If you miss your Android apps when using your PC, a start-up called BlueStacks says it has the answer.Today, the company announced first-round funding of $7.6 million from Ignition Ventures, RadarPartners, Helion Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz for its virtualization technology that provides a foundation for Google's mobile operating system atop Windows. It's got partnerships with Citrix for distribution to interested businesses and with assorted as-yet unnamed PC makers for consumers."The idea is very simple," said Chief Executive and founder Rosen Sharma, who previously
was McAfee's chief technology officer. A company co-founder's 6-year-old daughter had beenConsumers could be interested in having a Windows version of their LinkedIn app for social and work connections, their sports app for staying on top of the latest game results, or Pulse app for reading news, Sharma said. And businesses are interested in extending the reach of mobile apps they've created for their employees.
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