Andy Rubin
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Andrew E. Rubin is the co-founder and former CEO of both Danger Inc., and Android Inc. He was formerly Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital Content at Google until March 2013,[1] where he oversaw development of Android, an open-source operating system for smartphones.[2][3][4] Rubin has four patents for his inventions, and is believed to have a net worth of $100 million dollars.[5][6]
On 13 March 2013, Larry Page announced in a blog post that Andy Rubin had moved from the Android division to take on new projects at Google.[7] He was replaced by Sundar Pichai, who also continues his role as the head of Google's Chrome division.[8][9]
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Early life [edit]
Rubin is Jewish.[10] He grew up in Chappaqua, New York, the son of a psychologist who later founded his own direct-marketing firm. His father's firm created photographs of the latest electronic gadgets to be sent with credit card bills.[11] Rubin ran a computer bulletin board system in his youth.[12]
Education [edit]
- Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York 1977 - 1981.
- Utica College, Utica, New York Bachelor of Science degree in computer science 1981 - 1986.
Career [edit]
- Carl Zeiss AG, robotics engineer, 1986 - 1989.[11]
- Apple Inc., manufacturing engineer, 1989 - 1992.[11]
- General Magic, engineer, 1992 - 1995. An Apple spin-off where he participated in developing Magic Cap, an operating system and interface for hand-held mobile devices.[11]
- MSN TV, engineer, 1995 - 1999. When Magic Cap failed, Rubin joined Artemis Research, founded by Steve Perlman, which became WebTV and was eventually acquired by Microsoft.[11]
- Danger Inc., co-founder, 1999 - 2003. Founded with Matt Hershenson and Joe Britt. Firm is most notable for the Danger Hiptop, often branded as the T-Mobile Sidekick, which is a phone with PDA-like abilities. Firm was later acquired by Microsoft in February 2008.[11]
- Android Inc., co-founder 2003 - 2005.[11]
- Google, 2005–present. Senior Vice President in charge of Android for most of his tenure.[11]
List of patents [edit]
Andrew Rubin (or as Andrew E. Rubin or Andy Rubin) is named as an inventor in four US Patents:
- U.S. Patent 6,701,522, Apparatus and method for portal device authentication, 2000 Apr 7, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 6,735,624, Method for configuring and authenticating newly delivered portal device, 2000 Apr 7, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 6,721,804, Portal system for converting requested data into a bytecode format based on..., 2000 Nov 15, Assignee: Danger Inc.
- U.S. Patent 7,960,945, Estimating remaining use time of a mobile device, 2011 Jun 14, Assignee: Google Inc.
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4099450/andy-rubin-steps-down-as-head-of-android
- ^ Google's Rubin: Android 'a revolution'
- ^ http://googleblog.blogspot.ca/2013/03/update-from-ceo.html
- ^ Efrati, Amir (August 17, 2011), "The Man Behind Android's Rise", The Wall Street Journal
- ^ "URL".
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- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/13/andy-rubin-google-move
- ^ http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/update-from-ceo.html
- ^ Darrell Etherington (March 13th, 2013). "Sundar Pichai Takes Over For Andy Rubin As Head Of Android At Google, Signals The Unification of Android, Chrome And Apps".
- ^ "URL".
- ^ a b c d e f g h Markoff, John (4 November 2007). "I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone". The New York Times. The New York Times Company.
- ^ System 0perator Ducati (30 October 91). "Spies is shutting down because the time has come". Textfiles.com. Jason Scott.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andy Rubin |
- "Designing Products Your Customers Will Love", Andy Rubin speaks at Stanford University
- "Android on the March", Financial Post September 17, 2010
- "Android Invasion", Newsweek October 3, 2010
