Tag Archives: Cyanogen

Cyanogen is growing out of control lately, as partnerships with Micromax, OnePlus and more recently, Alcatel have resulted in mid-range smartphones that bring forth the customizable, Cyanogen-specific CyanogenMod custom ROMs to the eye of the public. As the company is gaining popularity, more and more OEMs are approaching the team behind CyanogenMod to “pre-load” their custom ROM on new devices. ...

Cyanogen stated that Android should be free from Google and become a completely open OS that people could truly take advantage of. Regardless of how your or me feel about that statement, it has caught the attention of one of the biggest companies on the planet: Microsoft. In a new Wall Street Journal report, it is unveiled that Microsoft seems ...

OnePlus, the company behind the OnePlus One flagship killer, has announced today in a blog post that they have finally decided what name they would give to their new custom ROM: OxygenOS. The motivation behind the name is that Oxygen, the element, is simple and crucial to life, and it can be molded to suit everybody’s needs. OnePlus had announced ...

OnePlus has been in a lot of trouble lately with all the problems they had with Cyanogen, but that doesn’t mean this Chinese company isn’t pushing forward with new launches. The OnePlus Two is confirmed for 2014 by Carl Pei, CEO of the company that brought us the flagship killer, but the CEO revealed a few more details about what ...

Only two weeks have passed since the OnePlus One started being sold on Amazon India, but now the OnePlus One is banned in India because of a patent infringement notice from Micromax. Apparently, Micromax has appealed to the high courts of Delhi, saying that OnePlus is infringing its Cyanogen patents, invoking the recent partnership between Micromax and Cyanogen. Consequently, the ...

The OnePlus – Cyanogen partnership is no longer going very well it seems as the latter recently ceased collaboration with the former in India. As you may or may not know, the OnePlus One flagship smartphone will be coming to India in just a matter of days. This marks the first time when the company expands locally to a foreign ...

We have become quite accustomed to seeing CyanogenMod everywhere, because we are currently witnessing the actual expansion of Cyanogen Inc. The company has purportedly been approached by Google’s Sundar Pichai who supposedly offered to buy Cyanogen. Rumors say that the company declined Google’s offer, which is odd. At the same time, we’re hearing rumors that Cyanogen will be teaming up ...

Google seems to be expanding its team even further, with new acquisitions popping up every week. The last major acquisition was Lift Labs, the tech geniuses that developed Liftware for people with tremors and Alzheimer’s. Google has approached another popular company recently, Cyanogen Inc, with a buyout proposal. Cyanogen created the CyanogenMod ROM that is one of the most popular ...

The CyanogenMod monthly update began rolling out today, with the promise of a few new features and a lot of bug fixes. CyanogenMod is an open source Android firmware many are keen on because it offers a lot of customization compared to stock Android or other ROMs. The only issue with CyanogenMod is that on most devices, you need to ...

Word on the street lately is that a lot of companies are interested in a possible partnership with the Cyanogen team. They are well known for the CyanogenMod custom ROM, which is based on the Android operating system, but can be customized in various ways. However, the team is perhaps even more famous for their work on the software that’s running on ...