If I were Google, instead of nagging or beating its partners into compliance, I would make it in their financial interest to update Android faster.

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So even though Apple can roll out updates to its operating system faster (because it makes all the devices) and therefore get users to adopt them faster, individual Android developers can update their individual apps faster than iOS developers.

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What's more, it also says that it's "refactored" Google TV so that its OEMs can update their devices to future versions of Android faster than they're currently able to -- in a "matter of weeks rather than months, " according to Google.

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Windows users alone see the second update, which integrates SkyDrive with right-click contextual menus for much faster sharing.

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When Hertzfeld, who now works at Google, went to the Apple store, he found that Apple did indeed update the Mac Pro, though stage time at WWDC was devoted to faster new MacBook Air notebooks, updated MacBook Pro notebooks and a new high-end MacBook Pro with a high resolution Retina Display.

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This isn't a revolutionary update, but it refines and polishes the operating system by making it much smoother and faster to use (Google calls this "butteriness") and adding the Google Now feature.

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The update delivers a host of new services and enhanced features, such as improved stability and performance, as well as faster load times when switching between applications.

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