Microsoft is buying a company that’s key to its cross-platform future

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Cbwky6i7ij3TF_ai5Bpg7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/verge.vox.com/97d25852f590c06ee993bfa64e77570d (http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-buying-company-key-cross-224617972.html)Microsoft today says it's-acquiring mobile app development startup Xamarin for an undisclosed sum, giving the company a tool for building mobile apps that can work across iOS, Android, and Windows phones. One of the four-year-old startup's main products relies on Microsoft's Visual Studio software, so this acquisition is a natural pairing. "We have had a longstanding relationship with Xamarin," writes Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's executive vice president of the company's cloud and enterprise group, in a blog post.



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