Andy Rubin s $3 Million Offer to Settle Patent Dispute The two companies have for weeks argued their sides in a case which has included testimony from top executives on both sides. The high-profile patent infringement battle between Google and...
As the Google-Oracle trial continues into its second week, Oracle lawyers today interrogated Google executives Andy Rubin and former CEO Eric Schmidt about emails written within the company on the topic of Java licensing in 2005 and 2006.
Google Android boss Andy Rubin told AllThingsD that Google would operate Motorola at "arms' length" and that "the company didn’t buy Motorola for its hardware, but for its patents" confirming the earlier speculation.
Previously we reported the promotions of Andy Rubin (mobile); Vic Gundotra (social); Sundar Pichai (Chrome); Salar Kamangar (YouTube and video); Alan Eustace (search); and Susan Wojcicki (ads), but a seventh promotion emerged Friday.
Andy Rubin to senior vice president of mobile This move is aimed at empowering the new executives with more authority, and was inspired by the success of the Android and YouTube units, which function autonomously within Google.
