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Withings introduced its Smart Activity Tracker at CES with many details regarding how it worked, but few hints of just when it would reach our belts and wrists. Courtesy of an FCC approval, we now know that it’s relatively close. The exercise and sleep sensor has gone through US testing with no real surprises in hardware, but a much simpler branding strategy: the manual suggests the tracker will just be called the Pulse, which could help in a market full of one-word rivals. About all that’s left is for Withings to say exactly where and when we can get its new wearable.

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Source: FCC

LinkedIn’s latest acquisition is giving a nod to its new boss: Pulse users can now share news stories with their professional connections. According to the Pulse blog, the tweak is part of a series of collaborations that started when Pulse moved into LinkedIn headquarters, and more updates are on the way. The changes are subtle for now, though — the only other addition to the app is the ability to add a LinkedIn Influencers feed to your account, which offers content from select contributors and industry leaders. The update should hit the Google Play store shortly, and is due to launch on iOS soon after.

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Source: Pulse

Business networking site LinkedIn did make a few quick rounds sometime in the middle of March this year concerning the possibility of them purchasing Pulse News for a cool $90 million. Well, I guess as with all other good rumors out there, these will either be confirmed or debunked in due time, and the same applies with this particular rumor where both companies – LinkedIn as well as Pulse News, did confirm earlier this morning that the former has already purchased the latter, although there was no mention on the total amount.

We do know that Pulse happens to have over 30 million users and 750 million publishing partners around the world, where LinkedIn is capable of visioning both companies working hand in hand, delivering and producing content for professionals, by professionals. LinkedIn themselves have over 200 million members, where 155 million of them are unique monthly visitors, and it remains to be seen whether Pulse’s apps will continue to operate or not, or will there be new features in the pipeline. Do you think that this is good business for LinkedIn?

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LinkedIn has been pretty clearly repositioning itself as a source for news as of late, and it’s now made that shift even clearer with a fairly major acquisition. The company announced today that it has acquired Pulse, maker of news reader apps for mobile devices (in addition to a web-based offering) at a cost of some $90 million. In its own blog post announcing the news, Pulse says that its apps will remain as they are for now, although they will now offer a “LinkedIn Influencer” feed featuring the company’s hand-picked contributors. According to Pulse, its apps currently have over 30 million users around the globe, with approximately 40 percent of those outside the US; for its part, LinkedIn recently topped 200 million users.

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Source: LinkedIn, Pulse

Pulse has clearly been working hard at polishing off those iOS and Android applications, but it doesn’t look as if the reading service is slowing down its maintenance efforts anytime soon. Via blog post, Pulse announced today that it’s now letting users browse through their favorite social feeds within the app, with account support added for Tumblr, Flickr, YouTube, Instagram and, of course, Facebook — much like Flipboard’s been doing for a while now. To go along with that, though, the application’s photo and video viewers have both been on the receiving end of a minor makeover, which should make for a much better canvas when looking at those pics or vids posted on some of the aforementioned social networks. Never a bad time to be more social, right?

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Via: TechCrunch

Source: Pulse