Counterclockwise: Android grows up, goes to Play and make friends

It was six years ago when Android became the dominant OS in the United States – until the end of 2010, it was BlackBerry that commanded that market, while Apple’s fledgling iPhones held the #3 spot. BlackBerry, the OS, is gone now, but at least it outlived Palm (which was #4 back then).

This really was a long time ago, before even the Google Play store was born. Back then you would download apps from the Android Market while books, music and videos had separate stores. Five years ago Google pulled a Charlemagne and unified its web territories and Play was born. It recently celebrated its…


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