{"id":85897,"date":"2019-11-15T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=85897"},"modified":"2019-11-15T06:53:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:53:09","slug":"acquisition-of-fitbit-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/acquisition-of-fitbit-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquisition of Fitbit brand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: Which of the following company has recently acquired the smart watch making brand Fitbit for $2.1 billion?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tMicrosoft\n<br>(b)\tAmazon\n<br>(c)\tGoogle\n<br>(d)\tFossil\n<strong><br>Answer: (c)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul><li>On 1<sup>st<\/sup>\nNovember, 2019, Google announced to buy smart watch making company Fitbit for USD 2.1 billion in a deal giving the US tech giant a fresh entry in\nthe wearable technology space.<\/li><li>Fitbit is a trusted brand that supports more than 28 million active users around the\nglobe.<\/li><li>Google aspires to create tools that help people enhance their knowledge, success, health and\nhappiness. This goal is closely aligned with Fitbit&#8217;s long-time focus on\nwellness and helping people live healthier, more active lives.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>The companies said the Fitbit platform would remain\n<strong>platform-agnostic<\/strong> and continue\nto serve Apple&#8217;s iOS devices as well as those powered by the Google\nAndroid system. <\/li><li>The Alphabet, Google parent company is largely absent from wearables gadgetry,\nfollowing its failed Google Glass project, but produces the WearOS software\nused by makers of these devices. <\/li><li>Analysts have however pointed out that Google may benefit from the large Fitbit\ndatabase for health Apps and Artificial Intelligence. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sci-tech\/google-eyes-expansion-wearable-tech-buy-fitbithttp:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sci-tech\/google-eyes-expansion-wearable-tech-buy-fitbit\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sci-tech\/google-eyes-expansion-wearable-tech-buy-fitbithttp:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sci-tech\/google-eyes-expansion-wearable-tech-buy-fitbit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/11\/1\/20943318\/google-fitbit-acquisition-fitness-tracker-announcement\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/11\/1\/20943318\/google-fitbit-acquisition-fitness-tracker-announcement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following company has recently acquired the smart watch making brand Fitbit for $2.1 billion? (a) Microsoft (b) Amazon (c) Google (d) Fossil Answer: (c) Related facts: On 1st November, 2019, Google announced to buy smart watch making company Fitbit for USD 2.1 billion in a deal giving the US tech giant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}