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Google Hardware Makes Cuts to Laptop and Tablet Development, Cancels Products

posted by martyb on Thursday March 14 2019, @12:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-programmers-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb? dept.

Phoenix666 writes in with a story from Ars Technica:

A report from Business Insider claims that Google has axed "dozens" of employees from its laptop and tablet division. BI's sources describe the move as causing "roadmap cutbacks" and that Google will likely "pare down the portfolio" in the future.

[...] Google's Hardware division is run by Rick Osterloh and is expected to launch a game streaming console later this month. The division is responsible for the Pixel phones, Google Home speakers, the Chromecast, Google Wi-Fi, and lately, the Nest smart home division.

Why is Google having a hard time cracking the hardware market?

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @12:06AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @12:06AM (#813984)

    Celebrity endorsements. If Kanye used a Google Chromebook, millions of brainless twits would buy one too. If Kanye used Google+ then Facebook would be out of business by now. Unfortunately Google management are racist and unwilling to do business with successful African American musicians.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday March 14 2019, @01:43PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 14 2019, @01:43PM (#814182) Journal

    If Kanye used a Google Chromebook, millions of brainless twits would buy one too.

    Some of us did not need Kanye to convince us to buy a Pixelbook. But no doubt Kanye's endorsement would inspire more of us to buy them.

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