by Dave Courbanou
Are Intel and Samsung Teaming Up Against Google?
Once upon a time, Intel created a mobile OS called Moblin. At the time, Nokia was also creating a mobile OS it called Maemo. Intel and Nokia then merged their resources and built MeeGo, the unified answer to both mobile operating systems. After delays and a completely unenthusiastic release of the one and only Nokia MeeGo phone, the Nokia N9, MeeGo was usurped by Tizen, which, as you may remember, is a new mobile OS venture by Intel that incorporates MeeGo technology. Now, Tizen is going to be merging with Samsung’s mobile OS “bada.” So, now what?
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If you could really use a hug, look no further than Samsung’s latest Android-powered robot that gives out — you guessed it — free hugs. Designed specifically for the Holiday season, Samsung calls the robot “Galaxy X’MAS Hugs.” Does such a robot actually have real world implication? It could …