Google has acquired Canadian mobile application developer PushLife, as the search giant looks to boost content on its Android mobile operating system.
The acquisition will give Google content synchronization know-how and technology, and a company that is already familiar with its Android smartphone operating system.
PushLife’s software automatically synchronizes content on a phone with that stored on a computer in iTunes or Windows Media Player, according to a FAQ posted on PushLife’s website.
PushLife released versions of its software for BlackBerry and Android phones in January, and said the platform was also compatible with phones running Nokia’s Symbian operating system.
The companies didn’t disclose financial details of the deal. PushLife, founded in 2008, said its staff will join Google’s engineering team in Canada. It will discontinue its own synchronization service, it said.
