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Mobile Minutes: Facebook's mobile Internet in India; Twitter's government requests; New iOS 9 plans; Mobile video boom

Facebook launches free mobile Internet service in India
Facebook has tied up with Reliance Communications to provide basic internet services on mobile phones for free, making India the first country in Asia to get Facebook's Internet.org service.
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Twitter?s government requests jump for user data, tweet removals
Twitter Inc. said government requests for user data and content removal jumped in the second half of 2014, especially in Russia, Turkey and the U.S.
Read more on Bloomberg

iOS 9 reportedly to focus on stability more than new features
Following Apple's misadventures with iOS 8, this year's update to the mobile operating system will center more on stability and performance improvements, says 9to5Mac.
Read more on CNET

Mobile video's boom will impact broadcasters and cable
Mobile video - now topping 50 percent of data traffic on wireless networks - will consume nearly three-quarters of wireless capacity before decade's end, according to Cisco's latest Visual Network Index.
Read more on Multichannel