Synacor Acquires Teknision

Synacor SYNC today announced it has acquired Android development platform company, Teknision. Synacor and Teknision together will enable customers to deliver transformative consumer experiences across Android devices, a step toward Synacor's vision of consumers accessing all media from one place, on any device. Bringing Teknision's capabilities into Synacor extends Synacor's presence in mobile and provides a platform for developing custom Android launchers and intelligent homescreens for mobile and consumer electronics companies. Synacor can now offer device manufacturers a customizable platform as a service (PaaS) that facilitates personalized and curated online experiences for end-users. Android has emerged as the preferred platform for major mobile and consumer electronics players, with a reported 1 billion Android activations to date, primarily due to its highly customizable and open framework. Synacor is capitalizing on Android's popularity and the potential it provides for end-users See full press release