Mobile Minutes: Samsung's profit decline; Pandora looks to wearables; Hike app buys Zip Phone; Social alarm clock app
Samsung Electronics tips first annual profit fall in
three years
Global smartphone leader Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday confirmed
expectations for its first annual profit decline since 2011, although a pickup
in the fourth quarter hinted that earnings may have stabilized in the short
term.
Read more on Reuters
Next up for Pandora: wearables and autos
Now, Pandora has over 250 million registered users, and is at CES meeting with
next generation companies to get Pandora on tomorrow's devices. The next
frontier for the company, the pair said in our chat, is autos and wearable
gadgets.
Read more on USA Today
Indian app Hike buys U.S. startup Zip Phone
Hike Messenger, an Indian app that allows users to exchange texts and images
via the Internet on their smartphones, has bought U.S. startup Zip Phone, which
allows users to make and receive calls through the Internet.
Read more on Wall Street Journal
App lets you wake up with a stranger
They call it the "social alarm clock" and "a friendly community
of people who wake each other up in the morning." And the concept is that
simple.
Read more on CNN