Mobile Minutes: Samsung and BlackBerry partnership; UK mobile banking; Alibaba's streaming service; HTC's stock issues
Would a Samsung 'Galaxy BlackBerry' be loved or hated?
Prolific analyst Eldar Murtazin suggests that Samsung and BlackBerry will be
entering a partnership to work on an Android Lollipop based smartphone.
Read more on Forbes
Mobile banking has eclipsed branches and even the rest
of the Internet
Britons are now checking their bank balance on their mobile phones more than
anywhere else, leaving more traditional services like a visit to the high
street branch in decline.
Read more on The Telegraph
Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service
in two months
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will launch an online video streaming service in
China in about two months, hoping to emulate the U.S.'s Netflix Inc. and HBO,
the firm's head of digital entertainment said on Sunday.
Read more on Reuters
One tiny number can reveal big problems at a global
smartphone maker
The latest company to let phones pile up in warehouses and on store shelves is
HTC.
Read more on Bloomberg