Google buys Divide
The company of the Internet search engine most used in the world continues shopping. If a couple of days ago the news of the purchase of the translator Word Lens was known, now it is the tool Divide the one that becomes part of Google A tool focused on being able to divide the aspect personal of the professional in the same device, being able not to mix and protecting thus contacts, documents and tools from each area A new outlay that seems to point towards the more business future of the platform Android that has already been rumored in recent days.
In this case, neither Google nor the company that owns DivideThey have made the agreement data public, so it is not possible to know how many million dollars have been put on the table. What is known is that, at least for now, the application will remain operational for users who have already installed it on their terminals. And it is that the team will become part of Google to continue working on solutions for users, although without specifying yet if they will develop an application or use their experience to improve the owned by Google
The Divide application seeks to combine the user's work and personal life in the same terminal. Of course, together but not scrambled For this reason, he proposes to create a container within the same terminal of the user with the appearance of Android where you can store, review and use all kinds of documents and exclusive applicationsfor the workplace. In other words, being able to carry everything you need for work without affecting games, applications for leisure and socializing that are usually carried on the device on a day-to-day basis.
This way nothing is mixed up, and professional content is password-protected in a place on the terminal that can only be accessed with the application Divide But the extra point of this tool is the function with the name Mobile Device Managment, which allows remote connection very useful for companies that wish to manage content or connect through their workers' mobile phones, being able to do so on the personal terminal but without affecting the user's private content, only the commented container of Divide
Issues that inevitably remind us of Samsung Knox, a similar service from the Korean company. It is therefore a possible low blow for Samsung, which for a couple of years has worked hard to integrate this tool initially designed for companies in its terminals and transform it into an added value for your devices. And now Google, owner of Android could introduce Divide for those users who want to have everything, work and personal, in the same terminal.
At the moment more details of the purchase agreement are unknown, but all indications point to Google preparing a new version of Android focused on the business world, being able to integrate terminals in companies, being Divide a of the key pieces as nexus, although we will still have to wait to confirm all this.At the moment the application is available for download free through Google Playand App Store
