3D desktop company BumpTop, profiled here in the past, has been acquired by Google for an undisclosed sum.
The news was hinted at yesterday on the BumpTop homepage:
Today, we have a big announcement to make: we’re going to be taking BumpTop in an exciting new direction, which means that BumpTop (for both Windows and Mac) will no longer be available for sale. Additionally, no updates to the products are planned.
And now it’s official.
For the uninitiated, BumpTop is a 3D, multitouch desktop that’s been implemented into the Windows 7 and OS X operating systems. More toy than completely new OS, it’s fun to play around with for now, with plenty of potential for later as smartphones and tablets continue to grow in popularity.
No word on what Google plans to do with their new toy, but it probably involves tablets and touchscreens, wouldn’t you agree? [TechCrunch]
eldarikus
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 12:03 PMyou can still DL it. here’s the link for mac
http://static.bumptop.com/releases/mac/BumpTop-1.05.2.zip
Water Bear
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 12:55 PMOoooooh, the possibilities of this as an interface for a tablet style device are fantastic! Especially with those decent snapdragon and tegra chips out there that could potentially push those sorts of visuals.
Google has the smart.
Simon Reidy
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 1:36 PMThey’re obviously heeding Yahoo’s advice and expanding into something “other than search”.