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While Facebook’s F8 conference was going on, Logitech quietly acquired earbud company Jaybird. The deal is worth $50 million, all cash, and could be worth as much as $95 million if Jaybird meets growth targets over the next two years. It doesn’t sound as if there will be any change for either company, at least as consumers find them. Jaybird isn’t saying it will shut down, instead insisting it will benefit as a brand from the deal: Jaybird will benefit from Logitech’s gl

While once a glorified excuse to update the timeline, F8 has since emerged into a real developer conference complete with exciting feature updates and loads of innovation. Today, a lot of the excitement revolved around video, and it became clear that Facebook is ready to put its money where its mouth is when aiming to compete with the likes of YouTube and Periscope. It started with the announcement of its live video hub that seems to remove the need for services like Periscope altogether.