How Google's 'Material' will reshape Android as we know it

Material. It's a simple word, but it conveys multiple meanings. Usually it's a noun, the generic word for the substance an object is composed of. But it can also be an adjective, meaning the most essential and relevant parts of the topic at hand. It's the latter definition that is the most apt when considering capital-M Material, Google's new design philosophy, which gets its banner debut in Android 5.0 "Lollipop." The first Lollipop devices — the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet — debu...