Android to overtake Microsoft Windows in 2016

Google's Android operating system will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft'sWindows within four years, data from research firm Gartner showed on Wednesday, underlining the massive shift in the technology sector.
At the end of 2016, there will be 2.3 billion computers, tablets and smartphones using Android software, compared with 2.28 billion Windows devices
That compares to an expected 1.5 billion Windows devices by the end of this year, against 608 million using Android.
Android, which reached the market only in 2008, has risen fast to be the dominant smartphone platform, controlling two-thirds of that market. It has taken the no. 2 spot in the fast-growing tablet computer market.