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Android Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin and Chris White, with Rich Miner and Nick Sears [13] [14] joining later. Rubin and White started out build an Operating System for digital cameras viz FotoFrame. The company name was changed to Android as Rubin already owned the domain name android.com.
R2E CCMC Portal laptop. The portable microcomputer "Portal", of the French company R2E Micral CCMC, officially appeared in September 1980 at the Sicob show in Paris.The Portal was a portable microcomputer designed and marketed by the studies and developments department of the French firm R2E Micral in 1980 at the request of the company CCMC specializing in payroll and accounting.
Android 3.x "Honeycomb" Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" Windows 8 v10.8 Mountain Lion Android 4.1.x–4.2.x "Jelly Bean" v10.9 Mavericks Windows 8.1 Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean" Android 4.4 "KitKat" v10.10 Yosemite Android 5.0 "Lollipop" Computer networks: 802.11ac: Computer graphics: Hugo wins Oscar Visual Effects: CryEngine3 and its 3D soft body ...
Android 11 is the eleventh major version of the Android operating system. It was first announced by Google on February 19, 2020, and the first developer preview released on the same day. [277] [278] The launch of Android 11 Beta was postponed from June 3, 2020, to June 10, 2020. [279]
A report by Strategy Analytic showed that the share of Android tablet computers had risen sharply at the expense of Apple's iOS in the fourth quarter of 2011. According to Strategy Analytic, Android accounted for 39% of the global tablet market in the final three months of 2011, up from 29% a year earlier. Apple's share fell to 58% from 68%.
The history of computing hardware spans the developments from early devices used for simple calculations to today's complex computers, encompassing advancements in both analog and digital technology.
Time-sharing computer terminals connected to central computers, such as the TeleVideo ASCII character mode smart terminal pictured here, were sometimes used before the advent of the PC. Computers were generally large, costly systems owned by large institutions before the introduction of the microprocessor in the early 1970s—corporations ...
Repliee Q2, an android, can mimic human functions such as blinking, breathing and speaking, with the ability to recognize and process speech and touch, and then respond in kind. An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being, often made from a flesh-like material.