Much like developing any non-trivial program, there is more than one way to do it, and if you get ten different programmers, you might get ten different ways of writing a calculator (unless they all ...

App widgets can be thought of as a small window or controller for an Android app that can be embedded in another application (like the homescreen). They can be very useful, allowing users to view or ...

Microsoft open sourced Windows Calculator earlier this year, which may not be as exciting as it would have been if the company had made Office or Windows open source projects. But it does mean that ...

You may have heard of open source software before, but you likely have not considered just how widespread it is. Android, for example -- which is still the most prevalent mobile operating system ...

Google planned to announce on Tuesday that the source code for its mobile operating system, Android, is now available for anyone to use free. The move was expected, although the timing was uncertain.

We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...