Mobile Minutes: Store data helps mobile ads; Apple's hotspot twist; PayPal's mobile payments battle; Competing with Uber
Google says new store data help mobile ads
Google Inc. says it is doing a better job linking the ads consumers see on
their smartphones to what they buy in stores, prompting some advertisers to
boost their spending on mobile ads.
Read more on Wall Street Journal
Apple patent application shows new twist on mobile
hotspots
Apple's patent application, filed in 2013 but not published till Thursday,
describes a new-look cellular hotspot that would capture a wireless carrier's
cell signal, convert it to Wi-Fi and cast it out to wireless devices so they
could connect to the Internet.
Read more on CNET
Incoming PayPal CEO ready to do battle in mobile payments
Incoming PayPal CEO Dan Schulman is ready to take the company independent, and
he?s brought out the footwear to do it.
Read more on Forbes
Chinese car-hailing app gives away free rides to fend off
Uber
Chinese car-hailing app operator Didi Kuaidi will give away 1 billion yuan
($161 million) worth of rides to commuters starting next week to promote its
new chauffeur service.
Read more on Bloomberg