Mobile Minutes: Nexus 5 retires; Facebook dumps Microsoft searches; USPS app holds mail; Chat app Momo surges
Nexus 5 retiring as Google steamrollers smartphones
towards phablets
Google appears to have called time on the Nexus 5 handset. While the handset
will remain on sale in the US and with selected retailers during Q1 2015,
Google?s reference handset launched in 2013 is now in the twilight of its life.
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Use the USPS mobile app to place a hold on your mail
Recently I discovered you can request to have your mail held using the USPS
mobile app from an iPhone or Android device and my traveling life was changed
forever.
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Alibaba-backed Chinese chat app Momo surges in U.S. debut
Momo Inc., a Chinese social media application backed by Alibaba Group Holding
Ltd. (BABA), surged 26 percent on its first day of trading in New York after
raising $216 million.
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