Staying Safe on Android. There’s no doubt that Android offers a bit more of a Wild West environment than iOS. But, with the right safeguards, it can still be a secure platform.

iOS 7 introduced Control Center, which lets you toggle common settings, adjust brightness and control music with a quick swipe up. It's a handy feature — and one Android has had for quite some time.

This hastily scrawled diagram on a whiteboard in its London office represents that plan, and it ought to scare the folks at Apple who work to maintain the primacy of iOS among app developers. (We ...