Amanda Rosenberg
Born1987 (age 36–37)
Occupationexecutive
Known forPlayed a prominent role in the development of Google Glass

Amanda Rosenberg is a Google executive credited with coining the hotword, "Ok, Glass"[1][2][3] Rosenberg was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the United Kingdom.[4]

Education

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Rosenberg attended Marlborough College[5] and holds a communications degree from Leeds University[6]

Marlborough College is an exclusive and expensive British Public School, which, in 1968, was the first accept girls as students as well as boys.[7] Annual fees for boarders, like Rosenberg, were $48,000 per year.

In 2014 Victoria Lambert, writing in The Telegraph, described Marlborough College as a "seed bed for grooming alpha consorts", listing Rosenberg, the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, and nine other notable female graduates of Marlborough as examples of Marlborough's "alpha consorts".[7][8]

Career

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File:My muse Amanda looking great in the frames I designed for her.jpg
The New York Daily News quoted designer Isabelle Olsson calling Rosenberg her "muse" in the custom designed Google Glass in this image.[9]

After joining Google, she was quickly promoted to become a marketing manager for Google Glass.[1] After the story of her affair with Brin became public, she was transferred "out from under his supervision."[5]

Rosenberg didn't only promote Google Glass, from behind the scenes -- she served as a model for the glasses, starring in promotional videos, and having a designer develop a more fashionable version of the glasses that she said were specifically inspired by her.[9][10][11] The New York Daily News described Rosenberg as a "style-savvy hipster" when they quoted designer Isabelle Olsson saying “My muse Amanda looking great in the frames I designed for her,”.

Personal life

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Rosenberg entered into two overlapping romantic relationships after she started working at Google.[12] The first was with Hugo Barra, the senior executive at Google responsible for managing the development of the android operating system. She also became friends with Sergey Brin, and his wife Anne Wojcicki, and unknown to Barra and Wojcicki, began an affair with Brin.[13] Barra planned to accept a job offer in China, and Rosenberg declined when he asked her to join him there.

Google's personnel policies do allow relationships between fellow employees, but Brin's relationship with Rosenberg is said to have made other employees uncomfortable.[12][13] The Google Glass product is no longer available for sale. Google says the product line has been withdrawn, for redeveloping, with the eventual release of a more mature replacement, but some commentators have speculated that the retirement of the product is an side-effect of the discomfort caused by the discovery of Brin's clandestine affair with Rosenberg.

Race relations

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Rosenberg described herself as being a member of the "master race that is the Chinese Jew or Chew."[5][6][14][15]

References

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  1. ^ a b Grigoriandis, Vanessa (April 2014). "O.K., Glass: Make Google Eyes". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ Chloe Albanesius (2013-07-13). "Google's 'OK Glass' Command Was Almost 'Go Go Glass'". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2015-02-09. In a Tuesday Google+ post, Glass marketing manager Amanda Rosenberg detailed how she came up with the voice command, and turns out, it was quite by accident. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Jay Yarrow (2013-08-29). "Meet Amanda Rosenberg, The Google Employee Sergey Brin Is Reportedly Dating". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-02-07. Top Android executive Hugo Barra is leaving the company after a "thorny" personal relationship with another Googler ended, according to tech news site AllThingsD. That same Googler who was dating Barra is now in a relationship with 40-year-old Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder who recently split with his wife of six years, Anne Wojcicki. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Anne Cohen (2013-08-30). "From Kate Middleton to Sergey Brin". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 2015-02-09. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the UK, the communications major from Leeds University moved to San Francisco last year, and described herself in an Internet profile as "part of the master race that is the Chinese Jew or Chew, if you will." {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b c Sloane, Garett (30 August 2013). "Google transfers Glass staffer after billionaire Brin's mistress outed". New York Post. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b Sears, Neal; Gardner, David; Nye, James (1 September 2013). "Google executive, 27, accused of 'sleeping her way to the top' in irate online posts after affair with boss Sergey Brin, 40, was exposed". Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b Victoria Lambert (2014-03-29). "Why everyone wants a Marlborough missus". The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 2015-02-09. If Eton is often referred to as alma mater of leading politicians and power brokers, it seems that in Marlborough College, there exists a second, potentially just as influential, seed bed which grows alpha consorts. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Maggie Lange (2014-03-26). "Alpha consorts: Is Kate Middleton's School a Hotbed of Wives for the Rich and Famous?". New York magazine. Retrieved 2015-02-09. These "alpha consorts," these "pillow-talkers to the great and good" aren't just suitable partners for politicians! They have range, according to The Telegraph. They have also won the hands of important titans of technology and entertainment: Harvey's Weinstein's wife, Georgina Chapman, and Google founder Sergey Brin's girlfriend, Amanda Rosenberg, both went to Marlborough. And have perhaps even enjoyed professional success in their own right! {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b Rheanna Murray (2013-08-30). "Google Glass gets a fashionable update". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2015-02-07. Designer Isabelle Olsson seemed to have the style-savvy hipster set in mind when she created a new version of the augmented reality specs. Modeled by marketing manager Amanda Rosenberg — who's reportedly in a romantic relationship with married Google co-founder Sergey Brin — the modern frames are tortoise-shell cat eyes, available with tinted lenses. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Amanda Rosenberg (2013-06-17). "Reactions [Through Glass]". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-02-07. Over the past year, I wasn't able to capture all the reactions I've experienced from others whilst wearing Glass. So, I thought I'd re-enact some of them instead. Shot entirely through Glass. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Barry Schwartz (2013-06-19). "Reactions [Through Glass] By Google". Search Engine Roundtable. Retrieved 2015-02-07. Amanda Rosenberg Google's Product Marketing Manager for Project Glass, is way too funny. She starred in this video capturing many of the reactions she experienced from people around the world who saw her wearing Glass. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ a b Sasha Goldstein (2014-03-12). "Sergey Brin's affair with employee Amanda Rosenberg created strife within Google: report". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2015-02-10. Unaware of the affair, Barra wanted Rosenberg to move to Hong Kong with him as he planned to accept a job with a Chinese cellphone company, Vanity Fair reported. She denied his request, and in May, dumped Barra. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ a b Bilton, Nick (4 February 2015). "Why Google Glass Broke". New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  14. ^ Osborne, Hannah (13 August 2013). "Amanda Rosenberg: The Google Glass Girl with Sergey Brin in her Sights". International Business Times. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  15. ^ Bielenberg, Kim (26 September 2013). "The woman who broke through the Google Glass ceiling . . ". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

Wellcraft was a major manufacturer of American powerboats. It was founded in 1955, making wooden runabouts.[1]

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It owns the Aquasport, Carver Yachts, Champion Boats, Crestliner, Glastron, Larson, Lowe Boats, Scarab Boats, Trojan Yachts, and, Wellcraft brands.[2]

References

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  1. ^ McKnew, Ed. 2008 PowerBoat Guide. American Marine Publishing. p. 469. ISBN 097735394. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
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