefox Mobile OS will launch in five countries this summer
TechSpot
Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs noted during the All Things D conference on Monday
that Firefox OS will launch in five countries starting this summer. The
mobile operating system, designed for budget handsets, will show up first
in Brazil, Poland, Portugal ...
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Alibaba Mobile OS Ramps Up Efforts to Take on Google, Apple - The Motley
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Motley Fool
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has revamped its strategy around its
Alibaba Mobile Operating System (AMOS). Alibaba hopes that new partnerships
with device manufacturers, telecom carriers, and software developers will
help the OS originally branded ...
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Android founder: We aimed to make a camera OS
Computerworld
The Android operating system also eventually returned to its roots. Samsung
has launched a Galaxy Camera that runs Android, along with similar
offerings from makers including Nikon and Polaroid. The OS has been used in
devices including tablets, TVs, ...
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Microsoft Pre-Earnings: Weak PC Sales Expected To Drag On Windows OS ...
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((PC Shipments Post the Steepest Decline Ever in a Single Quarter, April 10
2013, www.idc.com)) In Q2 FY13, Microsoft sold over 60 million Windows 8
licenses, and we will closely monitor the impact of PC sales on the Windows
OS division. Additionally ...
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Google exec reveals there are 1.5 million Android activations daily
TechRadar UK
If we've learned anything from Google executives over the past few years,
it's a lot of statistical information about the success of the company's
Android operating system. Those who attended the Dive Into Mobile this week
conference and listened to ...
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Google Tries Out The Chrome OS App Launcher On The Web, Here's How To ...
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This is not an entirely new design - the feature has been part of
Chrome's dev channel for Windows since February - but while it's still
not officially launched, Google Operating System has discovered a way for
everyone to try out the new Google menu ...
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Android was once poised to be an operating system for cameras
Ars Technica
Android co-founder Andy Rubin disclosed that Android was once considered as
an operating system for cameras. "The exact same platform, the exact same
operating system we built for cameras, that became Android for cellphones,"
said Rubin, speaking at ...
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Facebook considered building an operating system for ... - Engadget
By Darren Murph
"The [story behind the history of Home] was about making an experience that
flows through friends and people. We saw three ways that we could do this.
One, we could go and build an operating system. Second, we could dig into
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Forget phones, Android was almost a "smart camera" operating system
By Saul Berenbaum
"The exact same platform, the exact same operating system we built for
cameras, that became Android for cellphones"
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