Look at the phone in your hand. Is it an iPhone or an Android? Most likely, it is one of those two. These two systems run almost every smartphone in the world today. But it was not always like this. Not long ago, phones had buttons. They had tiny screens that were hard to see. You could not watch movies or play big games on them. They were mostly for calling and texting. Everything changed about fifteen years ago. Two big companies decided to change how we use technology. One was Apple and the other was Google. This is the story of how the iPhone and Android grew up. It is a story of big ideas, fast changes, and how we all became connected to the internet every minute of the day. Life Before the Smartphone Revolution Before the year 2007, phones were very different. You might remember the old Nokia phones. They were strong and the battery lasted for a week. But they did not do much. You could play a simple game like Snake. You could send a short text. Some phones had a very sl...
The White House was facing mounting questions on Wednesday over new press secretary Katie Zacharia's legal credentials, after a faltering first day in the job when she gave an inconclusive answer about where she had passed the bar exam. A US watchdog group filed a complaint with the State Bar of California, asking it to investigate whether President Donald Trump's spokesperson — the public face of the administration — had broken the law by repeatedly presenting herself as a lawyer without a license. Campaign for Accountability said Zacharia had described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conservative nonprofit. "Ms Zacharia has represented herself as a lawyer repeatedly to buttress her reputation and credibility," said the group's executive director, Michelle Kuppersmith. "The State Bar should investigate whether Ms Zacharia has misled the public about her credentials," she a...