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Andy Rubin: ‘Further leaks will not position us well’

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Amir Efrati
· · Source: The Information

Andy Rubin, the founder of a struggling Android smartphone maker that according to Bloomberg is considering selling itself, told employees in an email this afternoon that “no one (including me at this moment) knows what the best thing for the company will be.”  In the email, obtained by The Information, Rubin said his company Essential, which recently canceled plans for developing a new...

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