Mobile Minutes: SXSW; Direct-buy media alliance; Unbundling pay TV; Snapchat?s growing pains
Flying cars, tracking chips: The near future, from SXSW
Where else but South by Southwest would you find reading
squirrels, dancing astronauts and so many folks Meerkating?
Read more on USA Today
CNN, Financial Times unveil online-ad deal to challenge
Google
CNN International, the Financial Times, the Guardian and
Reuters formed an alliance allowing advertisers to buy ad space directly from
the media companies, challenging Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Microsoft
Corp.?s control over digital advertising.
Read more on Bloomberg
Unbundling pay-TV brings new questions
The media industry is racing toward an Internet-TV future at
a breathtaking pace. But the swift changes, highlighted by efforts from Apple
Inc., Dish Network Corp. and others, are giving consumers an array of confusing
options and forcing entertainment giants to confront some sober realities.
Read more on The Wall Street Journal
Snapchat doesn?t think it needs an adult like Facebook did
Last week, Emily White left her role as chief operating
officer of Snapchat. The unexpected departure came over a year after the
high-profile executive was hired away from Facebook, where she had most
recently been trying to figure out how to blend ads into users? Instagram photo
streams.
Read more on Wired