Mobile Minutes: Android Wear's fashion ploy; YouTube's "bumper" ads; Mobile panic buttons; Mobile order-ahead's power
Google's latest step to make Android Wear devices more
fashionable
Google is helping owners of Android Wear smartwatches to be more fashionable by
making it easier for them to swap watchbands.
Read more on Fortune
You can't skip YouTube's new 6-second 'bumper' ads
Starting in May, you'll see new unskippable, 6-second "bumper" ads
before certain YouTube videos. These ads are aimed at mobile users, so they
will likely occur most frequently when watching on your phone or tablet.
Read more on CNET
Risks to women spur mobile-phone panic button rule in
India
Mobile phones in India must include a panic-button from the start of next year
and satellite-based location technology from 2018, as officials try to make the
nation safer for women.
Read more on Bloomberg
Yum! Brands earnings show the power of mobile
order-ahead
Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut, held its
first-quarter earnings call and announced that digital ordering now makes up an
impressive 46% of its total U.S. delivery and carryout sales, a 3%
year-over-year increase.
Read more on Business Insider