Mobile Minutes: Google answers Echo; Apple shortens app approvals; Walmart?s subscription shipping; MLB and VR
Google?s answer to Amazon's Echo is code-named Chirp and is
landing soon
A product team at Google is working on a hardware device
that would integrate Google's search and voice assistant technology, akin to
the Amazon Echo, Recode has learned.
Read more on CNBC
Apple shortens app review times in push to boost service
sales
Apple Inc. has cut the approval time for new submissions to
its App Store from more than a week to less than two days, part of a broader
push to increase revenue from services including mobile applications.
Read more on Bloomberg
Walmart changes 3-day shipping pilot to 2-day
Walmart's pilot subscription shipping program will now
guarantee delivery within two days instead of three, helping the retailer to go
head-to-head with mammoth online competitor Amazon.
Read more on USA Today
Voices: Take me out to the VR may be MLB's new theme
A disembodied voice welcomes two visitors to the San
Francisco Giants' executive offices.
Read more on USA Today