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Fitbit Launches An Apple Watch Competitor With Built-In GPS

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Fitbit announced its first smartwatch Monday as it looks to expand beyond the fitness band category it helped to pioneer and better compete with competitors, such as Apple and Garmin, that have been pushing their own health and fitness agendas through smart devices.   The watch, called Fitbit Ionic, has more […]

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Fitbit Acquires Key IP Assets From Wearable Technology Startup Pebble

The fitness band maker, Fitbit, has acquired certain personnel and intellectual property rights from technology startup Pebble, it announced on Wednesday. The assets acquired by the nearly 10-year-old Fitbit are tied to software and firmware but wont include Pebble’s hardware products. The deal will include the hiring of Pebble’s software engineers while some of the intellectual […]

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