Google may have been interested in purchasing custom ROM maker Cyanogen, The Information has discovered, as the latter is looking for additional funding, seeking a valuation close to $1 billion. Previous reports from the same online publication revealed that many other companies have also shown interest in Cyanogen, including Microsoft, Samsung, Amazon and many other. FROM EARLIER: Microsoft might be interested in acquiring the most popular custom Android build ever Apparently, Cyanogen management has recently met with Google’s Sundar Pichai, who expressed interest in buying the company, or that’s what potential investors have been told. Cyanogen, which makes the most popular custom ROM CyanogenMod based on Android, is yet to prove it’s actually making any revenue. The company has partnered



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