Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
It's official: Google is buying Fitbit. The company announced the move in a blog post this morning, and reports say the deal is worth $2.1 billion.
Google's SVP of hardware, Rick Osterloh, posted an announcement of the acquisition on Google's blog, saying the move was "an opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS as well as introduce Made by Google wearable devices into the market."
This is the second time this year Google has made an acquisition aimed at bolstering Wear OS, having previously purchased an unknown technology from Fossil Group for $40 million.
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Previously: Google Acquires Unspecified Smartwatch Technology and Employees From Fossil for $40 Million
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:01PM (1 child)
Look at all these idiots sending in their DNA to ancestry.com, and then the government is breaking down their door and hauling their ass away for a crime they could have otherwise gotten away with. 😧
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(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:49PM
If you send your DNA to ancestry.com, both the government and Mormons have you. A fate worse than death.
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