Mobile Minutes: Periscope and privacy; Facebook's video apps; Mobile app for airport rides; App sharing economy
Twitter?s Periscope responds to ?Game of Thrones?
piracy reports
Twitter Inc., responding to reports that people used its Periscope live-video
service to stream HBO?s ?Game of Thrones,? said the app shouldn?t be used for
piracy.
Read more on Bloomberg
Facebook makes messaging quirky with video apps, plays
to young users
With Messenger Platform, developers can now build apps for the service, in
turn, giving users more ways to share media without leaving their chat screens.
Facebook featured about 40 apps in the Messenger launch, including two from
video startup Joya: FlipLip and Cleo.
Read more on Forbes
Wingz raises $2M to book airport rides for people who
plan ahead
San Francisco startup Wingz, the latest in a lineup of venture-backed
ride-sharing apps, has raised $2 million in an equity seed round for a mobile
app that lets travelers book prescheduled rides to and from the airport.
Read more on Wall Street Journal
Sharing economy poised to explode, PwC survey declares
Nearly 60 percent of adults say ?access is the new ownership,? a nod to the
coming boom in the sharing economy, according to a new PwC Consumer Intelligence
Series report. That means hot companies ranging from ride-hailing service Uber
to house-rental player Airbnb are likely to generate like-minded offspring as
consumers look to leverage tech to save money.
Read more on USA Today