Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai
Pichai Sundararajan, known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian American business executive...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryIndia
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My dad and mom did what a lot of parents did at the time. They sacrificed a lot of their life and used a lot of their disposable income to make sure their children were educated.
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We're excited by the success of WhatsApp on top of Android. Amazon brings services like Kindle on top of Android. It's a competitive world and a lot more complex than people realize. When you run a platform on scale, you have to make sure it's truly open. That way, not only do you do well, so do others.
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Google search was important - one of the most important applications ever on the Web. People accessed everything through a browser, and for us it was important for making sure we had an option there.
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For me, it matters that we drive technology as an equalizing force, as an enabler for everyone around the world. Which is why I do want Google to see, push, and invest more in making sure computing is more accessible, connectivity is more accessible.
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When you run a platform on scale, you have to make sure it's truly open. That way, not only do you do well, so do others.
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Good companies do whatever it takes to make sure apps are great and don't hesitate to add features.
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Should kids check phones at dinner? I don't know. To me, that's a parenting choice.
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One of the great things about an open system like Android is it addresses all ends of the spectrum. Getting great low-cost computing devices at scale to the developing world is especially meaningful to me.
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One of the areas we wanted to focus on was to empower users more.
Android was intended to be very customizable. And we welcome innovations.
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A lot of credit goes to Google TV for helping that process get started and helping to build something like Chromecast.
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Obviously, you will always see more malware targeting Android because Android is used more than any smartphone platform by a pretty substantial difference.
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We do have business relationships; we do licensing relationships, and people want to use Google services on top of Android. But in theory, you can use Android without Google.
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The right moral compass is trying hard to think about what customers want.