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Mobile Minutes: T-mobile a target; Silicon Valley gives up on cars; AT&T streaming; Big numbers for ride hailing

T-Mobile seen as top target following AT&T-Time Warner deal
T-Mobile US Inc is the likeliest acquisition target as media companies seek a wireless partner following AT&T Inc's proposed $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner Inc, analysts said.
Read more at Reuters

Silicon Valley decides it?s just too hard to build a car
Bill Ford is tired of hearing the future of cars belongs to Silicon Valley. Yet for years, the Apple and Google crowd have been telling him that only Big Tech can make driverless vehicles.
Read more at Bloomberg

AT&T will launch $35-per-month streaming TV with 100+ channels
The whole point of the $86 billion AT&T-Time Warner deal announced over the weekend is to plan for the future of television. Before that?s complete, AT&T?s DirecTV unit will launch a big new service: streaming over-the-top TV service.
Read more at Forbes

Huge numbers for ride-hailing companies
While money is still bleeding in the ride-hailing industry, millions of dollars are being generated from rides globally, as the companies look to become profitable.
Read more at USA Today