Google is partnering with HTC's Pixel division in an effort to shore up Google hardware. (Reuters)Google late Wednesday announced that it would pay $1.1 billion for employees from HTC's smartphone unit, prompting waves upon waves of speculation about what might come next from this partnership. But I have one hope: that Google's clout and HTC's design can give us something to challenge Apple and Samsung. As Richard Windsor of Edison Investment Research said in a Thursday note to investors, Google's “hardware acquisitions feel like unwanted orphans that have no business being part of Google. Google has yet to show any sign that it has learned from the mistakes, but better late than never.”

Source: Washington Post September 21, 2017 21:45 UTC