Google hires Amazon's hardware chief to run new smartphone line

Google's hardware division has hired Amazon's David Foster as VP of product engineering, according to a report from The Information that says he'll lead future development on the company's new range of smartphones. Google is set to unveil its first branded phones, widely expected to be called the Pixel and Pixel XL, alongside other hardware at a major event in about 12 hours' time.
Foster has quite the resume, according to his LinkedIn profile: he was a senior director at Apple from 1998 to