Who’s giving Android’s KitKat the finger?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 10, 2013

The carefully laid SEO plans of thousands of tech sites were shredded by Google and Nestle this week, as the Android creator and the chocolate company formed an unlikely alliance to change the name of the next version of Android from ‘Key Lime Pie’ to ‘KitKat’.

When it was announced, amazement turned into… more amazement. Feelings then stayed as amazement. Everyone is still amazed. It’s amazing. It’s also completely ludicrous, as Google has now turned its world-beating mobile OS and covert advert delivery mechanism into one huge, very obvious ad for an admittedly quite nice chocolate bar.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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