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Happy Birthday Android!

Android, Google’s open source operating system, was launched on November 5, 2007. 

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Android is a mobile operating system (OS) currently developed by Google, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices. Its user interface is based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely replicate real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input.

As of July 2013, the Google Play store has had over one million Android applications published, and over 50 billion applications downloaded.

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