The acquisition process had already been under way for some time. The FlexyCore team, it turns out, was already integrated into the Android team. There was no official word on the value of the deal but reports estimate the deal was worth $23 million for this five-year-old company with software that boosts Android performance.
On the heels of the Tuesday news from France, Google offered confirmation in the form of a brief statement to GigaOM. The message stated that EUThe FlexyCore team has strong expertise in building software to optimize Android device performance, and we think theyEUd be a great fit with our team.EU
What is so special that justifies $23 million? In one word, optimization. In two words, in line with GoogleEUs development history, like Butter.
The technology optimized Android for manufacturers and carriers; for consumers, the companyEUs expertise was most well known because of its app, DroidBooster, created to improve the speed of apps running on Android but at the same time easing the ravages of battery drain. One of its slogans was, EULow end . . . at the speed of high end,EU calling its product the EUAndroid Accelerator,EU rendering performance of a deviceEUs Android system 10 times faster.
Asking why the acquisition, considering DroidBooster, seems like a silly question. Nonetheless, in the absence of any details from Google other than its two-line confirmation to GigaOM, it is worth considering just what Google has in mind.
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