But it seems that they lacked the wherewithal to take on the giant and are now closing shop.
There is bad news for users that have devices which execute the CyanogenOS and Cyanogen Mods.
Cyanogen Inc. on Friday announced that it will be discontinuing all services and Cyanogen-supported nightly builds by December 31st.
However, developers who want to build CyanogenMods can continue to build it on their own.
The short notice announcement comes after Cyanogen experienced difficult moments through the past few months.
Currently, Cyanogens new focus is on producing Android OS mods for OEMs.
Cyanogen launched its first release, version 3.1, on July 1st, 2009.
Over 50 million people run CyanogenMod on their Android smartphones.
As the company shuts down, it has been offering CM14.1, based on Android 7.1.
source: www.techworm.net
