Google hasn't managed to solve the fragmentation of Android and it will be challenging for everyone. Google luck with it!

No single company, nor even ecosystem can 'solve' it. OEMs keep pushing new devices, with their own legacy stuff on those, likely we aren't seeing fragmentation be solved anytime soon.

It could be somewhat solved if vendors didn't provide operating system and didn't lock in their lagging version.

MSFT acquired only mobile phones from Nokia. This is the network, HERE and other tech units that are left within Nokia.

Is that a standard Appium or somehow modified?

Nevertheless, great article, levlaz! Thanks for writing it. At least, I found it very useful.

The new Espresso is a great improvement compared to v1. The thing that I like the most in Espresso is the general speed of it: no other framework is as fast as this one.

Have you looked at those different Lego construction kits? Double present I would say :)

Isn't this whole case way too exaggerated? Okay, that can be seen an ignorant and manipulative question as well.

Excellent article and plenty of points to consider for every app dev. But only for Android...

Very subjective topic and surely interesting list of startups. But no gaming companies included?!

Whether you like or agree with them or not, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Milliband and Nigel Farage all know how to speak in public. Some, arguably better than others, but with their individual styles each can give a good performance when the pressure is on.