Andy Rubin
Google has built a ‘firewall’ between Android and Motorola

Google has built a ‘firewall’ between Android and Motorola

27 February 2012 by Discuss (6)

Since before Google’s deal to buy out Motorola was approved by both the US and EU, they had stated that each company would remain completely separate from on another. And had stressed that Motorola wouldn’t be ‘favored’ by Google in any way. Recently here at MWC, Google’s Andy Rubin had a few words to say …

Android activations grow to 700,000 a day

Android activations grow to 700,000 a day

20 December 2011 by Discuss (2)

According to Andy Rubin, Android smartphones are now being activated 700,000 times in a single day. In the big scheme of things, that shows amazing growth. The OS is quite popular, but growing from 550,000 daily activations in July to 700K is incredible! It was estimated that we may be at 1 million activations a …

Google Music Store will have “Google in it” says Rubin

Google Music Store will have “Google in it” says Rubin

19 October 2011 by Discuss (0)

We have been hearing rumors for a while now that Google was hard at work on its own MP3 music store. Google does have its music streaming cloud service that lets the user upload tunes they already have to the cloud. We also know that Google had worked to get a music store open in …

Andy Rubin shared his first multi-million dollar bonus check with employees

Andy Rubin shared his first multi-million dollar bonus check with employees

18 August 2011 by Discuss (6)

Fans of Android are likely familiar with the name Andy Rubin. Rubin has been around the tech world in a big way and is famous as the founder of Danger and then as the dude that is responsible for Android. It took a long time for this to surface, but apparently, back in 2008 Rubin …

Motorola Remains Independent, No Necessary Nexus in Future

Motorola Remains Independent, No Necessary Nexus in Future

15 August 2011 by Discuss (0)

While Google’s purchase of the Motorola group may mean many things for Google, especially along the lines of patents, Motorola will, if Andy Rubin and Motorola’s Sanjay Jha are to be trusted, still act as a separate company. In addition, Rubin has doubly assured the Android public that the next Nexus device coming from Google …

Andy Rubin tweets new Android stats

Andy Rubin tweets new Android stats

28 June 2011 by Discuss (3)

If you are a big fan of Android operating system for your smartphone or tablet, you probably know who Andy Rubin is. Rubin was the geek who developed Android and then sold the OS to Google back in 2005. Rubin was also involved in the company Danger. Rubin has posted up a tweet with some …

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Confirmed [Even More For Real This Time]

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Confirmed [Even More For Real This Time]

02 May 2011 by Discuss (10)

You know how all the bigtime Android iterations are named after desserts? Do you also see how the titles of these deserts have been released in alphabetical order? These Android titles go like so: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, and Honeycomb. This last version is the first tablet-specific version of Android and should, based on …

Andy Rubin now Senior Vice President of Google [UPDATED]

Andy Rubin now Senior Vice President of Google [UPDATED]

08 April 2011 by Discuss (4)

A few of our main Google super-computers are switching places as of late, one of them you may well know about – Larry Page, co-founder of Google switching up with Eric Schmidt, leaving Schmidt to do all the dirty work (traveling about the earth talking about the awesomeness of Google, for example.) Meanwhile Page has …

Andy Rubin Responds to Android Closed Source Rumors

Andy Rubin Responds to Android Closed Source Rumors

07 April 2011 by Discuss (5)

Today on Android’s Developers news feed, Andy Rubin has responded to all the wild closed-source talk that’s been circulating, essentailly taking what yours truly wrote up in Android Remains Open, Android Remains Powerful and rehashing it. That’s not to say that Andy read what I wrote over there and decided he ought to write one …

Google’s Andy Rubin denies Android lock-down

Google’s Andy Rubin denies Android lock-down

07 April 2011 by Discuss (1)

Android lead Andy Rubin has challenged rumors that Google is locking down the OS, taking to the official Android Developers blog to deny that there has been “a change in strategy” in how it deals with OEMs, modifications, or hardware. “Our approach remains unchanged: there are no lock-downs or restrictions against customizing UIs” Rubin insists. …

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