The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. 17). In a blog post announcing the launch of the mobile phone that is aimed at taking on Apple and Samsung, Rubin said that, although the company...
Essential Products, the smartphone company that was started by Andy Rubin — the creator of the Android mobile operating system — has raised $300 million in venture funding from big name investors like Tencent and Amazon. According to a news report in The Wall Street Journal, the...
As much as Google would like users to believe there’s no device like Home, the smart speaker is not exactly delivering an over-the-rainbow experience for some. Music fans are frustrated with the Home after a recent update, purported to let them play songs they had...
August 31, 2017
Ooops. If one needed a single word description for the difficulties facing Essential — a small smartphone maker facing a large data privacy kerfuffle — “ooops” would probably be a pretty good starting place. According to reports, the firm accidentally shared a lot of personal information about some of their customers as part of what […]
August 18, 2017
The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. 17). In a blog post announcing the launch of the mobile phone...
August 10, 2017
Essential Products, the smartphone company that was started by Andy Rubin — the creator of the Android mobile operating system — has raised $300 million in venture funding from big name...