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Mobile Minutes: Possible Android iMessage?; Amazon's shares; AirPods delayed; Google Fiber
Report: Apple has made internal mockups of iMessage for Android
People like
to mention the phrase ?walled garden? when they talk about Apple, a tightly
branded ecosystem into which iPhone and Mac users bind themselves after
purchase. In hardware, the walls are getting higher: in its latest update to the
iPhone, Apple ditched the traditional headphone jack, forcing consumers to
shell out on its proprietary earphones.
Read more at
Forbes
Could
Amazon hit $1,000 a share?
SAN
FRANCISCO ? Wall Street is bullish on Amazon, with some suggesting
its stock could hit $1,000 in the not too distant future.
Read more at
USA Today
Apple delays AirPods wireless headphones announced with iPhone 7
Apple Inc.
announced that its anticipated AirPods, a pair of wireless headphones, will no
longer ship this month as planned. The AirPods were introduced in September
alongside the iPhone 7, which was designed without a standard headphone jack.
Read more at
Bloomberg
Google halts Fiber rollout in some U.S. cities
Alphabet Inc is halting the rollout of
its much-talked about high-speed internet service, Google Fiber, in some cities
in the United States.
Read more at Reuters