Google is going to start making killer hardware thanks to a major personnel move

[Wireless News]

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KpqhRRIm.9PkHiLjVwgq7g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/nest-labs-sign.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/google-going-start-making-killer-hardware-thanks-major-210051241.html)When Google acquired Nest earlier this year, we knew the justification would be multifaceted. Not only was Google picking up one of the hottest smart home properties in the industry, the search giant was also absorbing a very talented team of designers, including Tony Fadell, the CEO of Nest and a man who oversaw the development of the iPod. Now, just five months later, The Information is reporting that Fadell “owns” the consumer hardware division at Google. Senior VP Sundar Pichai apparently-“dismantled almost all of the Android team’s hardware initiatives” in order to give Fadell the freedom he needed to make the division his own. As The Verge notes, there’s no telling how many initiatives there actually were to dismantle



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