Google’s Android operating system turns 10 this year; I take a look back at how the OS has changed, and my own experiences with it.
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Tag: smartphone
Android P to be named “Pie”
Google’s announced the name of the next version of its Android mobile operating system, Android Pie. What new features does Pie offer users?
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Whatever happened to Microsoft and Blackberry’s mobile presence?
Android and iOS are now pretty much the only choices for mobile operating systems. Meanwhile, what mobile activities are Blackberry and Microsoft up to these days?
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Smartphones are now the dominant means of photography
Smartphones have long since eclipsed point-and-shoot digital cameras in popularity for photography. An infographic looks at to what degree this is the case.
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Android O to be named “Oreo”
Google’s announced the name of its newest version of Android, “Android Oreo.” Oreo offers some improvements over Nougat, including text autofill.
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Happy 10th anniversary, iPhone
On the iPhone’s 10th anniversary, I take a look back at the decade we’ve spent with the smartphone that’s greatly changed everything.
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Android is now the world’s most used operating system?
What’s the world’s most popular operating system? According to StatCounter, as of March 2017 it’s Android, narrowly beating Windows for the first time.
Read more How much has the smartphone hurt other devices’ sales?
Since the iPhone’s debut a decade ago, sales of other devices have greatly fallen off, as shown by a Statista infographic.
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RIP Samsung Galaxy Note 7
A look at the very short lifespan of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, the phone that started off with high hopes but soon became the biggest tech disaster of 2016.
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Thoughts on Google’s Pixel keynote announcements
A look at this week’s Google keynote announcements, including: the new Pixel smartphone; a new Chromecast model that supports 4K TV resolution; and Google Assistant, an improvement on the Google Now voice feature.
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