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Mobile Minutes: Google AMP; BuzzFeed?s video apps; Parents and Snapchat; Samsung and LG phones

Are you ready for Google?s Circle Game? Not as in Joni Mitchell?s epic song, and more importantly not as in the Google Circles that were a feature of the now-defunct Google+.

BuzzFeed, which has seen huge play for its video content on YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and other platforms, is moving to capture more of that audience with its own mobile video apps.

One morning my teenage daughter emerged from her bedroom to ask, "Can you believe what happened in Syria yesterday?" Surprised (and pretty sure she hadn't secretly subscribed to the The New York Times), I got a bigger surprise when I learned where she'd picked up this news... "Snapchat."

As the smartphone market matures, many consumers are narrowing in on what they consider to be a phone?s most important features: the display, camera, and battery life.