Google/HTC deal is official, Google to acquire part of HTC’s smartphone team

Enlarge The Google and HTC deal is official, it’s just not quite what we were expecting. Google isn’t buying HTC outright, à la Motorola; instead, Google and HTC have signed an agreement to send some of HTC’s employees over to Google, while HTC gets a $ 1.1 billion cash infusion. The deal also includes a non-exclusive license for HTC’s […]