Bottom line: Google's launch of a China AI lab marks the latest step in its campaign to curry favor with Beijing, which could give it a 50-50 chance of being allowed to sell its Pixel phones and open a China Google Play store in 2018.
Chronicling Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) slow march back to China has been a bit like watching grass grow these days. It's been a painfully slow process, including the latest announcement that the c...
Bottom line: Google's purchase of HTC's Pixel assets is a sign of no confidence in HTC's chances of longer-term survival as an independent smartphone maker.
Everyone is giving their two cents about the big new tie-up between Taiwan smartphone maker HTC (Taipei: 2498) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), so I figured I'd weigh in as well on this deal that has quite a few threads. From where I sit, the deal marks the latest dis...