Developers outside Google who want to build on the mobile OS's foundation should be able to stretch out and blossom. That should pay dividends for building a better Android. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Google’s Android mobile operating system’s usage of the Linux kernel may violate open source licensing with a misappropriation of Linux code that could bring about the “collapse of the Android ...

Linux and Android are two closely linked open-source projects, but they've been as notable for how distant they are from each other--until this week Linux and Android are two closely linked ...

Android and Linux Reunite After Two-Year Separation As it stands, Linux and Google's Android OS are still separate operating systems. But that may change now that Android code has been readmitted to a ...

Google has patched Android against a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, and said the number of affected Android devices has been exaggerated. Google is downplaying the scope of the critical Linux ...

On Monday this week, kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman removed the drivers for Android from the Linux kernel’s staging tree, thus insuring that–for now–Android is not headed for the mainstream Linux ...

Vancouver, British Columbia—During his question and answer session at the Linux Foundation's LinuxCon, Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux, revealed that while mainstream Linux and its popular smartphone ...

Android is the world’s most beloved consumer operating system (OS), powering billions of smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and other gadgets all around the globe. While there are many other popular ...

When Acer was ready to announce a new smartphone running Alibaba's Aliyun operating system, Google responded with force. If it were to be released, Google would end its partnership with Acer, which ...