GOOG: Google buys maker of Android performance-boosting software

Google buys maker of Android performance-boosting software • 2:47 PM

• Google (GOOG +0.2%) has acquired FlexyCore, a French developer of software for OEMs/carriers (known as droidBooster) that optimizes/improves Android hardware performance. A local paper reports the purchase price was $23.1M.
• Developers have often argued Android's use of a virtual machine (Dalvik) to translate Java code hurts its CPU resource efficiency relative to iOS, which in turn hurts battery life. FlexyCore could help address this issue.
• Other recent Google mobile acquisitions: Flutter, Bump, Wavii, Behavio, Waze

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