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		webwright on March 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Winning A Bidding War With Facebook, Google Picks ... Andy Rubin and the Android team had a pretty big impact on Google.

Drbble on March 16, 2012 [–]

That was one of few acquisitions were Google actually wanted the product, and needed it badly. Mobile was Google's main growth area for years, until the social black hole opened last year or so.

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