If Google just bested the iPhone, it needs to troll Apple harder

As is often the case with Google, the product was way more impressive than the presentation.

At its #MadeByGoogle event in San Francisco Tuesday, the search and software giant tried valiantly to make itself over into a hardware giant — but was consistently hampered by some seriously low-energy marketing. 

Exhibit A: the Google Pixel phone. We'll have to wait a few days to get more than a quick hands-on preview, but preliminary specs suggest this could be what the world of Android has been seeking for years: The one true iPhone killer. (Headphone jack included.) Read more...