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Google to acquire Fitbit at $7.35 per share in cash, valuing the company at about $2.1B — - The acquisition pits Alphabet against fellow tech giant Apple in the wearable fitness tracking space. — Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Google's Fitbit acquisition feels like a top-down decision of executives who found enough yes men to agree to the delusion that Fitbit can revive Wear OS — Google announced today that it would purchase Fitbit, the ailing manufacturer of fitness-focused wearables and smartwatches, for $2.1 billion.
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| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Source: Facebook held talks to acquire Fitbit but wanted to pay roughly half of the $2.1B that Google eventually agreed to pay — Before Google reached a $2.1 billion deal to buy Fitbit, announced on Friday, Facebook held talks to acquire the smartwatch-maker, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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Sources: CFIUS has launched a review of ByteDance's 2017 acquisition of Musical.ly, as TikTok didn't seek clearance from CFIUS during the acquisition — NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance …
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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Satya Nadella says Microsoft won Pentagon's JEDI contract by focusing on customer's needs and company's unique tech capabilities, and staying out of politics — Microsoft's surprise victory last week in a protracted competition to build the Pentagon's war cloud has some critics asking whether politics played any role in the outcome.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple TV+ launches with nine original titles in 100+ countries for $4.99/month or $49.99/year with a one year free trial on the purchase of a new Apple device — After months of waiting, Apple's TV streaming service Apple TV+ is now live. You can start watching on any platform that offers …
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: NBCUniversal is considering making its ad-supported Peacock streaming service free for everyone, with an ad-free tier available for subscribers — - NBC is considering giving away the ad-supported version of its streaming service Peacock for free to everyone, sources say.
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
At Blizzcon, Blizzard president gives vague apology over the Hearthstone Hong Kong protests response, says he accepts “accountability,” promises to “do better” — Brack accepts “accountability,” promises to “do better” without offering details on how.
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Investigation finds domestic workers in Kuwait are sold using Instagram, promoted via hashtags; other apps on Play Store and App Store list people for sale — Drive around the streets of Kuwait and you won't see these women. They are behind closed doors, deprived of their basic rights …
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| Ryan Christoffel / MacStories: |
Adobe updates its Creative Cloud iOS app with 1,300 free fonts that can now be used by any iOS 13 app supporting custom fonts API — Today Adobe released an update to its Creative Cloud app on iPhone and iPad which introduced a set of thousands of fonts that can now be installed …
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| Jeremy Bogaisky / Forbes: |
China-based autonomous flying taxi startup Ehang files for a US IPO, says its revenues declined 15.6% YoY to $4.7M in H1 2019, as losses increased 42% to $5.5M — Deputy editor for Industry; eyes on the skies — EHang, a Chinese company that is preparing to launch what could be the first …
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New York State Supreme Court dismisses Uber's lawsuit challenging NYC's law that capped the number of ride-hail vehicles that operate in the city — Taxi driver groups call it a ‘victory’ — Uber's lawsuit challenging New York City's first-in-the-nation law capping the number … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
In an earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's political ads policy, estimates ads from politicians will be less than 0.5% of company's revenue in 2020 — As Jack Dorsey announced his company Twitter would drop all political ads, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg doubled-down on his policy of refusing to fact check politicians' ads.| @jack: |
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Google says it has started rolling out incognito mode for Google Maps on Android, in which users' activity will not be saved to their Google Account — When you turn on Incognito mode, your activity in Maps—like the places you search or get directions to—won't be saved to your Google Account.
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