From Android 1.0 to 8.0: How the World’s Most Popular Mobile OS Evolved

Date: 29/08/2025

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Ten years ago, Google engineers made the first Android SDK and the first emulator publicly available so people could evaluate the operating system. Back then, few took the new OS seriously. Which makes it all the more interesting to look back at the first Android today. We dug up all the decade-old Android alphas and betas, put them through their paces, poked around under the hood, and we’re ready to share what we found.
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Why iPhone Performance Beats Android—Now and in the Future

Date: 25/08/2025

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Why is the iPhone 7 faster than the Samsung Galaxy S7, and the iPhone 8 faster than the Galaxy S8? Part of it comes down to the differing design philosophies of their operating systems, but a major advantage for Apple has been—and remains—its custom system-on-chip designs. The A10 and A11 processors significantly outpace Qualcomm’s competing Snapdragon 820/821 and Snapdragon 835 in benchmarks. Why is that? What’s the “Apple magic”? Setting aside fanboy takes like “Android is better!”, let’s dig into the factors that have led Apple’s mobile processors to outperform Qualcomm’s offerings.
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Repurpose Your Old Tablet: Use It as a Second Monitor, Media Center, Smart Display, and More

Date: 24/08/2025

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New Android devices show up with enviable regularity. Older ones lag and can’t keep up with modern games and resource‑hungry apps. It’s a shame to give them away or toss them, and nobody wants to buy them. Time to dust off those old tablets. Using the Nexus 7 as an example, I’ll show some unconventional ways to repurpose an old tablet in different scenarios. Let’s skip the ba­nal e‑readers and kitchen recipe books. We’ll aim a level higher.
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Android vs iOS Security: Is Android Actually Safer?

Date: 18/08/2025

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Strange headline, isn’t it? You’d think the author’s lost it, trying to compare iOS security—supposedly uncrackable even by the FBI—to the leaky bucket known as Android. But I’m serious: Android and iOS can—and should—be compared. Not to once again prove that iOS is much better, but because iOS comes up short.
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How Phone Makers Ruin Android with Bloatware, Heavy Skins, and Broken Updates

Date: 11/08/2025

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In one of our previous pieces, we took a close look at why Apple smartphones have been—and will continue to be—faster than current Android flagships. The article sparked lively debate and mixed reactions. With that in mind, we decided to take the topic further and dig deeper, discussing the roadblocks Android smartphone makers themselves put in the way of what is, fundamentally, a solid platform.
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