Google Changes Leadership at Top of Android Mobile Business
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Google Inc. is changing the leadership of the unit at the heart of its mobile-technology war with Apple Inc., saying Sundar Pichai will succeed Andy Rubin at the helm of the Android software business.
Pichai will keep oversight of the Chrome Web browser and operating system while taking responsibility for Android, the most widely used mobile software, Chief Executive Officer Larry Page said in a blog today. Rubin has led the effort since 2005, when Google acquired Android, the company he co-founded.