Microsoft to invest in Android software maker Cyanogen,Microsoft is reportedly investing in an alternative Android firmware startup called Cyanogen, which builds the popular Cyanogenmod version of Google’s mobile operating system.
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Microsoft are in plans to offer $70m for the so called start up, which would make it a minority investor in a round of funding that puts Cyanogen’s value in the high hundreds of millions.
An investment from Microsoft could also help Cyanogen loosen its ties with Google,Cyanogen also recently inked a deal with Indian smartphone manufacturer Indian, Micromax to ship handsets pre installed with the mobile operating system, a move which comes after the OnePlus One handset shipped running the custom software last year.
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