Did you know that Google spent just $50 million to buy Android?

Looking at how companies spend billions of dollars nowadays, you might think that back in 2005, when Google acquired the Android start-up, it would have spent no less than a fortune on it. After all, today’s realities show how companies like Facebook are ready to spend $19 billion for an instant messenger app like Whatsapp and over $2 billion for a Kickstarter project like the Occulus Rift. Surely, Android would have cost Google no less, you might think.



Turns out, though, it did not. We've already told you the story about how Android’s co-founder Andy Rubin started working on an operating ...



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