Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…
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Corning unveils glass less likely to break when you drop your iPhone
Corning Inc., which makes the glass used in Apple Inc.’s iPhones and smartphones from Samsung Electronics Co…
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…
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…
Motorola warns holiday quarter sales below expectations, blames Apple
Motorola sent out a warning late Friday that its fall performance wouldn’t meet…
