Following reports from earlier today, Fitbit has officially announced that it is acquiring "specific assets" of Pebble. No monetary terms were disclosed, but Bloomberg's report suggested the deal was valued under $40 million. Following the acquisition, Pebble will cease to exist.
Fitbit is reportedly getting ready to acquire Pebble's software assets. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg notes that the deal is valued at under $40 million, and will include hiring Pebble's software engineers as well as the company's IP
If you're yet to pick up Office 2016 or a subscription to Office 365, now would be the ideal time to do so. Microsoft India is offering discounts of up to ₹2,115 as part of its Diwali promotion.
At IFA 2016, Alienware is refreshing its lineup of gaming notebooks with the latest GTX 10 series video cards as well as Tobii's eye-tracking technology (in the 17-inch model). This isn't the first we've heard of a vendor rolling out eye-tracking tech into a notebook this week, as Acer has also incorporated Tobii's sensor in its monster 21-inch gaming laptop.
After months of delays, Reliance Industries head Mukesh Ambani launched Jio, the first LTE-only network in the country. With today's announcement, the network is now open to all in India, with registrations kicking off from September 5.
At IFA, Acer launched the first laptop with a curved display. Dubbed the Predator, it has a massive 21-inch curved display. Other specs on offer are just as bonkers, with the laptop featuring two GTX 1080 in SLI.
ASUS' answer to the Surface Pro 4, the Transformer 3 Pro, has made its debut in India. And much like Microsoft's offering, ASUS' 2-in-1 device is priced out of reach, with retail prices starting from ₹1,44,990 ($2,160).
After unveiling the desktop GeForce GTX 10 series earlier this year, NVIDIA is now bringing the GPUs to notebooks. The GTX 1080, 1070, and 1060 will be available in products from Acer, Alienware, ASUS, Clevo, EVGA, Gigabyte, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Origin, Razer, Sager and XMG in the coming weeks.
The official Starbucks app has made its debut on Windows 10 Mobile. The app is available in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., and allows you to pay for your orders directly from your phone. You can also locate stores near your location, track rewards, check your Starbucks card balance, and much more.
After rolling out build 14393.10 to Windows Insiders on the Fast Ring, Microsoft is now making the Windows 10 PC cumulative update available to those on the Slow Ring.
If you're just looking for 1080p gaming, AMD's upcoming RX 470 or even the RX 460 may be more to your liking. The entry-level cards are based on the 14nm Polaris architecture, with the RX 470 offering 4.9 teraflops of performance and the RX 460 up to 2.2 teraflops.
The Superbook is a $99 laptop shell that lets users connect their Android phones and have a Continuum-like experience. The device offers DisplayLink support as well, allowing you to use it as a secondary display for the Surface Pro 4 or any other Windows tablet.
At an event in China, Xiaomi unveiled its first Windows 10 notebook, the Mi Notebook Air. The Chinese vendor is going after the 13.3-inch MacBook Air, claiming that the Mi Notebook Air is 13% thinner at 14.8mm and 11% smaller while managing to offer a similar-sized screen.
Ahead of the debut of Xiaomi's first notebook, the Mi Notebook, a video showcasing the device has emerged. The video comes by way of Gear, and shows off the screen, chassis, and keyboard of the notebook undergoing stress tests.
August's Games with Gold promotion includes WWE 2K16 and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate on the Xbox One. Spelunky and Beyond Good & Evil HD are available for Xbox 360 as well as Xbox One users thanks to backwards compatibility.
Xiaomi is all set to unveil its first notebook running Windows 10 at an event in China on July 27. First live photos of the notebook have surfaced ahead of its debut, highlighting a metal chassis and a USB-C port on the side.
Amazon has finally launched its Prime service in India. The service offers free (and unlimited) one-day and two-day delivery options across 100 cities in India, with no minimum order amount for delivery.
Yahoo has agreed to sell its core business to Verizon for $4.83 billion, signaling an end to one of the internet's most pioneering companies. Under the deal, Verizon will acquire Yahoo's search, mail and instant messaging services, along with its ad platform and a few real estate holdings.
After launching the GeForce GTX 1000 series on its new 16nm Pascal architecture, NVIDIA has revealed its flagship Titan X video card. Boasting 12GB of GDDR5X video memory on a 384-bit bus and 3,584 CUDA cores running at 1513MHz, offering an astounding 11 teraflops of performance.
The latest developer build (40.0.2296.0) of Opera's desktop browser is here, bringing a native RSS reader as well as support for Google Cast. If you use a Chromecast, you can now install the Google Cast extension from the store and throw content to the device directly from the browser.