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Mobile Minutes: Moto G; US watch sales; Monthly Android fixes; Buying YouTube ads

The best thing about the Moto G is that its ludicrous, you?ve-gotta-be-kidding price of just $179 (unlocked!) isn?t the only good thing about it. There?s so much more to like.

U.S. watch sales fell the most in seven years in June, one of the first signs Apple Inc.?s watch is eroding demand for traditional timepieces. Retailers sold $375 million of watches during the month, 11 percent less than in June 2014, according to data from NPD Group.

Google Inc and Samsung Electronics Co will release monthly security fixes for Android phones, a growing target for hackers, after the disclosure of a bug designed to attack the world's most popular mobile operating system.

Google is paring down the number of ways marketers can buy ads on YouTube. By the end of this year, marketers will no longer be able to purchase YouTube ads via theDoubleClick Ad Exchange (AdX), Google?s automated digital ad exchange, according to people familiar with the matter.