Robert Scoble

Fitbit Flex: The Best Fitness Tracker Yet?

There is about to be a big battle for your wrist, and Fitbit, one of the major pioneers in the fitness tracker space, is ready with a brand new solider. Today, the company is introducing the $129.95 Fitbit Force, a bracelet that combines the company's expertise in digital fitness tracking with some basic smartwatch functionality.

http://abcn.ws/19BUW67

The best Series A story ever: how one company landed a great valuation and excellent terms on a 24 hour deadline

Garrett Gee and his co-founders are newbs to the whole Silicon Valley thing, but that didn't stop them from playing the game and getting the valuation they thought they deserved. They're first time founders, young Mormons from Utah who studied design and computer science at Brigham Young University.

http://pandodaily.com/2013/10/09/the-best-series-a-story-ever-how-one-company-landed-a-great-valuation-and-excellent-terms-on-a-24-hour-deadline/

Twitter's female "problem": This is why mobs don't appoint public company boards

I can't believe this debate about whether Twitter is an awful company simply because everyone on its board has a Y-chromosome is still going on. Memo to the press: It's no longer August. It's not particularly a slow news month. There are so many interesting conversations to be having about Twitter's impending IPO.

http://pandodaily.com/2013/10/08/twitters-female-problem-this-is-why-mobs-dont-appoint-public-company-boards/

Twitter and Comcast's new 'See it' button lets you record and watch TV shows from within a tweet

Comcast announced a groundbreaking partnership with NBCUniversal and Twitter today, which will allow users to tune into live streaming from their set-top box, smartphone or tablet just by tapping the 'See It' button that will be embedded in selected tweets. The feature, available only to Xfinity TV customers, will roll-out in November for shows airing on NBCUniversal's networks.

http://tnw.to/r8UP