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Android L news and features Android L is here, and it's brought a raft of new changes, with Sundar Pichai, head of Android, proclaiming it to be one of the biggest upgrades to Android yet. It's going to have a radical new design, 5000 new APIs, will be available for developer previews soon, and it's going beyond the mobile form factor. Android L will be contextually aware of its surrounding, plus voice is going to me a major input source. The experience will also be seamless, so Android L devices communicate properly, although Pichai was at pains to point out the mobile phone will always be the priority. TechRadar was in attendance to see all the action unfold, so if you're hankering for all the information about Android L, then you've come to the right place. Check out everything you need to know about Google's new mobile platform. Android L release date Here's what most of you will be wanting to know: when can I get it on my phone? Wel
Last week the new version of Windows was announced – Windows 10. As you can see it is a shrunk version of the Windows 8 start screen mixed with the previous start menu. The command prompt has been totally overhauled. I have not had a chance to play with it too much, but the best part of this new prompt is clipboard shortcuts work like they are supposed to. Control-V, Control-C…they work! No more masking text, and using the mouse to cut and paste. Can’t wait to dig further into this one Another new feature is task view. You click on an icon on the start menu to bring it up: It brings up all of your active applications for easy closing, and activating: When you bring up that task view, it gives you the option to create a new desktop. Multiple desktops allow you to launch applications into each desktop and keep them visually separate. If you find that during the course of the day you have a huge number of apps running…this can really help organize things.