Android is now the most popular operating system in the world

Hey, Microsoft: it's time to step down from the internet throne and hand the crown over to Android. 

The latest internet usage data from StatCounter, an independent web analytics firm, found that Android overtook Microsoft Windows for the world's largest share of internet usage by operating system last month. It was the first time—ever—that Microsoft wasn't in the top spot, signaling the ever-increasing shift in global internet consumption habits from desktop PCs to mobile. 

"This is a milestone in technology history and the end of an era," StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen said in a statement. Windows has been the most common OS online since the dawn of time, aka the 1980s.  Read more...