Google loses head of Pixel division, as David Foster returns to Amazon

We're less than a month away from the Google I/O's debut, and just when the Mountain View company needed more unity considering its plans for the smartphone industry, a prominent exec has left the search giant.

David Foster joined Google back in October after having worked for Amazon's hardware division where he led the development of Kindle tablets, the Echo speaker, as well as other devices.

At Google, Foster was VP of hardware product and was directly responsible for the company's Pixel division. He worked on the current Pixel phones and Home speaker. ...