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06-24-2014, 03:34 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Yd62XHYGIr42pusmCRNzQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/samsung-magazine-ux.png (http://news.yahoo.com/inside-story-google-rescued-android-samsung-magazine-ux-191539480.html)Google is getting ready for its I/O developers event that kicks-off on Wednesday and Sundar Pichai has been designated as the “master of ceremonies and Google’s public face,” according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The publication has published an extensive profile of Pichai, a very important Google executive who’s currently shaping the future of Android, Chrome and other Google products. In the process, Bloomberg revealed previously unknown details about Google’s relationship with Samsung and the reason Andy Rubin was forced out of Android. Samsung, the most important Android device maker, has only recently patched things up with Google, inking a major cross-licensing deal in early 2014. Pichai was the man sent seal-the deal, with Samsung’s Magazine UX interface for tablets introduced at



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