The Sticky Situation That Delayed the Pebble Smartwatch
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Not since kindergarten had Eric Migicovsky spent as much time thinking about glue as he did last year.
While about 69,000 people waited for his company to ship the smartwatches they had ordered through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, the CEO of Pebble was informed by his manufacturer in China that there was a problem: The adhesive designed to securely attach the screen protector to the electronic body wasn't sticking.