Google already owns the biggest search engine, the most popular video-streaming site (YouTube), the biggest mobile operating system (Android) and the dominant e-mail service (Gmail). All of these feed a digital-advertising business that generated US$135bil (RM581.24bil) of sales last year. Do we really want to add Fitbit’s fitness tracking to its armory? — AFP
If you’re concerned about the pervasive role in daily life of technology companies such as Alphabet Inc’s Google, then its planned US$2.1bil (RM9.04bil) acquisition of Fitbit Inc is a worry.
Google already owns the biggest search engine, the most popular video-streaming site (YouTube), the biggest mobile operating system (Android) and the dominant e-mail service (Gmail). All of these feed a digital-advertising business that generated US$135bil (RM581.24bil) of sales last year. Do we really want to add Fitbit’s fitness tracking to its armory?
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