Update from the CEO

Post by hugoc » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 5:28 PM UTC

bengillies wrote: post #7

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #3

Sort-of thank you to the mod who changed the title. The old one ("Google lets go its (sic) Android head Andy Rubin, appoints Sundar Pichai") was editorializing and incorrect, but the new one ("Update from the CEO") is completely useless. On a related note, I find it rather fascinating that Andy is planning on staying in Google. Andy’s decided it’s time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at Google. I wonde…

He's done quite a good job of increasing Android adoption, so my guess would be that he'll be working on the hardware/nexus side of things.

Post by jmillikin » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 5:30 PM UTC

dguido wrote: post #16

Andy Rubin was the major factor responsible for insecure Android devices. He thought it was impossible to be both secure and 'X' for any 'X'. Meanwhile, Andy Rubin's replacement is Sundar Pichai, SVP for Chrome and ChromeOS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai If you care at all about the security of Android mobile devices, this is probably a good sign. EDIT: I wonder if this helped move Andy out the door? htt…

Post by tehwalrus » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 5:30 PM UTC

enraged_camel wrote: post #14

clone1018 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Speed is the reason I prefer Chrome, is Chrome not fast for you?

It's decent, but Firefox seems a lot faster. Completely anecdotal of course. edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted

Post by laureny » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 5:33 PM UTC

jmillikin wrote: post #23

dguido wrote: post #16

Andy Rubin was the major factor responsible for insecure Android devices. He thought it was impossible to be both secure and 'X' for any 'X'. Meanwhile, Andy Rubin's replacement is Sundar Pichai, SVP for Chrome and ChromeOS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai If you care at all about the security of Android mobile devices, this is probably a good sign. EDIT: I wonder if this helped move Andy out the door? htt…

Not to mention that Chrome has figured out how to push updates, while a majority of Androids are still running a version released over two years ago. If Google can start pushing auto-updates to all of its devices, that would be one of the greatest improvements ever made to Android. Also, one of Chrome's most touted features is performance, which has always been Android's weakest point. Hopefully he'll be willing to a…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 5:35 PM UTC

enraged_camel wrote: post #5

>>Today Chrome has hundreds of millions of happy users and is growing fast thanks to its speed, simplicity and security. Simplicity and security, fine. But speed? That's hardly the reason people prefer Chrome these days.