Thursday 19 September 2013

Cyanogen Inc: Steve Kondik builds a company around CyanogenMod, secures $7 million in funding, & opens Cyngn.com


The crew
Credit: Cyanogen Inc.

CyanogenMod is a family of replacement ROMs for Android devices. They offer:

• raw Android user experience
• few critical enhancements
• improved speed in most applications
• absence of the bloatware installed by manufacturers & carriers
• faster updates than provided by manufacturers & carriers
• continuing support of your device, after it has been abandoned by the manufacturer
• free & open source
• among the best replacement Android ROMs, if not the best.

Now a company is being built around CyanogenMod with major capital support:

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