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Samsung, Amazon, Microsoft reportedly interested in custom Android maker CyanogenMod

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 30 Aug 2014 7:31 User comments (3)

Samsung, Amazon, Microsoft reportedly interested in custom Android maker CyanogenMod According to a new report, custom Android ROM maker CyanogenMod could be getting some notable attention from some of the bigger names in the industry.
Among the names supposedly interested in partnering with CyanogenMod in the future are Samsung, Amazon, Yahoo and Microsoft.

CyanogenMod, which is not a household name, builds custom ROMs for stock Android that include extra power user features and fast speeds. Last year, the company went from a group of developers to a real company, taking in a $30 million investment from venture capital firms. The company will reportedly raise more via a "Series C" funding round, and many of the aforementioned names could be interested in investing, as well.

The operating system maker is said to have over 10 million active installs on tablets and smartphones.

While Microsoft will likely not want to partner for hardware, perhaps it wants to get Bing on the operating system.

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3 user comments

131.8.2014 12:29

This should be intriguing to see, yet awesome as they deserve it!

231.8.2014 15:46

Hope Samsung get it.

32.9.2014 07:53

What would microsoft want to do with cyanogenmod who is based mainly on android? Just bing? If they would to which from google search to bing that would be crap cause bing sucks.

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