Google, the accidental hardware company?
The smoke has cleared on Google’s $12.5B purchase of Chicago-based Motorola and now that almost everyone has had a chance…
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The iPhone forced Google to start over … or not, depending who you believe
The HTC Dream: the first Android handset to go on sale, a year after the iPhone A pithy quote from…
Andy Rubin announces: 700K devices activated every day
Rubin made the announcement through Google Plus (and Twitter) and noted: …and for those wondering, we count each device only…
Motorola was able to raise Google’s buyout by $3 billion
According to an SEC filing made by Motorola today (seen after the break), Motorola was able to get $3 billion…
Not quite: Google will sell 10M Android tablets in 2011, says Andy Rubin in 2010
The ongoing Oracle v. Google trial is churning up some doozies regarding the history of Android, and this latest one…
Google vs Oracle bits: Original Google Phone, Android revs, and $10 data plan
There is a lot of interesting news coming out of the Google v. Oracle Java trial today. Yesterday, former CEO…
Google TV gets updated to latest 4.2.2 Jellybean, will see quicker updates and allow secure content
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNOsB8tRmWU Lost in the shuffle of today’s events is that Google TV is getting significant updates today. Today, Google TV…
Andy Rubin reportedly had an ‘inappropriate relationship’ at Google, is temporarily stepping away from Essential
Andy Rubin, most notably known for being the co-creator of Android, made headlines back in 2013 when he left the mobile…
Is Android the real target of latest Apple vs Samsung patent battle that starts today?
Pieces in the NY Times and the WSJ suggest that the real target of Apple’s second courtroom patent battle with Samsung may be Android. Some…
Andy Rubin: There were 3.7M Android devices activated on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Title says it all. Andy Rubin just tweeted some more Android numbers and they are pretty impressive. In the two…
Google counts only the devices it can count
In a clearing up the “confusion” around Andy Rubin’s recent numbers releases (here and here), the Verge spoke to a…
Leaked email reveals Google's reliance on Android handsets for WiFi location data
Google may have blocked Android handset maker Motorola from using WiFi hotspot location data from Skyhook Wireless because it wanted…
Android Market has 450K apps; Google activates 850K Android devices a day
Google has a dominant presence at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show now underway in Barcelona, Spain from Feb. 27…
Alphabet selling Boston Dynamics due to lack of ‘marketable product’ in the next few years
Before former Android head Andy Rubin left Google, he headed up Google’s robotics efforts. In 2013, Google acquired numerous companies and added 300…
The verdict is in: Android did not infringe upon Oracle’s patents
[tweet https://twitter.com/timbray/status/205359972647829504] A jury decided this morning that Google did not infringe upon Oracle’s patents. The verdict came unanimously as jurors in…
Andy Rubin announces 500M Android activations to date ahead of tomorrow’s iPhone 5 event
Are you ready for the latest breakdown of Android’s performance ahead of Apple’s iPhone 5 event tomorrow afternoon? Android boss…
Google: We will optimize all future versions of Android for Intel chips
Image courtsy of Anandtech TIMN reports that Google’s head of mobile, Andy Rubin, dropped a bombshell during his on-stage appearance…
Watch the entire Google I/O 2011 Day One Keynote
A lot of interesting news came up during yesterday’s Android-focused keynote. We’ve processed key announcements for you, but there’s a…
Official: 500,000 Android devices activated each day
This little factoid came an hour ago straight from the Android chief Andy Rubin, who tweeted: There are now over…
Google’s Rubin doubling down on Android tablets: ‘We’ll make sure we’re winning in this space’
Android smartphones are definitely putting on a great show. As the total number of Android devices around the world jets…
Android father Andy Rubin says AI is the next computing platform, but it’s at least 10-20 years away
Largely heralded as the creator of Android (and as of last year, no longer at Google), Andy Rubin yesterday took…
WSJ: Google execs worried by Samsung’s success with Android
While Google might be happy with the mobile ad revenue Samsung brings in shipping roughly 40 percent of the devices…
Future iPhones could be built by Google robots on Foxconn production lines
In what would be a rather amusing twist, future iPhones could be built by Google robots as Google’s robotics division assists Foxconn to “speed up robot…
Google acquires Boston Dynamics, jumps headfirst into robotics development
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFrjrgBV8K0] The New York Times reports that Google has just acquired Boston Dynamics, the robotics firm that created machines such…