Smartwatches didn’t kill the Fitbit

Lauren Goode on The Verge: NPD estimates that nearly 33 million fitness trackers were out there in the wild by the end of the fourth quarter of 2015 (though, not necessarily being worn —see earlier point), compared with 13 million smartwatches. And Fitbit still holds a whopping share of the activity tracking market, accounting for

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Google’s Nexus tries to learn the iPhone lesson

Google wants to make its Nexus phones more like the iPhone We had heard about this previously, but now The Information confirms that Google is indeed seeking to have more and more control over its Nexus smartphones. The plan is simple: no visible partnerships in order to compete in the high end range, where the

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