In little more than a decade, the smartphone has become a ubiquitous presence in our lives in ways that were predictable, and in ways that nobody saw coming.
How do we put the genie back into the bottle? The modern smartphone has spent the last decade insinuating itself into every aspect of human life. Shutterstock
In the dying days of the second decade of the 21st century, the company behind the world's most popular smartphone operating system put out a plea for help.
Google's Android operating system, in use by one in every three people on the planet, was getting a little too successful, and the software-cum-advertising company needed ideas on how to wind it back.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/technology/how-the-smartphone-has-changed-our-world-for-better-or-worse-20191205-p53h51
