Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) says via filing that its shareholders have approved its acquisition by Google (GOOG, GOOGL).
The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the deal, with 415.2M votes for vs. 1M votes against and 1.1M abstentions.
Shareholders also approved a nonbinding advisory say-on-pay proposal linked to the merger deal, with 358.8M votes for and 56.3M votes against along with 2.3M abstentions.
ADT acquires Defenders for $381M
ADT (NYSE:ADT) acquires its largest independent dealer for approximately $381M.
The purchase price includes $260M in cash, with a portio earmarked for paying off Defenders’ outstanding debt. The rest of the total was paid out in ADT shares to Defenders founders David and Jessica Lindsey.
Defenders has 2,900 employees across more than 130 branch locations.
Alexa coming to Lamborghini, Rivian vehicles
Amazon (AMZN +1.5%) adds Lamborghini and electric car startup Rivian to its partners that will integrate Alexa into upcoming vehicles.
Lamborghini will integrate the voice assistant into the Huracan Evo.
Rivian will add Alexa to its first two all-electric vehicles coming later this year: the R1S SUV and R1T pickup. Alexa will also join Rivian’s 100K Amazon delivery vans.
Amazon also announced partnering with automakers that include BMW and Fiat Chrysler to offer Alexa TV for in-car infotainment systems.
Related: Amazon and ExxonMobil are launching voice-assisted payments at gas station pumps.
Qualcomm announces new vehicle service, platform
Qualcomm (QCOM -1%) announces the new Car-to-Cloud service that helps car companies connect their cars to their cloud for updates and gathering analytics.
The product integrates QCOM’s automotive cockpit platform and Snapdragon auto platform with 4G and 5G support.
Self-driving platform: Qualcomm also announces the new Snapdragon Ride Platform, a scalable and open autonomous driving solution that bundles the Snapdragon Ride Safety SoCs, Ride Safety Accelerator, and Ride Autonomous Stack.
Snapdragon Ride is expected to be available to automakers and tier-1 suppliers in H1 with enabled vehicles entering production in 2023.
GM partnership: Qualcomm and General Motors (NYSE:GM) will continue and expand their collaboration on digital cockpits, telematics, and advanced driver-assistance systems on current and upcoming vehicles.
Uber offering city bus tickets in Las Vegas
Uber’s (UBER +1.7%) Transit feature is going live in Las Vegas, allowing riders to purchase city bus tickets through the Uber app.
Las Vegas becomes the second city after Denver to allow users to purchase through the app. Transit offers public transportation schedules and directions without purchases in over a dozen other cities around the world.
Buying the tickets through the Uber app will cost the same as existing ticket options.
