Zombie OS Invades Mobile World Congress

Amid the phablets and carrier complaints, LG Display surprised the crowd at this week's Mobile World Congress when it disclosed its purchase of the open-source webOS for building a smart TV platform. Hewlett-Packard acquired webOS when it paid $1.2 billion for Palm in 2010, only to give away the OS as an open-source project two years later.

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