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FitBit To Keep Pebble’s Services Running Through 2017

Fitbit announced that it was acquiring Pebble last Wednesday, and that the latter would stop manufacturing its own smartwatches going forward, according to a press release. Now, however, it looks like Fitbit will ensure Pebble’s software and services continue to run through at least the end of 2017. Fitbit had already said that it plans...

The Golden Age of the Gadget May Be Coming To An End: NYT

"Gadgets" have always been the crux of personal technology. Whether it be a transistor radio, a Walkman, an iPhone, or a FitBit, tech gadgets have always been part of, if not the majority of, consumer technology. "They were little electronic things that did stuff for you," reads a report from the New York Times. "They...