Mobile Minutes: Google and Tag Heuer?s smartwatch; Nintendo goes mobile; Draft app; T-Mobile?s plans
Google and TAG Heuer?s smartwatch could change the game
for Apple
Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer is creating a smartwatch in partnership with
American technology firm Google. The watch is an attempt to compete with
devices by consumer-electronics makers, particularly the much-hyped watch by
Apple.
Read more on Bloomberg
Exclusive: Nintendo CEO reveals plans for smartphones
It?s official: Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda will appear on smartphones and
tablets at last?and that?s just the start.
Read more on TIME
It took only 3 months for this fantasy sports mobile
app to raise $3.5 million
Jeremy Levine launched a mobile-first game for daily fantasy sports in December
2014. It took Levine only 3 months to
raise $3.5 million in a Series A round for the mobile app that bears a very
memorable title: Draft.
Read more on Forbes
T-Mobile targets business with its 'Un-Carrier' plans
The CEO of T-Mobile has been a disruptive force in the wireless industry the
past two years, pushing such consumer-oriented "Un-Carrier"
initiatives as eliminating onerous contracts and paying early-termination fees
when folks switch to T-Mobile. The strategy has paid off. T-Mobile has gone
from 33 million to 55 million customers during that span.
Read more on USA Today