Windows is the favorite desktop operating system of ZDNet readers. On the mobile front, it's followed by iOS and Android. That largely agrees with the operating system popularity numbers of the ...

Android is an open-source OS (compared with iOS's closed system), so any phone maker can use it. The result is a profusion of Android phones . You can get a respectable Android phone, like the ...

In March 2017, by web-analytics company StatCounter's reckoning, Android became more popular than Windows. By StatCounter's numbers, Android is now the most popular end-user operating system ...

Apple has released the latest version of its iOS operating system, iOS 18. The company first showcased the OS during WWDC 2024 in June and began rolling it out to iPhones on Sept. 16. In many ways ...

The three major desktop operating systems are Windows, MacOS, and Chrome OS. Which one is right for you? We cover the ups and downs of each so you can decide.

While mobile-app developers are concentrating their efforts on supporting Apple's and Google's mobile operating systems, one group hopes to make the Web a place for apps too. Stephen Shankland ...

Examples of operating systems include Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Meaning and types of operating system. An operating system (OS) is a software program that manages computer hardware ...

Apple has been building operating systems since 1984, when it launched the original Mac System 1.0 for its MacIntosh personal computer. Nearly 30 years of innovation has culminated in the Mac OS X ...

Due to the fact that Apple’s iOS for iPhone and Google’s Android OS hold a combined 98% of the global market share for mobile operating systems, we’re going to focus here on which one of the ...

Windows 1 and a number of subsequent editions essentially would run on top of MS-DOS and rely on DOS for many features rather than running as true standalone operating systems. Windows 95, one of ...

The “Windows App” for Mac, iOS, and browsers is a fancy remote desktop, for now Microsoft wants you in Windows, whether you're on iPad, Android, or Chrome OS.

The next version of Apple’s iPhone operating system is iOS 26, adopting a year instead of a version number, and includes the Liquid Glass redesign that’s universal across all of the company ...