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Andrew E. Rubin (born March 13, 1963) is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Rubin founded Android Inc. in 2003, which was acquired by Google in 2005; Rubin served as a Google vice president for nine years and led Google's efforts in creating and promoting the Android operating system for mobile phones and other devices during most of his tenure.
Signature. Lawrence Edward Page[2][3][4] (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman, computer engineer & computer scientist best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. [2][5] Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 when he stepped down in favor of Eric Schmidt, and then again from April 2011 until ...
Articles in the series. Android version history. Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen -based mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. It is the world's most widely used operating system due to it being used on most ...
Alphabet Inc. is the parent of a diverse set of subsidiaries: [26][27][28] As of September 1, 2017, their equity is held by a subsidiary known as XXVI Holdings, Inc. (referring to the Roman numeral of 26, the number of letters in the alphabet), so that they can be valued and legally separated from Google.
The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. The operating system has been developed by Google on a yearly schedule since at least 2011. [1] New major releases are announced at Google ...
It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, [1] most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol (business conglomerate). As of 2024, Samsung has the world's fifth-highest brand value. [4] Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company.
The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol", [228] [229] which refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros. Page and Brin write in their original paper on PageRank : [ 36 ] "We chose our system name, Google, because it is a common spelling of googol, or 10 100 [,] and fits well with our goal of building ...
Linus Benedict Torvalds (/ ˈliːnəs ˈtɔːrvɔːldz / ⓘ LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz, [2] Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ⓘ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.