Andy Rubin, head of Android at Google, is leaving that job to take on another unspecified role at the company in a surprise management switch up, Google CEO Larry Page announced in a blog post today.

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It hardly comes as a surprise that she decided to switch from chemistry to the study of animal communication.

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With four ballots a day, the longer the conclave goes on, the more likely we are to see a surprise winner as cardinals are expected to switch tactics to back candidates acceptable to rival factions.

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Milner, 22, spent a year at Aston Villa during David O'Leary's spell in charge but the switch still comes as something of a surprise.

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The switch should not have come as a surprise.

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The biggest surprise was that the game is going to feature three protagonists that the player can switch between at nearly any time.

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So it was no surprise to hear a report from the kitchen that the little plastic knob on the speed switch had finally bit the dust or flour as the case may be.

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As Lady Fate would have it, the company apparently outed a memo of the features on its French blog earlier today, but before it could yank the 'pull' switch, an eagle-eyed reader managed to grab the text and run it through -- surprise, surprise -- Google Translate.

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