Google Buys HTC's Pixel Team for $1.1 Billion USD

Google has signed a $1.1 billion USD cooperation agreement with HTC in an attempt to help develop its growing hardware division. Previously, Google took a stake in smartphone manufacturer Motorola in 2011 for $12.5 billion USD before reselling it to Lenovo for $2.91 billion USD three years later. It's speculated moving forward that Google is taking an Apple-like strategy toward its products, making software and hardware in tandem, and hiring Motorola's former chief operating officer Rick Osterlo...