Danger (company)

Danger, Inc.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Software, services
Founded	1999
Founders	Andy Rubin; Joe Britt; Matt Hershenson
Defunct	2009
Fate	Merged with Microsoft; ceased production
Headquarters	Palo Alto, California, US
Key people	Andy Rubin (CEO); Matías Duarte (Director of Design)[citation needed];
Parent	Microsoft
Website	www.danger.com at the Wayback Machine (archived April 26, 2011)

Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in hardware design, software, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick (also known as Danger Hiptop), a popular early smartphone. The Sidekick or Hiptop was an early example of client–server ("cloud"-based) smartphones and created the App (Applications) marketplace, later popularized by Android and iOS. Danger was acquired by Microsoft on 11 February 2008, for a price rumored to be around $500 million (USD).^[1]

^ "How Much Did Microsoft Pay For Danger?". Gigaom. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

[1] "How Much Did Microsoft Pay For Danger?". Gigaom. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

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