Linux crept up slightly in the EE Times 2013 Embedded Market Study, representing 34 percent of current projects while Android showed the greatest growth, jumping to 16 percent, for a total of 50 percent for Linux-based platforms. Meanwhile, ARM processors continue to attract more embedded developers. In early March, UBM...

In this guest column, two engineers with Intel’s Software and Solutions Group describe the benefits of UEFI pre-boot software to mobile and embedded devices. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface specifications are meant to facilitate emerging technologies, services, security mechanisms, and user experiences that come into play prior to loading the...

Apple OEM contractor Foxconn is prepping several products based on Mozilla’s Firefox OS, says an industry report. The new products, one of which is rumored to be a tablet, are expected to be announced on June 3 in collaboration with Mozilla. On May 27, Focus Taiwan reported that Mozilla and...

Apple and Google are likely to have vastly different approaches to wearable computing. It's still early in the game and today it's all about software developers first and mass market second.