Andy Rubin Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Android's Andy Rubin is not a fan of Siri

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 20th, 2011)

Siri is the talk of the town now that the iPhone 4S is in the hands of over four million customers. There has been a deluge of articles about using Siri, funny phrases it says and even clever hacks that let third-party companies tap into the service. Apple and its fans may be excited by the voice ...

Apple alleges Andy Rubin got inspiration for Android while working at Apple

by Chris Rawson (Sep 2nd, 2011)

A substantial wrinkle has just been introduced in Apple's patent infringement case against HTC. According to recent briefs that Apple filed in that case, Android's genesis was not in the mid-1990s when Andy Rubin worked for General Magic or Danger. Instead, Apple alleges that Rubin drew ...

Google's Andy Rubin says iTunes is "not the right experience"

by Steven Sande (Dec 7th, 2010)

Yesterday's announcement of Google Books was another sign that the internet powerhouse intends to compete with Apple on all levels. If a comment that was made yesterday at D:DiveIntoMobile by Andy Rubin, Google's Vice President of Engineering, is any indication, Google has plans to create an online ...

Does open matter?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Oct 19th, 2010)

Much has been made of Steve Jobs' presence on the earnings call yesterday. In particular, there's a little nerd slapfight going on between Apple and Google around the "openness" of their platforms. As Steve said yesterday, "open doesn't always win." Andy Rubin, the father of Android at Google, ...