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Is Fitbit worth $2.1bn?

After Google bought fitness tracker firm Fitbit for $2.1bn, we ask if it's worth it.

After Google bought fitness tracker firm Fitbit for $2.1bn, we ask if it's worth it. Matt King is director for technology and media research at market research firm Mintel, and tells us who is buying the wearable devices. And we hear how much competition Fitbit faces from Ian Sherr, editor at large of technology analysts CNET in San Francisco. Also in the programme, a former employee of airline manufacturer Boeing has claimed that some passengers flying on board the company's 787 Dreamliner could be left without life-saving oxygen if the cabin were to suffer a sudden decompression. Boeing denies the allegations, and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Theo Leggett brings us the story. Plus Australia's women's football team have struck a deal which will see them earn equal pay and entitlements on many key measures when compared with their male counterparts. Australian sports journalist Samantha Lewis explains what has been announced in the deal, and we get reaction to the move from Elise Kelland Knight, who was part of the Australian team which reached the last 16 at the Women's World Cup this summer.

(Picture: A Fitbit on a person's wrist. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Wed 6 Nov 2019 22:32GMT

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