Rick Osterloh, senior vice-president of hardware for Google (second from left), and Cher Wang, chairwoman of HTC, announce a US$1.1 billion deal for Google to take on HTC engineering staff. Photo: AP

Google bets on hardware growth in US$1.1 billion deal with Taiwan’s HTC

The global internet giant’s agreement to take on HTC design and engineering staff is expected to advance innovation in its line of smartphones and smart devices

Topic | Google

Bien Perez

Published: 1:45pm, 21 Sep, 2017

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

Rick Osterloh, senior vice-president of hardware for Google (second from left), and Cher Wang, chairwoman of HTC, announce a US$1.1 billion deal for Google to take on HTC engineering staff. Photo: AP

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Bien Perez

Bien has worked at the Post since 2000. He has served as Post Magazine's technology editor and Technology Post's deputy editor. He was a guest host on Tech Specs in TVB’s Money Magazine show. He won runner-up, Best News Writing, at the 2008 Hong Kong News Awards.