<p>Google’s Chrome and Android operating systems will remain separate products but could have more overlap, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said, a week after the two came under a single boss.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Google last week said Andy Rubin, the architect of Android - the world's top-selling mobile operating system - was moving to a still-undefined role while Sundar Pichai, in charge of its Chrome web browser and applications like Google Drive and Gmail, was taking on Rubin's responsibilities.<br /><br />Schmidt, Google's chief executive from 2001 to 2011, is becoming more outspoken on issues involving technology and world affairs, and was in India as part of a multi-country Asian tour to promote Internet access.<br /><br />After New Delhi, he is visiting Myanmar, which is seen as the last virgin territory for businesses in Asia. In January he went to North Korea, saying it was a personal trip to talk about a free and open Internet. Only about a tenth of India's more than 1.2 billion people have access to the Internet, although that is changing fast with growth in low-cost tablet computers and cheaper smartphones.<br /><br />Schmidt called on India to clarify a law that holds so-called intermediaries like Google and Facebook liable for content users post on the web.<br /><br />In 2011, India passed a law that obliges social media companies to remove a range of objectionable content when requested to do so, a move criticised at the time by human rights groups and companies.<br /><br />Schmidt also said rumours he may be leaving Google were “completely false”. “Google is my home,” he said, adding that he had no plans to take on a job in government.</p>
<p>Google’s Chrome and Android operating systems will remain separate products but could have more overlap, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said, a week after the two came under a single boss.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Google last week said Andy Rubin, the architect of Android - the world's top-selling mobile operating system - was moving to a still-undefined role while Sundar Pichai, in charge of its Chrome web browser and applications like Google Drive and Gmail, was taking on Rubin's responsibilities.<br /><br />Schmidt, Google's chief executive from 2001 to 2011, is becoming more outspoken on issues involving technology and world affairs, and was in India as part of a multi-country Asian tour to promote Internet access.<br /><br />After New Delhi, he is visiting Myanmar, which is seen as the last virgin territory for businesses in Asia. In January he went to North Korea, saying it was a personal trip to talk about a free and open Internet. Only about a tenth of India's more than 1.2 billion people have access to the Internet, although that is changing fast with growth in low-cost tablet computers and cheaper smartphones.<br /><br />Schmidt called on India to clarify a law that holds so-called intermediaries like Google and Facebook liable for content users post on the web.<br /><br />In 2011, India passed a law that obliges social media companies to remove a range of objectionable content when requested to do so, a move criticised at the time by human rights groups and companies.<br /><br />Schmidt also said rumours he may be leaving Google were “completely false”. “Google is my home,” he said, adding that he had no plans to take on a job in government.</p>