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Mobile Minutes: Nintendo's mobile gaming profit; Google's wireless takeover; Apple Watch connections; Smart credit cards

Nintendo sees profit doubling, helped by smartphone game entry
Japanese videogame maker Nintendo Co Ltd forecast its long-awaited entry into smartphone games would help it double annual operating profit in the year through March, offsetting weak sales growth in its traditional consoles.
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Not to be stopped, Google takes on the wireless world
In the stodgy wireless service industry, long dominated by AT&T and Verizon, with struggling Sprint and feisty T-Mobile a distant third and fourth, the possibility that a new competitor might disrupt this cozy oligopoly has long been considered a pipe dream.
Read more on New York Times

Lonely Apple Watch owners find strangers with a heart on Reddit
Apple Watch owners who don't have any real-life friends with the device are flocking to Reddit to find fellow "lonely hearts" who are eager to connect with new friends to test some of the watch's communication features.
Read more on ABC News

My weekend confusing people with a futuristic credit card
It?s a single card designed to replace all your credit, debit, loyalty, and membership cards with one piece of plastic. It works with a smartphone app to store and switch between cards, and activates with a single tap.
Read more on Wired