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it's time for a new pebble now in color I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene that update pebble is at it again the SmartWatch that started the Smart Watch movement has a new model called pebble time with a new design comes a color epaper screen and there's a microphone for sending voice replies and memos this version comes in three colors the battery lasts a week and its twenty percent thinner with a stainless steel frame there are these little animations as you scroll between different reminders and notifications some criticize this design saying that it looks like a kid's product well pebble isn't going after the high end fashion SmartWatch market like Apple it's aiming to be cute and maybe this world needs a little more cute pebble used kickstarter to debut the watch and take pre-orders within a half hour of a going live on tuesday morning the project broke a record as the fastest ever to raise 1 million dollars but it didn't stop there as i record this video pebble time has raped in more than 5 million dollars those who are first to pre-order got the pebble time at a discounted price of one hundred and sixty dollars but it will be coming out in May for 200 in other news the world of emojis will soon get more diversity developers are seeing a preview of what emojis will look like on the next versions of Apple's operating systems you can pick from five different skin shades for human emoji characters the default is a Simpsons like yellow pigmentation but if you hold that down you'll get to change the skin color there's no word yet though if they're going to make a taco emoji speaking of food how would you like to get a free waffle for running a delivery errand it sounds strange but it's a new perk of using rohde a people-powered delivery service app you can get paid to make deliveries for people if you're sending a large item somewhere using rody could be cheaper than using fedex the new twist is that rody is partnering with waffle house you know the southern breakfast restaurant chain beloved among truckers rody members can now use waffle houses as a drop-off and pickup spot for deliveries and drivers get a free waffle and drink it's so crazy it's brill but that's not all that's brilliant on the internet if you grew up watching mighty morphin power rangers in the 90s brace yourself there's now a dark and gritty reboot for adults on YouTube you can find a 15 minute short bootleg dreamed up by producer adi shankara's the drug side of a galactic war once fought by a group of high schoolers it stars james van der beek as the second red ranger rocky and Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar Galactica fame as Kimberly the original Pink Ranger is part Blade Runner Park kill bill in all parts amazing but it's not for children III that's your tech news update and there's always more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey