Mobile Minutes: Apple kills home screen; T-Mobile's Lollipop update; Uber's Chinese spend; BlackBerry redesign
Apple is going to kill the home screen
With iOS 9, the bulk of interaction will happen elsewhere, dispersed among
intelligent notification panels, powerful search tools, and context-specific
suggestions that put relevant apps a flick away.
Read more on Wired
Android Lollipop OS update for T-Mobile LG G3
technically approved, rollout imminent
Users of LG's G3 smartphones, who have subscribed to T-Mobile's wireless
network services in the US, now have lots to cheer about as the highly expected
Android 5.0 (Lollipop) OS update is now confirmed to hit the high-end
smartphones in the very near future.
Read more on International Business Times
Uber spends heavily to establish itself in China
Uber is spending money at a breakneck rate to crack the China market ? even
paying its drivers more than the fares they collect.
Read more on New York Times
BlackBerry Passport radically redesigned, still an ugly
mess
Going under the pre-release title of the BlackBerry Oslo, the updated Passport
retains the key distinguishing feature of BlackBerry Passport, namely the
ridiculously large square screen.
Read more on Forbes