Apple didn’t invent the portable music player, but the company’s iPod was the category’s first true mass-market phenomenon. But in the post-iPhone era, iPod sales have continued to plunge — which is why Apple finally pulled the plug on sales of the iPod Shuffle and the iPod Nano yesterday. So what now? Of course, these …
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It’s the end of an era. Apple appears to have quietly discontinued its iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. Earlier Thursday, the webpages for both devices were redirecting to a page for the iPod Touch. They now point to Apple Music. Both the Nano and the Shuffle were variations on Apple’s famed MP3 player, the iPod. The Nano was like a …
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Now playing: Watch this: Pebble unveils two new smartwatches and a wearable not… 2:43 Editors’ note, December 7, 2016: Pebble has announced that its assets have been acquired by Fitbit and it will no longer release new products. While the Pebble 2 and other Pebble watches will continue to work, no new software updates or features will be released. Pebble …
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