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š—šš—¼š—¼š—“š—¹š—² š˜ƒš˜€ š—¬š—®š—µš—¼š—¼: š—§š—µš—² š—¦š—¶š—¹š—²š—»š˜ š—•š—®š—°š—øš˜€š˜š—®š—Æ š—§š—µš—®š˜ š—–š—µš—®š—»š—“š—²š—± š—§š—²š—°š—µ š—™š—¼š—暝—²š˜ƒš—²š—æ This is the story of how Google outsmarted Yahooā€¦ And turned a tiny startup called Android ā†’ Into the worldā€™s #1 mobile operating system. šŸ®šŸ¬šŸ¬šŸ± ā€” š—¬š—®š—µš—¼š—¼ š—¦š—ŗš—²š—¹š—¹š˜€ š—¢š—½š—½š—¼š—暝˜š˜‚š—»š—¶š˜š˜† Yahoo was struggling to stay relevant. They saw mobile as their big comeback. So they started talking to a small startup called š€š§šš«šØš¢š šˆš§šœ. Founded by Andy Rubin ā€” a genius in mobile tech. Yahoo wanted to buy Android. It couldā€™ve changed their future forever. š—•š˜‚š˜ š—šš—¼š—¼š—“š—¹š—² š—Ŗš—®š˜€ š—Ŗš—®š˜š—°š—µš—¶š—»š—“ š—¤š˜‚š—¶š—²š˜š—¹š˜†ā€¦ Larry Page & Sergey Brin ā€” the Google founders ā€” got wind of this. They realized something: "šˆšŸ š˜ššš”šØšØ š›š®š²š¬ š€š§šš«šØš¢šā€¦ š°šž ššš«šž š¬šœš«šžš°šžš." So they moved fast. Really fast. Behind Yahooā€™s backā€¦ Google quietly reached out to Andy Rubin. And guess what? Google closed the deal before Yahoo could react. šš«š¢šœšž? Just $50 million. š—šš—¼š—¼š—“š—¹š—²ā€™š˜€ š— š—®š˜€š˜š—²š—æ š—£š—¹š—®š—» š˜„š—¶š˜š—µ š—”š—»š—±š—暝—¼š—¶š—± Google didnā€™t just buy Android. They š°šžššš©šØš§š¢š³šžš it. ā†’ Made Android open-source. ā†’ Gave it to phone makers for free. ā†’ Bundled Google Search, Maps, Gmail into every Android device. š‘šžš¬š®š„š­? Yahooā€™s entire mobile dream got wiped out. Android exploded globally. Today, Android powers over šŸ‘ š›š¢š„š„š¢šØš§ devices. š˜ššš”šØšØ? Crushed. šŸÆ š—•š—¶š—“ š—Ÿš—²š˜€š˜€š—¼š—»š˜€ š—³š—暝—¼š—ŗ š—šš—¼š—¼š—“š—¹š—² š˜ƒš˜€ š—¬š—®š—µš—¼š—¼ šŸ. š’š©šžšžš > š’š¢š³šž Big companies move slow. Startups & smart operators move like sharks. šŸ. šƒš¢š¬š­š«š¢š›š®š­š¢šØš§ š–š¢š§š¬ Google gave Android away for free ā†’ and locked in billions of users. šŸ‘. šš®š¬š¢š§šžš¬š¬ š¢š¬ š–ššš« Yahoo thought they had time. Google didnā€™t wait. Google didnā€™t just win. They šœš”ššš§š šžš the internet forever. Yahoo thought they were getting into mobile. Google š›šžšœššš¦šž mobile. And the rest is history. I hope you've found this helpful. Follow Vishu Bheda for more such amazing business stories!

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