The world's most popular operating system
has a new boss.
Android chief Andy Rubin, who shepherded the Google mobile project
from its birth to its current market-topping status, has stepped
aside to be replaced by Sundar Pichai, the former boss of the
company's Chrome browser and operating system, Google's founder and
chief executive Larry Page said in a blog posting Wednesday.
"Having exceeded even the crazy ambitious goals we dreamed of for
Android - and with a really strong leadership team in place - Andy's
decided it's time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at
Google," said Page, who noted that over 750 million Android devices
have now been activated.
Rubin confirmed the move on his Twitter account in a message that
said over 900,000 new Android devices are now activated every day.
