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Mobile Minutes: Google, Facebook slow mobile ads; Verizon kills 3G; App recognizes faces; Baby wearables rise

Google, Facebook mobile-ad share ebbing as rivals woo marketers
Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. are set to loosen their grip on the $19 billion U.S. mobile-advertising market.
Read more on Bloomberg

Verizon is killing off 3G
As 4G smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices replace older 3G gadgets, Verizon is changing the makeup of its network to compensate.
Read more on CNNMoney

1U app replaces passwords with your face
When I call up 1U on my iPhone to sign into my banking site, the app asks me to hold the selfie camera to my face, quickly verifies my identity, launches a new tab in my laptop?s browser and logs in automatically, without me ever touching the keyboard.
Read more on Forbes

Baby monitors for a smart nursery, but parents are still better
Now the nursery is getting connected. A new generation of wearable devices promises to track your newborn?s sleeping habits, gathering data like whether babies are on their backs or stomachs, their breathing rates, skin temperature, room temperature and even, in some cases, blood-oxygen levels and heart rates.
Read more on New York Times