>Microsoft famously acquired Danger Mobile and then crushed it destroying the first widely adopted smartphone tech for consumers. Microsoft bought Danger in 20

>Microsoft famously acquired Danger Mobile and then crushed it destroying the first widely adopted smartphone tech for consumers. Microsoft bought Danger in 2008, 5 years after Andy Rubin left to start Android [0]. 2008 was also the year after iOS was released and the year Android was released. Too little, too late. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Inc.