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The article discusses potential challenges facing technology company Google's Android mobile operating system software, noting that Android has developed into a significant part of Google's business following its acquisition in 2005. Topics addressed include competition facing Android from technology company Apple's iOS operating system and iPhone smartphones and start-up companies, as well as Google's financial investment in Android.

The article discusses competition in the smartphone industry, highlighting other companies efforts to shift their strategies in order to respond to the large majority of market share held by technology company Apple's iPhone smartphone. Topics addressed include phones displayed at the 2015 Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, as well as technology company Samsung's efforts to compete with Apple for workplace customers. Technology company Microsoft's smartphones are discussed.

The article discusses how technology company Apple become more profitable than technology company Microsoft, noting that the companies' earnings reports for the final quarter of 2014 revealed that Apple nearly doubled Microsoft's market capitalization. Topics addressed include Apple's focus on disruptive innovations and mobile technology such as the iPhone smartphone; leadership of both companies by technology executives such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Timothy D. Cook; and the views of Robert Cihra.