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Mobile Minutes: ESPN goes OTT; Snapchat vs Instagram; White House chatbot; Mobile banking safety

Disney is paying $1 billion for a 33% stake in Major League Baseball?s BAMTech streaming-media unit, and with the investment ESPN is planning to launch a new ?multi-sport? subscription streaming service.

There's a battle brewing in social media. Instagram has truly shaded Snapchat.

Today, the White House is releasing a Facebook Messenger bot that allows users to send notes to the president.

Once upon a time, depositing a check required actually visiting a bank. Now, the same task can be as simple as taking out your smartphone, opening an app and snapping a picture.