In my admittedly imperfect memory, I thought it was Microsoft and not Apple that led the charge with the first wave of “flat” interface design, Google quickly f

In my admittedly imperfect memory, I thought it was Microsoft and not Apple that led the charge with the first wave of “flat” interface design, Google quickly following. iOS 7 was a round of catching up, and could only have happened after Steve Jobs. Remember the much-derided Corinthian leather of the OS X address book, inspired by his personal Gulfstream? He loved that visual approach. iOS 7 was sold as bringing the software more in line with the minimal hardware design philosophy. But it was really a response to industry trends.