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Open Web Developer News Desk Google Buys Little BumpTop
Critically acclaimed 3D touch-based desktop environment invented four years or so ago
By: Maureen O'Gara
May. 3, 2010 03:00 PM
Wikipedia says it’s more suitable for tablet PCs and palmtops. It’s been out a year. Google will be yanking the Windows and Mac widgetry off the market next week. The company reportedly raised $1.65 million in Canadian seed money. Wellington Financial thinks it could have gone for $35 million-$40 million; TechCrunch thinks more like $25 million-$35 million. It’s got patents.
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Google has bought Toronto-based BumpTop, a critically acclaimed 3D touch-based desktop environment invented four years or so ago as the master’s thesis of CEO Anand Agarawala (pictured).
