Saturday, May 8, 2010

Google buys Canadian Bumptop Desktop

Google acquires the Canadian company for an estimated $35-$40M. They make a 3D-multitouch user interface using a desktop/3d-room metaphor (watch the video on YouTube).


Commercially availiable for both Windows and Mac, some believe that Bumptop will be built into Chrome OS, making it the ideal interface for a forthcoming Google tablet, or licensed to third party device makers. It may also be made available for Android. Others think the bag of patents they've purchased will protect Google from the inevitalbe Apple lawsuits.

I missed out on my chance to evaluate it myself. When I visited the bumptop.com site I found this message:
For the first week of May, we kept BumpTop Free available for download to give BumpTop fans one last chance to grab a copy. BumpTop is now no longer available for free download.

more:
Slashdot
The Register
engadget.com

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