Mobile Minutes: Prime's photo storage; Google's calendar app; Facebook, mobile affect politics; BBM mimics Snapchat
Amazon offers unlimited photo storage for Prime members
Amazon is focusing on photo storage by letting its Prime members store as many
pictures as they want on the company?s cloud servers. The service, called Prime
Photos, will upload photos from Macs, PCs, iOS, Android and Amazon Fire devices
to the cloud and Prime member can also upload their existing collections,
starting today.
Read more on Forbes
Google?s new Calendar app auto-schedules your life using
Gmail
Google rolled out an entirely redesigned Calendar app for Android smartphones
and tablets on Monday that pulls events and contacts directly from a user?s
Gmail account, and presents appointments as an easy-to-read to-do list.
Read more on Wall Street Journal
Facebook, phones now part of election decisions
Cell phones and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are playing
a bigger role in how Americans get their political information, according to a
new survey from the Pew Research Center. Twice as many Americans used their
phones to track information about this year's elections than did so during the
last midterms four years ago.
Read more on CNN
BBM gets Snapchat-style features
The latest BlackBerry Messenger update brings several Snapchat-style features. One
of the biggest features is that you can now set a time limit for
messages/pictures.
Read more on MSN