Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Android may soon beat Windows as the world's most popular OS

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Windows, once the undisputed king of operating systems, is facing a new contender for the throne. 

StatCounter, a web analytics company, found that Android came very close to matching Windows' market share last month. Google's mobile OS was used by 37.4 percent of people connecting to the internet in February 2017 versus 38.6 percent who used Windows. Apple's iOS came in third with 12.99 percent.

StatCounter measures OS market share in terms of internet usage, not device shipments. 

"The idea of Android almost matching Windows would have been unthinkable five years ago," Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter's CEO, said in a blog post. Android's huge success in developing countries and the continued growth of the mobile and tablet market are huge contributing factors to its market share.  Read more...

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