This was reported by the Wall Street Journal , according to insiders. Cyanogen is best known for offering its Android ROM CyanogenMod, a modified version of Google’s mobile operating system that users more options to customize it to your liking.
Microsoft’s investment would take a minority stake in the company, according to the sources is valued at several hundred million dollars. The investment round, which in total should reach a size of $ 70 million, is not yet complete and could attract other major investors.
Cyanogen wants with its Android version CyanogenMod the grip of slacking on Google Android. That’s possible, because Android is open source, which means that the code for anyone to use and edit to.
Several phone manufacturers, however, would be dissatisfied with Google. The Internet giant Google requires apps to be used on Android devices. Otherwise, it will be denied access to Youtube, the search engine and the Play Store.
Cyanogen offers an alternative system without those restrictions. “We’re going to steal Google’s Android,” said Cyanogen-CEO Kirt McMaster last week in an interview. According to the CEO 50 million people use a version of Cyanogen on their Android device. The makers of Cyanogen would already an acquisition Google declined
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