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Mobile Minutes: Samsung, Facebook, Microsoft, Instagram

Samsung delays new smartphone
Samsung Electronics Co. is delaying sales of its first Tizen-powered smartphone, a latest setback to its plan to create a mobile platform to rival Google?s Android or Apple?s iOS.
Click here to read more on Boston Globe

Facebook to shut down Gifts service in latest ecommerce shift
Facebook Inc will shut its 2-year-old Gifts shop on Aug. 12, as the world's largest social network tests other ways to let consumers buy products on its website.
Click here to read more on Reuters

Microsoft gives employees sneak peek at new 'selfie' phone
Microsoft Corp's hardware chief gave employees a sneak peek at a 'selfie' phone featuring a 5 megapixel forward-facing camera at an internal meeting this week, a source at the company said on Tuesday.
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Instagram just unveiled ?Bolt,? its answer to Snapchat
The photo-sharing, Facebook-owned social network Instagram on unveiled ?Bolt? on Tuesday, a new messaging app that allows users to send short-lived photo and video messages from mobile devices.
Click here to read more on Time