1963, andy rubin was born in new york, USA. His father studied psychology and later set up an electronic equipment direct selling company. After taking photos of the sales samples and putting them into the sales catalogue, these electronic devices that complete the business mission become Rubin's toys. His room is always full of the latest electronic products, and he stays in it every day to open it. That's when the geek gene was planted.
From 65438 to 0986, Rubin obtained a bachelor's degree in computer science from Utica College in new york, and joined Carl Zeiss Company, which is famous for producing optical instruments, as a robot engineer. Later, he was sent to Switzerland by the company to take charge of another robot project. Rubin said that if it weren't for an adventure in Cayman Islands, he would be happy to work in Zeiss all his life.
1989, 26-year-old Rubin came to Apple. At that time, Apple was basically controlled by technicians, with a casual management style and all kinds of whimsy flying all over the sky. From 65438 to 0989, Rubin went to Cayman Islands. One morning, he was walking alone on the beach and found a poor man sleeping in a chair. After talking with this person, Rubin learned that he quarreled with his girlfriend and was driven out of the seaside villa. Kind Rubin found a place for him. In return, the man promised to introduce Rubin to his company, which was Apple's first heyday. Rubin is mainly engaged in research and development at Apple. Apple's first tower computer Quadra and the first soft modem in history are inseparable from his efforts. When he first arrived at Apple, the naughty Rubin played a practical joke: he reprogrammed the company's internal telephone system. As a result, his colleagues in the same group received a phone call from john sculley, then CEO of the company, claiming to give them a special stock award.
1990, Apple separated the PDA department from the communication equipment department and established a new company. Two years later, Rubin joined the new company. Here, he fully integrated into the engineer culture of "work is life". He and several other colleagues got up in the cubicle of the office, ate and lived in the office for almost 24 hours, and developed the magic hat day and night. This is a smartphone operating system and interface.
General magic was a short-lived success, and the stock of 1995 doubled on the first day of listing. But it didn't last long. The concept of magic hat was so advanced that only a few manufacturers and communication companies could barely accept it, and it was quickly sentenced to death by the market. Rubin's R&D department was forced to disintegrate. Three Apple veterans set up Artemis R&D Company and invited Rubin to join them. Rubin moved the bed into the office again and continued to pursue his dreams day and night. The product he participated in the development this time is interactive Internet TV WebTV, which has obtained a number of communication patents. The product has hundreds of thousands of users and successfully achieved profitability, with an annual income of more than $654.38 billion.
1997, Artemis was acquired by Microsoft. Rubin stayed at Microsoft and quietly explored his robot project. Without changing the true nature of geeks, he once again broke the spell and won the position of big brother among geeks. He made a walking robot with a camera and microphone, wandered around Microsoft and recorded what he saw and heard. One weekend, Microsoft security personnel found that the computer controlling the robot was hacked. Although hackers haven't discovered that this computer is mobile and has camera function, Rubin's dangerous practice is enough to anger Microsoft's security team, and they demand Rubin to put the robot into limbo immediately.
1999, Rubin left Microsoft and rented a retail store as a laboratory in Palo Alto, the central city of Silicon Valley, which was filled with robots he brought back from Japan. Here, Rubin and his engineer friends often get together late at night to conceive the possibility of developing various new products. They finally decided to make a device as big as a chocolate bar, and the price was less than 10. Users can use it to scan items, and then upload pictures to the Internet to discover the information of these items on the online platform. Rubin said that the original intention of inventing this scanning device was to create a "digital sponge" to "suck" people back to the Internet. This is a cool idea, but the problem is that no one wants to pay for it.
Rubin and his friends were not discouraged. They set up a company called Danger, which further improved the original invention, added a wireless receiver and converter to this device, and named it Sidekick, making it a smart phone with Internet access. Danger and later Android fully reflected Rubin's love for robots. The name Danger comes from the space fantasy TV series Lost in Space, which was popular in the United States in the 1960s. There is a robot in the play who often sends out "Danger! (Danger! ) "warning.
In early 2002, Rubin gave a lecture to engineers in Silicon Valley at Stanford University, during which he talked about the research and development process of Sidekick. There are two extraordinary figures in his audience-Google founders Larry Page and sergey brin. This is the first time they have become attached to Rubin. After class, Page went to Rubin's side to check Sidekick and found that Google had been listed as the default search engine. "It's so cool." Page said sincerely.
When Rubin taught at Stanford University, portable devices with mobile phone function had begun to take shape, but the development of digital wireless network later gave this device new life. Inspired by Sidekick, Page soon had the idea of developing Google phones and mobile operating system platforms. It was this idea that made him become attached to Rubin again.
Google acquired Android in 2005, and Rubin helped Android become the most popular mobile operating system in the world.
20 13 On March 4th, Google CEO Larry Page said that andy rubin, Google's senior vice president and head of mobile business and known as the father of Android, would leave Google's Android business department. In this internal personnel adjustment of Google, andy rubin was replaced by Sanda Pichai, senior vice president in charge of Google Chrome and software application department. The outside world believes that this personnel adjustment is a signal for Google to further integrate Chrome, Android and APP. However, Google did not announce andy rubin's next work arrangement, only that he would still work at Google. Andy rubin himself said, "Now the success of Android and strong management team make me confident to leave Android and hand over the leadership. I have an entrepreneurial heart, and now it is time to open a new chapter in Google. "