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Essential CEO Rubin reportedly takes leave amid controversy

Andy Rubin, known as the father of Android, has taken a leave of absence as CEO of upstart smartphone maker Essential, according to The Information (subscription required).  The Information, citing unnamed people, reported that Rubin left Google three years ago after an internal Google investigation found he had carried on an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. The people didn’t elaborate …

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IDC: Jumbo smartphones are nearly 50 percent of the market

Remember how we mocked early adopters for those jumbo Galaxy Note phones just a few years ago? Nowadays, big phones are everywhere.  Samsung may have blazed the trail, but other handset makers like Apple have followed suit with their own supersized smartphones, also known in the industry as phablets. The pace of phablet growth is expected to be 18.1 percent …

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