Stock Market News 11 July 2025 - 9 August 2025

Android 17’s internal codename is Cinnamon Bun, and it maps to API level 37. It is scheduled to stabilize in May–June 2026 (Q2 2026) with a major SDK release in Q2 2026 and a minor SDK release in Q4 2026, following developer previews starting November 2025 and public betas in March–April 2026. Material 3 Expressive UI arrives on Pixel devices in late 2025 (Android 16 QPR1) and becomes the default UI with Android 17 on all devices. Desktop Mode enables a PC-like interface on external displays with a taskbar, resizable windows, and multi-window, first shipping to Pixel devices and then

HarmonyOS Next, released in late 2024, runs on a fully self-developed system base with no Android dependencies. At launch, HarmonyOS Next offered over 15,000 apps and meta-services, and Huawei reported more than 6.75 million HarmonyOS developers by late 2024. Huawei claimed HarmonyOS powers over 1 billion devices as of 2024. Global smartphone OS market shares in early 2025 place Android at about 76–80%, iOS at around 19%, and HarmonyOS at roughly 5%. In China by late 2024, HarmonyOS reached 19% market share, overtaking iOS at 17%. The iOS App Store contains about 2 million apps, and in 2024 iOS generated

In 2024 the median U.S. household paid about $85 per month for broadband, up from roughly $76 two years earlier. The United States is among the most expensive internet countries, with the average broadband bill around $65–$70 per month while the UK averages about $39 and South Korea about $26. The average cost per Mbps in the United States is about $0.45 per month, compared with Romania around $0.06 and France around $0.10–$0.20. In 2025 the average advertised price for home internet among the top 20 providers was about $81 per month, with entry-level 100–300 Mbps plans at $40–$50 and

At ISTE Live 2025 (June 27–30, San Antonio), Google announced Gemini for Education, rolling its generative AI models into Google Classroom and Workspace at no added cost and enabling auto-generated vocabulary lists, quizzes, adaptive lesson plans, and AI study buddies called Gems, plus Classroom “Class” mode on Chromebook Plus with privacy safeguards. Microsoft announced Copilot for Education at ISTE 2025, introducing Copilot Chat based on GPT-4 for students 13+, an AI lesson-plan generator in private preview, and the integration of Teams Classwork and Assignments data into Copilot for tailored feedback, with broad rollout by the end of summer 2025. ISTE