The Free Software Foundation is shifting its attention to a free software mobile OS

The Free Software Foundation has decided to work on making a fully free version of Android after decades of focusing on PC ...
Gizmodo

Linux Group Shares Its First Open Dataset for Creating Real Google Maps Alternatives

The Overture Maps Foundation took info from Microsoft, Meta, and more to help more developers create a new wave of map apps. reading time 4 minutes If you’re not Google (or, to a much lesser extent, ...
Computerworld

Microsoft nabs OpenStreetMap founder

As part of an initiative to leverage the OpenStreetMap project for its own Bing Maps, Microsoft has hired OSM founder Steve Coast, the company announced Tuesday. “As a Principal Architect for Bing ...
TechSpot

Big Tech coalition challenges Google and Apple's monopoly on maps

In context: Founded in December 2022 by Amazon (AWS), Meta, Microsoft, and former geolocation giant TomTom, the Overture Maps Foundation aims to create a reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open ...