Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…
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How Google protected and paid off Andy Rubin, iPhone knockoff artist, from sexual misconduct allegations
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
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
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
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’
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
Barra recently tendered his resignation…
Google ready to ditch Android over its intellectual property issues?
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
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
Google Inc. executive Jeff Huber stepped aside as head of…
Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin steps aside
Larry Page, Google CEO has issued the following statement…
Apple to ITC: Android started at Apple while Andy Rubin worked for us
It’s a story that’s remarkable per se: Allegedly, Android started at Apple…
Google eyed Motorola for years
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
Playtime is over in Android Land – at least Google hopes it will be someday…