It’s been a while since Google had a major Android upgrade, one that merited a full version number increase. After a few years of 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4, modest updates all, there’s Android L 5.0, now confirmed to be Android Lollipop. This is said to be the most significant change in Android in quite […]

While Apple is sometimes accused of borrowing a few features, such as the Notification Center, from Android, it’s still true that Google’s mobile OS was heavily influenced by iOS from the very beginning. Before the iPhone came around, Android concepts were, as with other smartphone platforms, heavily influenced by the BlackBerry. How things changed! More […]