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Tag: Andy Rubin

Disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin’s Essential shuts down

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 5:10 pmThursday, February 13, 20204 Comments

Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…

How Google protected and paid off Andy Rubin, iPhone knockoff artist, from sexual misconduct allegations

Thursday, October 25, 2018 5:25 pm23 Comments

Google could have fired Mr. Rubin and paid him little to nothing on the way out. Instead, the company handed him a $90 million exit package…

Google’s latest Android version tries to make Android phones more like Apple’s iPhone X

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 1:01 pmWednesday, May 9, 201814 Comments

Google has a new version of Android coming to your phone with features…

Essential sold fewer than 90,000 phones in its first six months

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 9:38 amTuesday, February 13, 20187 Comments

Essential, Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s new smartphone venture, had a rough go of it…

Google’s next Android version to mimic Apple’s iPhone X notch

Monday, February 12, 2018 11:01 amMonday, February 12, 201813 Comments

Google is working on an overhaul of its Android mobile software for a new generation of smartphones…

Longtime Google engineer quits, saying the company is ‘100% competitor-focused’ and ‘can no longer innovate’

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:35 pmWednesday, January 24, 201833 Comments

A Google engineer who just left the company after nearly 13 years criticized it Wednesday…

Eric Schmidt to step down as the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc.

Thursday, December 21, 2017 8:49 pmThursday, December 21, 201720 Comments

Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet’s board of directors…

Andy Rubin takes leave from Essential as probe into ‘inappropriate’ Google relationship goes public

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:25 amWednesday, November 29, 201726 Comments

Essential founder and CEO Andy Rubin has taken a leave of absence from his new company for ‘personal reasons’ following a report…

In colossal screw up, Essential shared customers’ driver’s licenses over email

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 3:00 pmWednesday, August 30, 20177 Comments

Last night, some customers who had preordered an Essential phone received an email asking for a copy…

SoftBank scraps $100 million investment in Android creator Andy Rubin’s ‘iPhone killer’ startup due to Apple pressure

Monday, March 20, 2017 4:57 pm7 Comments

SoftBank Group Corp. scrapped a planned $100 million investment in a smartphone startup…

Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android push towards two-OS smartphone world

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 1:30 pmWednesday, March 15, 201710 Comments

iOS achieved continued growth across most regions tracked, except for Japan, Spain, and Urban China…

Apple CEO Cook and Google CEO Pichai spotted dining together at restaurant

Friday, March 10, 2017 12:02 pmFriday, March 10, 201731 Comments

While often made out to be fierce competitors, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai…

Beleaguered BlackBerry shifts into licensing mode, sues over Android patent infringement

Monday, August 22, 2016 9:32 pmMonday, August 22, 20165 Comments

Over the years, BlackBerry has amassed a giant portfolio of patents, but it hasn’t used them to sue others…

Google Android’s VP of design says Apple’s iPhone interface is ‘heavy and burdensome’

Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:49 am37 Comments

Google’s Matias Duarte has a problem. In the next ten years he wants to replace the computer on your desk and the phone in your pocket…

Former Android head Andy Rubin leaving Google

Friday, October 31, 2014 11:27 amFriday, October 31, 20148 Comments

Andy Rubin, co-founder and former leader of Google Inc.’s Android…

Six months after Andy Rubin’s departure, Android VP Hugo Barra leaving Google for Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi

Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:07 amThursday, August 29, 201315 Comments

Barra recently tendered his resignation…

Google ready to ditch Android over its intellectual property issues?

Monday, July 29, 2013 10:00 amMonday, July 29, 201328 Comments

The discovery that Google’s new Chromecast web streaming device is based…

Foxconn parent Hon Hai inks worldwide patent license deal with Microsoft over Android infringement

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:02 pmWednesday, April 17, 20137 Comments

Hon Hai signed a worldwide patent license agreement with Microsoft to address infringement issues created by Google’s Android…

Google breaks up mapping and commerce unit, sources say

Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:03 pmThursday, March 14, 20136 Comments

Google Inc. executive Jeff Huber stepped aside as head of…

Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin steps aside

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:03 pmWednesday, March 13, 201332 Comments

Larry Page, Google CEO has issued the following statement…

Apple to ITC: Android started at Apple while Andy Rubin worked for us

Friday, September 2, 2011 6:07 pmFriday, September 2, 201133 Comments

It’s a story that’s remarkable per se: Allegedly, Android started at Apple…

Google eyed Motorola for years

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:32 pmTuesday, August 16, 201129 Comments

Years before Google’s announcement of its $12.5 billion proposed…

Google attempts to clean up fragmented Android mess; mobile ‘partners’ unhappy, complain to DOJ

Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:31 am52 Comments

Playtime is over in Android Land – at least Google hopes it will be someday…

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