Google bets anew on smartphones, pays $1.1 billion for HTC's Pixel division
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-htc-m-a-google/google-bets-anew-on-smartphones-pays-1-1-billion-for-htcs-pixel-division-idUSKCN1BW06L
Alphabet Inc's Google said it would pay $1.1 billion for the division at Taiwan's HTC Corp that develops the U.S. firm's Pixel smartphones - its second major foray into phone hardware after an earlier costly failure.