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Article Description: By JR Raphael @computerworld.com - JR points out that many of the upcoming features in AAPL's ios 8 mobile O/S, are all very familiar to users of android and other mobile os's, what gives?

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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">is aapl updating to android?</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;In a&nbsp;recent article by JR Raphael, JR&nbsp;points out that many of the new features that are coming to ios8 in september 2014 are features that the Android OS has had for some time.</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY - is ios8 copying these android features? ]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;widgets</li> <li>] hands free voice activation</li> <li>] app to app sharing</li> <li>] interactive notifications</li> <ol> <li>&nbsp;&gt; Apple's implentation actually takes things a step further than what's currently available on Android, with the ability not only to tap a button but also to compose a message right from the notification itself, which is a nice touch.</li> </ol> <li>] predictive typing</li> <li>] keyboard - support for 3rd party keyboards</li> <li>] Cloud-based photo storage</li> <li>] Cloud-based photo sharing</li> <li>] Cloud-synced document editing</li> <li>] Native song identification</li> <li>] A contextual search app that includes things like directions and movie times</li> <li>] Travel time notifications</li> <li>] Tab-based private browsing</li> <li>] App-specific battery usage info</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE ]</h2> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/mobilewireless/23983/ios-8-android" target="_blank">JR's article on computerworld.com</a></li> <li>] Our <a href="/view/article?id=3447" target="_blank">SUMMARY LIST of the NEW &amp; IMPROVED FEATURES in ios-8</a></li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN - some key points JR Raphael makes in his article&nbsp;]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] this is not about</strong>, my os is better then your os, choose whatever os works for you ....</li> <li>] "Tech <strong>companies copy each other all the time</strong> and when one platform has a good idea, it's bound to show up on others before long. <strong>This'll be an <em>enormous</em> upgrade for iOS users,</strong> and that's something we can all celebrate" .&nbsp; The competition and back-and-forth one-upmanship can only benefit us all as consumers</li> <li>] as long as Apple doesn't <a href="http://www.esarcasm.com/24294/apple-sues-google-for-stealing-stuff-it-just-invented/" target="_blank">start suing everyone for "stealing" the concepts it just "invented,"</a> that is.</li> <li><strong>] aapl attitude</strong> - To be fair, this situation is a little amusing because of Apple's trademark "We innovate everything" and "We know what's best" attitude. That attitude's always pounded home in the form of definitive and absolute truths -- "<em>this&nbsp;</em>is the way it should be done," "<em>that&nbsp;</em>is not what users need" -- until suddenly it isn't.</li> <li><strong>] appl marketing</strong>,</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>