“Microsoft wants to invest in Android version ‘- Telegraaf.nl

Microsoft is in talks with software Cyanogen on the development of a new version of Android operating system that can cope better with Microsoft services. Bloomberg reports that according to an insider

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Cyanogen is working on a financing round which the company can come up with a value of certainly $ 500 million. Microsoft would consider a minority interest.

Microsoft would consider an investment in Cyanogen and a commercial partnership. The companies would currently negotiating the terms.

Android is a so-called open source project that programmers themselves can modify and add components. It is however difficult for phone manufacturers to use the software without support from Google. So manufacturers must meet several requirements in order to give users access to the Google Play store.

Microsoft complained in the past that Google programs are blocked on Android. The software is an Android version of Google without interference whatsoever when called.

Last week Cyanogen work known to a free operating system based on Google Android users to adjust more to your liking. Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster expects it will take three to five years to make such a version. “We’re going to steal Google’s Android,” said a determined McMaster

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