Mobile Minutes: Google buys Orbitera; Snapchat's NBC deal; Lyft's new ability; New iPhone features
Why Google just bought this hot ecommerce startup
It could get easier to buy and sell products and services on the Google cloud. The
search giant said Monday that it acquired a small, Los Angeles-based startup
called ecommerce startup called Orbitera.
Read more on Fortune
Snapchat?s TV strategy just went up a gear with an NBC
deal
NBCUniversal has signed a major content partnership with Snapchat, which will
begin with giving wannabe popstars the chance to appear on "The
Voice," Mashable reports.
Read more on Business Insider
Lyft adds multiple stops so you can pick up, drop off
your friends
The San Francisco-based car-booking app is adding the ability to add extra
stop-offs right there on your phone, by specifying the extra stop within the
app. You can choose the extra stop by choosing a spot on the map or entering an
address.
Read more on CNET
New iPhone to have dual camera but no headphone jack
Apple Inc. is preparing to unveil successors to the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S
Plus as early as next month with more advanced photography capabilities and
upgraded hardware in a design similar to that of last year?s models, according
to people familiar with the matter.
Read more on Bloomberg