Google Buys Android for $50 Milion Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million

Google Buys Android for $50 Milion
Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million

Microsoft is/was dead


2005
Google Inc. (GOOG) Purchased Android For US$50 million in 2005, Now Generates Revenue in Billions: The Nature of Technology Acquisitions! 


Google Buys Android for Its Mobile Arsenal The search giant quietly acquires the startup, netting possibly a key player in its push into wireless, "the next frontier in search"


Google Buys Android for Its Mobile Arsenal


What Really Made Steve Jobs So Angry at Google?


Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board


Steve Jobs explained: "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."
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2008
Robbie Bach, Entertainment and Devices Division President of Microsoft, announces the acquisition of Danger, Inc., the company responsible for software and services powering many popular consumer headsets at Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 11, 2008.

Meanwhile, Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million