Internet Governance Coalition quoted in CNET – “Google’s Pixel hardware event is really about software”

Later this week, Google is expected to unveil a bevy of new products: phones, a smart home hub, a Wi-Fi router and possibly more. It’s all stuff you can touch and pick up — objects made of atoms.

But don’t let the hype around the new hardware fool you. The launch event, taking place in San Francisco on Tuesday, isn’t really about hardware. As is almost everything Google does, this is firmly about code… [more]

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