Mobile Minutes: Microsoft's HoloLens; T-Mobile lures subscribers; Shazam's $1B value; Mobile targets Latin America
Microsoft shows off Windows 10 and 'HoloLens'
Microsoft has taken the wraps off a new version of Windows ? and a new wearable
3D gadget it calls the HoloLens.
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T-Mobile outshines rivals in luring new subscribers
In a recent survey of mobile phone users, research firm Consumer Intelligence
Research Partners (CIRP) found that T-Mobile scored the highest percentage
among major carriers in terms of winning over new customers and retaining
existing subscribers.
Read more on CNET
Shazam at $1 billion valuation after investment
Shazam, a smartphone application that can identify songs, announced on
Wednesday that it had raised $30 million in new funding round that valued the
company at roughly $1 billion.
Read more on New York Times
Why savvy smartphone developers will follow the money
and target Latin America
Just as smartphone manufacturers are turning their focus away from the
saturated markets of North America and Europe to place their focus to the
markets in Latin America and Asia, so should the third-party application
developers.
Read more on Forbes