Fossil buys Misfit, Spotify offers concert recommendations, Amazon delivers takeout and more.
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Gogo Gets Faster
In-flight wi-fi is amazing, but oftentimes not as quick as we demanding folk would like. Gogo has provided a look at how its 2Ku tech will hasten things dramatically starting next year.
Fossil Nabs Misfit
As Fossil looks to evolve into a world suddenly obsessed with smartwatches, it has acquired Misfit for $260 million.
Spotify Concerts
Spotify knows what you listen to, and it’s using that information to dish out personalized concert recommendations. Now, if only it’d nuke Ticketmaster and its audacious fees.
Amazon Delivers Food
Challenging GrubHub and Seamless, Amazon is now delivering cuisine to those in Los Angeles, with plans to expand to all Prime Now markets in the US.
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On November 30, Beats Music will quietly fade into the background. In its place will be Apple Music, like it or not.
VR and AR won’t be a niche for much longer — Asus, of all companies, has now confirmed that it too will bring out a set of augmented-reality glasses in 2016.
Apple’s enormous iPad Pro went on sale this week. If you get one, be sure to avoid the baseline unit and its paltry 32G of storage.
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