Topic: Andy Rubin

Google's 16 biggest purchases, and how they worked out

Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola will be its biggest acquisition ever -- more than four times the size of DoubleClick, the previous leader.

But over the last decade, Google has been one of the biggest -- and most successful -- acquirers in the tech industry, and owes a lot of its success to these smart buys.

Its core search advertising platform and most of its biggest new businesses, including Android, YouTube, and display advertising, all come from other companies.

Join us as we count down Google's top 16 acquisitions by value and show what happened to them.

Windows Phone 7 market share slips: report

Windows Phone 7 is still lagging behind competitors Android and iOS. Will the release of Mango help bolster the Microsoft operating system?

Smart phone sales now outpace feature phones', thanks to Android, iPhone

For the first time, smart phone sales have pulled ahead of feature phone sales. Android’s still on top of the heap, but Apple’s iPhone is going strong.

Android activations now total 500,000 a day: Google

Android phones are selling by the bucketload – no surprise to Android watchers.

Half a billion smartphones in 2011?

2011 may be the year smartphones overtake personal computers in accessing the web.

300K Android phones activated every day: Google

Android – Google's mobile operating system – has momentum on its side.

Nexus S will ship by end of 2010, Google says

Nexus S is expected to be available at Best Buy – or directly through Google – by the middle of December.

T-Mobile G2 Android phone first to use evolved HSPA service

T-Mobile G2, the successor to the first-ever Android handset, will hit shelves later this month. The G2 will use the HSPA+ high-speed network, T-Mobile says.

Google Nexus One dead? Well, not quite.

The Google Nexus One has been revived by one very specific subset of consumers.

Was the Google Nexus One a flop? Not even close.

On Friday, Google announced it would halt Web sales of the Nexus One smart phone. But the Nexus One, which is powered by Google's Android OS, isn't dead. Not by a long shot.