Microsoft partners with Cyanogen

Robert LeCompte Jul 8, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Microsoft partners with Cyanogen</h1>
                <h2><p>Microsoft has officially partnered up with Cyanogen, the small Seattle-based mobile operating system (OS for short) company. The two companies, according to Puget Sound Business Journal, plan to integrate Microsoft apps like Bing and Word into Cyanogen's OS. A potential win-win for Microsoft if the partnership helps its</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/robert-lecompte-crosscut-com/">Robert LeCompte</a></p> 
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            <p>Microsoft has officially partnered up with Cyanogen, the small Seattle-based mobile operating system (OS for short) company. The two companies, according to <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/04/cyanogen-partnership-microsofts-plan-to-chip-away.html?page=all&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Puget Sound Business Journal</a>, plan to integrate Microsoft apps like Bing and Word into Cyanogen's OS. A potential win-win for Microsoft if the partnership helps its own OS (Microsoft Phone) and apps gain more traction in the mobile arena.</p><p>The new deal is just the latest bit of attention — read that: money — that giants like Microsoft have been showering on Cyanogen lately. The local startup recently raised $80 million from Twitter, Qualcomm, even Rupert Murdoch. This could be the young company's shift from producer of hobbyist software to major player in the mobile OS market.</p>
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Microsoft has officially partnered up with Cyanogen, the small Seattle-based mobile operating system (OS for short) company. The two companies, according to Puget Sound Business Journal, plan to integrate Microsoft apps like Bing and Word into Cyanogen's OS. A potential win-win for Microsoft if the partnership helps its own OS (Microsoft Phone) and apps gain more traction in the mobile arena.

The new deal is just the latest bit of attention — read that: money — that giants like Microsoft have been showering on Cyanogen lately. The local startup recently raised $80 million from Twitter, Qualcomm, even Rupert Murdoch. This could be the young company's shift from producer of hobbyist software to major player in the mobile OS market.

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By Robert LeCompte

Robert LeCompte is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He studies communications and film at The Evergreen State College where he recently transferred from Maryland. When not working, he can usually be f