Cyanogen recently named a new CEO who will help the company expand into new areas. Cyanogen's new CEO, Lior Tal, will replace Kirk Mcmaster who will now serve as executive chairman. In a blog post published on Monday, Tal discussed Cyanogen's exciting new future. Instead of focusing and developing the Cyanogen operating system, which packed Microsoft apps and shipped pre-installed on...
Yesterday, multiple reports surfaced claiming Cyanogen Inc. (the company spun out of the popular CyanogenMod Android ROM) was facing layoffs and planned to pivot to apps. Now Cyanogen creator Steve Kondik has responded in a statement shooting down the "circus of misinformation" that recently sprung up. The short version of Kondik's blog post is pretty simple: CyanogenMod isn't going...
Cyanogen Inc. has long billed itself as an alternative to Google's version of Android that could rip control of the operating system away from the search giant that makes it. But following a recent round of layoffs it looks like the startup may be rethinking its Cyanogen OS strategy. Android Police reported mass layoffs at the company beginning last Friday with about 30 people (20...
An official CyanogenMod ROM is in development for the OnePlus 2, giving owners another alternative to the stock OxygenOS software. Two versions — based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and Android 6.0 Marshmallow — are currently available. One of the biggest and most unique selling points of the original OnePlus One is that it came with Cyanogen OS software pre-installed, but the latest...
It’s easy to forget that there are two distinct Cyanogen products. There’s Cyanogen OS, the commercial software that’s pre-installed on specific smartphones like the OnePlus One and ZUK Z1, and there’s CyanogenMod, which you can install on most Android devices with a little bit of effort. Now the company is bringing them a little closer together with the Cyanogen Apps Package....
Micromax has already released a few Cyanogen-powered smartphones through its Yu venture, but this next one could be the best by far. The company recently teased the upcoming Yutopia with a sleek all-metal design. The teaser boasts that "true power lies in metal," suggesting this will be the first all-metal Yu device. The company also takes a shot at OnePlus and its "plastic and...
This week on the breakdown, we're getting you up to speed on Cyanogen's expanding list of supported devices. Plus, new devices from Meizu and LG. The Xbox One's new dashboard gets fleshed out on video, and Google's big annual nexus event is next week on Tuesday Sept 29. Check out the show for all the good stuff!
Microsoft’s intelligent assistant, Cortana, could become much more prevalent through a partnership with Cyanogen. In an interview with International Business Times, Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster revealed his company is working closely with Microsoft to deeply integrate the technology into a future version of Cyanogen OS. That would put Cortana in Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows...
Have you heard of Wileyfox? Nope? Don’t worry, we haven’t either. But the company is aiming to make a big splash by following in the footsteps of other small smartphone OEMs such as OnePlus. It’s kicking things off with two new smartphones, both powered by Cyanogen, named Storm and Swift. The Wileyfox Storm (pictured above) is powered by a Snapdragon 615 processor and is equipped with...
Boxer, a mobile productivity company that already provides a popular email app on iOS and Android under the same name, announced its new Boxer Calendar client on Wednesday. The app will soon ship as the default calendar on Cyanogen OS devices, and it looks pretty slick. The application works seamlessly with the Boxer’s email app so that you don’t have to toggle back and forth between...