Motorola has confirmed that it recently acquired web development firm 280 North, the company behind the simplistic Cappuccino programming language, according to a report from TechCrunch.

At a reported price tag of $20 million USD, the acquisition could potentially be focused on Cappuccino itself, allowing Motorola to take its own application development to the next level.

I can confirm that Motorola acquired 280 North earlier this summer. The transaction provides Motorola with specialized web-app engineering talent and technology that will help facilitate the continued expansion of Motorola’s application ecosystem. We believe 280 North will be instrumental in helping us continue to foster the Android ecosystem with innovative web-based technologies and applications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Motorola spokesperson