Danger, Inc.

Danger, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Software, services
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founders	Andy Rubin Joe Britt Matt Hershenson
Defunct	2009; 15 years ago (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.^[1]