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| Nov 18, 2016 | CyanogenMod 14.1 Nightlies Roll Out To OnePlus One, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013) And More | Chris Loterina, Tech Times 18 November 2016, 12:11 am
As any techie worth his salt knows, CyanogenMod forms an important part of the Android platform, since it showcases its openness in both the software and hardware fronts. Fans should be ... |
| Nov 10, 2016 | Android 7.1 Nougat-Based CyanogenMod 14.1 Nears Launch: First Smartphones To Get It Include Nexus 6P, LG G4, Galaxy S5 And More | Fritz Gleyo, Tech Times 10 November 2016, 12:11 am
The Android 7.1-based CyanogenMod 14.1 (CM14.1) nightlies have landed.
Technically, CM14.1, the latest version of the community-built Android distribution was already launched a few days ag... |
| Jul 26, 2016 | CyanogenMod: reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated | Rumors started to circulate in recent days that all was not well at Cyanogen Inc. Reports suggested that the company was not only shedding a fifth of its staff, but was also moving away from its Android-based CyanogenMod to focus instead on... |
| Jul 26, 2016 | Cyanogen Layoffs Spark Rumors, But CEO Denies Shift To Apps: 'We Are An OS Company' | Horia Ungureanu, Tech Times 26 July 2016, 06:07 am
Cyanogen has been going through a rough patch lately, with a significant layoff happening last week. Its CEO recently broke the silence.
At the end of last week, alternative Android OS deve... |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Cyanogen Inc. reportedly fires OS development arm, switches to apps | reader comments 102 with 73 posters participating
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Cyanogen Inc. seems to be in trouble. A report from Android Police cites "several sources" that say the three-ye... |
| Mar 30, 2016 | What If the FBI Tried to Crack an Android Phone? We Attacked One to Find Out | The Justice Department has managed to unlock an iPhone 5c used by the gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, last December. The high-profile case has pitted federal law enforcement agenc... |
| Mar 1, 2016 | Can You Imagine A Post-App Era? | Cyanogen Inc. is a company with an interesting history. It grew from a community of open source mobile developers interested in modifying their mobile phones into a successful business of third-party firmware.
Their best known product, Cyan... |
| Nov 24, 2015 | CyanogenMod 13 Nightlies Bring Android Marshmallow To OnePlus One, Nexus 7, LG G4 And Four Other Smartphones | Sumit Passary, Tech Times 24 November 2015, 07:11 am
The CyanogenMod team has announced the availability of the first nightly builds of CyanogenMod 13, which is based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
CM13 is currently available for download only... |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Cyanogen Brings Official Apps To CyanogenMod 12.1 Via C-Apps | Quinten Plummer, Tech Times 13 November 2015, 12:11 am
Cyanogen brings a treat to the community of modders that has helped push the forked version of Android into a mainstream OS. The company is bringing apps from the commercial Cyanogen OS... |
| Sep 30, 2015 | How the mobile security landscape is changing [Q&A] | As our mobile phones become increasingly central to both our personal and working lives, securing them and the data they hold has become paramount. The nature of the mobile space means that threats are more dispersed and change fast, so tra... |
| Sep 25, 2015 | CyanogenMod Launches Support For Some Midrange Phones: Huawei, Motorola, Xiaomi And More | Menchie Mendoza, Tech Times 25 September 2015, 07:09 am
The team at CyanogenMod announced it has extended support to include midrange devices.
According to the CyanogenMod team's blog post, the free, community-built distribution of Android ... |
| Aug 18, 2015 | CyanogenMod Gets New Ambient Temperature Thermometer, Dual SIM Support And Tasker Via Cyanogen Platform SDK | Anu Passary, Tech Times 18 August 2015, 10:08 am
The custom CyanogenMod ROM is getting some powerful new features, which will give it even more of an edge over other custom ROMs.
Based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), CyanogenMod'... |
| Jun 27, 2015 | CyanogenMod Prepares For Android M And CM 12.1, Finalizes Development Of CM 11 And CM 12 | Sumit Passary, Tech Times 27 June 2015, 03:06 am
Android users are keenly waiting for the Android M operating system that will be released later this year, but CyanogenMod is also preparing for its CM 12.1. The development of CM 11 and CM 1... |
| Apr 19, 2015 | No, Microsoft isn't taking Android's future out of Google's hands -- here's why | Earlier this week, Cyanogen Inc announced that it has entered into a partnership with Microsoft to bundle some apps into its future Android-based operating system. While the companies meticulously chalked out most of the specifics of their ... |
| Mar 14, 2015 | Nope, Microsoft isn't getting into Android with a Cyanogen investment | A little while back rumors surfaced suggesting that Microsoft was on the verge of investing in Android. Not directly, you understand, but via Cyanogen Inc. In August, Cyanogen Inc met with Satya Nadella but it seems that the talks amounted ... |
| Jan 10, 2015 | Decentralize All The Things! | Jon Evans Contributor
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| Jan 7, 2015 | CyanogenMod 12 Nightlies Based on Android Lollipop Rolls Out to Select Devices | Menchie Mendoza, Tech Times 07 January 2015, 02:01 am
The Cyanogen team is rolling out the first round of CM12 nightlies that will support Lollipop-based builds. There will be 31 devices to be supported. The team will eventually increase th... |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Google reportedly tried to buy Cyanogen | CyanogenMod.org reader comments 150 with 89 posters participating
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| Aug 29, 2014 | Could buying Cyanogen give Microsoft some smartphone credibility? | I'm not going to retread old ground too much here, but there's no getting away from the fact that Microsoft has something of an image problem when it comes to smartphones. But this could be set to change. The word on the grapevine is that M... |
| Jul 2, 2014 | No CyanogenMod 12 until Android L is ready for prime time | After making factory images available for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7, Google releases the source code for the Android L preview through AOSP (Android Open Source Project) for most of its compatible Nexus devices. And for many enthusiasts this mean... |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 26 amazing startups you need to watch in 2014 | You might be forgiven for thinking 2013 was a year of redundant, me-too startups flailing around trying to come up with the best way to gamify wage slavery, deliver butt wipes to your door, or make a buck off the badly misnamed “sharing eco... |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 10 Startups That Changed The Narrative In 2013 | ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year.
Real companies making real products that real people, you know, spend real money on. That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hotte... |
| Dec 23, 2013 | Deals of the Year: The top 28 venture capital investments we tracked in 2013 | Venture capital investing in Washington state started out with a whimper in 2013, but it is ending with a bang.
After the slow start, as evidenced by the chart above from CB Insights in which just $100 million was invested in the first quar... |
| Dec 22, 2013 | Cyanogen Raises Series B Funding | According to a blog post, Cyanogen, a creator of Android software, raised a Series B funding of undisclosed amount.
Backers included new investors Andreessen Horowitz and Tencent, which joined existing investors Benchmark and Redpoint Ventu... |
| Dec 20, 2013 | Funding roundup - week ending 12/20/13 | Robinhood, Freshdesk, ResolutionTube, Freenom, Manalto, Soundhawk, Curoverse, Trinity Pharma
Seed stage
Robinhood, a mobile financial services company, raised a $3 million seed round, led by Index Ventures, with commitments from a16z seed, ... |
| Dec 19, 2013 | Funding Daily: Wrapping up | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
These 7 startups are wrapping up their funding, r... |
| Dec 19, 2013 | Cyanogen raises another $23M to grow like crazy and become the No. 3 mobile platform | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Could a former Android modification end up becoming a dominant mobile platform?
Cyanogen, maker of the replacement Android OS CyanogenM... |
| Dec 19, 2013 | Andreessen Horowitz leads $22M series B round for mobile OS-maker Cyanogen | Cyanogen’s plans to disrupt the mobile operating system market just became a little more legitimate.
The Seattle-based company today announced a $22 million series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Benchmark Capital... |
| Dec 17, 2013 | New venture sets modest goal – the ‘perfect smartphone’ | What would the “perfect smartphone” look like? A new startup, OnePlus, has decided to find out.
Last month, one Pete Lau resigned as vice president of China-based smartphone maker Oppo. Since that resignation, rumors have been circulating t... |
| Dec 17, 2013 | New venture sets modest goal – the ‘perfect smartphone’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
What would the “perfect smartphone” look like? A new startup, OnePlus, has decided to find out.
Last month, one Pete Lau resigned as vi... |
| Dec 10, 2013 | CyanogenMod 10.2 automatically encrypts text messages by default | reader comments 30 with 22 posters participating
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The National Security Agency is continually clawing for user data, and cell phones are a big part of that effort. Cyanogenm... |
| Nov 28, 2013 | Google Ejects Android ROM-Maker Cyanogen’s Installer App From Play — Citing Developer T&C Violations | Well that didn’t take long. Google has asked Cyanogen Inc. to remove its alternative Android ROM installer app from the Play store.
Cyanogen raised $7 million from Benchmark Capital back in September to turn its geek-beloved aftermarket ver... |
| Nov 28, 2013 | Google removes CyanogenMod Installer from Play Store | reader comments 108 with 78 posters participating
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Late Wednesday, the CyanogenMod team received a notice from the Google Play Store: the CyanogenMod Installer application, ... |
| Nov 28, 2013 | CyanogenMod Installer disappears from Google Play -- that's a good thing | When it comes to the Android custom ROM community, CyanogenMod is considered by many to be the holy grail. If your smartphone or tablet receives official support for the ROM, you can be assured of regular updates. However, for many, the sto... |
| Sep 19, 2013 | Cyanogen Raises $7M in First Funding | According to Fortune/Dan Primack (read here), Cyanogen, a US-based third-party developer of firmware for Android devices, raised $7m in its first round of funding.
The round was led by Benchmark Capital with participation from Redpoint Vent... |
| Sep 19, 2013 | CyanogenMod forms company -- smart or foolish? | When it comes to Android, many users like to tinker and root their devices. Many of these users also flash custom-roms; a modified version of the Android operating system. This is typically done to add features, remove carrier-installed app... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Cyanogen goes from Android mod to legit startup with $7M from Benchmark | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
CyanogenMod is growing up.
Over the past few years, the custom Android ROM CyanogenMod (CM) has become the go-to tweak for Android phon... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Cyanogenmod goes pro with Cyanogen Inc. and $7 million in funding | reader comments 79 with 55 posters participating
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Cyanogenmod is hitting the big leagues with the founding of Cyanogen Inc. The new company is up and running thanks to a $7 ... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Cyanogen Mod Raises $7M To Find A Direct-To-Consumer Route For Android Firmware | While it’s been obvious for the last few years that Android and iOS have created a two-horse race in the world of smartphone OSs, is it possible that a third could emerge?
Microsoft, especially with its recent deal to acquire Nokia’s mobile... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Funding Daily: Dog denim | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
We know only one of these companies has anything ... |
| Sep 16, 2013 | This $20 app turns your cheap Kindle into a full Android tablet | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The Kindle Fire is a great little cheap tablet, but out of the box it doesn’t run a modern version of Android, doesn’t connect to your ... |
| Sep 16, 2013 | This $20 app turns your cheap Kindle into a full Android tablet | The Kindle Fire is a great little cheap tablet, but out of the box it doesn’t run a modern version of Android, doesn’t connect to your Google account, and doesn’t have access to all of Google Play’s million or so apps.
Except mine does.
I h... |
| May 9, 2013 | CyanogenMod 10.1 release Candidate 1 is available NOW | After many nightlies and a couple of stable monthly builds, the team of developers behind CyanogenMod, one of the most popular custom green droid distributions, announced the first release candidate for CyanogenMod 10.1. The latest stable b... |
| Mar 6, 2013 | Why The Unlocking Phones Debate Is Important | The White House and the FCC have recently come out in favor of allowing consumers to unlock their phones. That is a really good thing. Let's hope that the rest of the regulators in this country join them in this stance.
I would go even furt... |
| Nov 15, 2012 | Update: CyanogenMod says owner hijacked domain, demanded $10,000 | reader comments 51 with 32 posters participating, including story author
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Android enthusiasts trying to reach CyanogenMod.com, the website for the popular community-maintain... |
| Nov 15, 2012 | CyanogenMod.com domain crisis laid to rest | Today the team behind the popular custom Android distribution CyanogenMod announced that the domain crisis is now contained, after previously losing control of cyanogenmod.com. But all modding affairs will now continue on the new domain cya... |
| Nov 14, 2012 | CyanogenMod 10 reaches stable status, CM 10.1 will be released | A Little more than a month after CyanogenMod 10 M2 was released, the team behind the popular custom Android distribution announced the third monthly build. Like before, the focus is on stability. And since Android 4.2 was pushed to AOSP yes... |