As reported by online tech blog
GigaOM, Google recently purchased BumpTop, one of Canada's hottest tech startups, at a price believed to be upwards of $30 million. The Toronto-based firm specializes in software that turns a computer desktop into a 3D environment for touch screens users "where users can toss files and folders around as though they were playing cards, stack them in related piles and "hang" them on the virtual walls".
"A post on the BumpTop website on Sunday confirmed the acquisition, and said the company's existing software (which was available for both Windows and Mac computers) "will no longer be available for sale [and] no updates to the products are planned." Despite this, however, sources say the purchase of the company isn't just another case of Google "acqu-hiring" some talented developers (something it has been doing a lot of recently)."
"Instead, they say Google is looking at the company's 3-D, multitouch interface � or elements of it � as a potential addition to a tablet device."
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