Checking out the latest Fitbits: Charge 2 and Flex 2

By Sonya Davidson

Fitbit started just over 9 years ago and their mission has always been to help people live healthier and more active lives by offering guidance and inspiration to reach personal goals. The fitness trackers have been popular for marathon runners and other athletes with training goals in mind as well as people like me who just want to add more to my everyday activities. 

In combination with the Fitbit App, people can manage not only personal goals of their chosen activities but also eat smarter, sleep better, and pay attention to weight goals. Fitbit has become the number one fitness tracker globally out of all the wearables on the market now. There are several Fitbit styles available depending on your needs and this fall we've been introduced to new models: Fitbit Charge 2 and the Fitbit Flex 2. 

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Apple's wireless AirPods are going to be delayed

Apple's new wireless AirPod wireless headphones are going to be delayed. The devices, which were previewed along the iPhone 7 Plus as an option for the removal of the headphone jack, offered a new way to listent to music but more importantly showed a more intimate way to interact with Siri as well as serve as stereo or mono bluetooth headsets for calls and audio playback.

AirPods were expected to come 'late October' and speculated to be available for sale starting this week. Apple told TechCrunch that the accessories aren't ready and will need more time in the oven before they are going to be released in the wild. Some handpicked Apple media got to take pre-production AirPods and most say that they work well and are quite transformative. I guess we'll have to wait a little longer to find out if that is true.

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Microsoft Studio is the company's first premium 2-in-1 PC

There was a lot of news coming out of Microsoft today including a shift into catering to the creative market. Microsoft focused on various software and OS updates but the big news was the company's firm focus on creating its own hardware. While the Surface Pro 4 from last year remained generally unchanged (although the pricing went down in certain markets), the Surface Book has been refreshed with twice the performance, 16 hours of battery life and a price of CAD $at $3,129 ERP.

The biggest news was the Surface Studio, Microsoft's take on the 2-in-1 computer and its answer to Apple's 5K iMac. Featuring a floating display that Microsoft says is the thinnest at 12.5mm thin, connected to a mini-desktop.

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Red Hat receives Common Criteria Security Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat, Inc, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 has been awarded the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ for an unmodified commercial operating system under the Operating System Protection Profile (OSPP).

This marks the first time that an operating system has been Common Criteria-certified with Linux Container Framework Support, further demonstrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7’s ability to provide hardened and more secure IT innovations like Linux containers.

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