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Mobile Minutes: Japan, mobile trends, Circle, Apple-Samsung

Japan tops world in mobile apps revenue
Japan overtook the U.S. to become the world's No. 1 country in app store revenue, thanks to an explosion in growth of smartphone and tablet games, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Five hottest mobile trends for 2014
Bill Seibel ? I wrote about him in July ? is an unstoppable entrepreneur whose latest venture, Waltham, Mass.-based Mobiquity, helps companies profit from mobile. Based on his work with companies trying to stay ahead of the mobile game, he has identified five trends that will matter most, per Forbes.
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There's a new social network that's already the number one app on iPhone
One app dominating the top of the charts right now has devised a clever way to deliver important information you care about, according to Business Insider.
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Apple-Samsung tablet tussle upends e-readers for holidays
Diana Dawson has over the years bought her twin children digital cameras, e-book readers and media players as Christmas presents. This holiday season, she?s covering those bases with one device: a tablet computer, Bloomberg reports.
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