It was actually doing pretty well as a product, and they were literally weeks away from releasing the extemely promising new version, but they got hostile-takeovered by Fitbit who was somewhere between threatened by their success and strip-mining the company for patents or staff.
Fitbit immediately shut down the new release.
Then Fitbit got bought by Google, who obviously has their own interests to maintain in that market.
It was actually doing pretty well as a product, and they were literally weeks away from releasing the extemely promising new version, but they got hostile-takeovered by Fitbit who was somewhere between threatened by their success and strip-mining the company for patents or staff.
Fitbit immediately shut down the new release.
Then Fitbit got bought by Google, who obviously has their own interests to maintain in that market.