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Mobile Minutes: Retargeted ads hit Instagram; Tech talent; WhatsApp takes on Skype; AR for kids

Facebook is bringing one of its flagship app?s most popular retargeting advertising products to Instagram for the first time.

Boston is the U.S. city best placed to capitalize on the shift to a digital economy, with the tech-centered San Francisco Bay Area second as it lost ground because of worsening quality of life, a report said on Wednesday.

With over 1 billion users, it is already the world's most popular messaging service, but WhatsApp is now seeking to extend its reach by offering its users access to most of its features on Windows and Mac computers.

We?ve all seen videos of Microsoft?s HoloLens augmented reality headset. And we all remember Google Glass. Now, a Chinese startup is trying to prove that augmented reality, which combines computer-generated images with the real world, doesn?t have to be complicated, expensive and creepy.