Mobile Minutes: Motorola surges in China; Swatch to launch smartwatch; Dining concierge app; Dating apps gain traction
Out of Google's orbit, Motorola surges and sets sights
on China and Xiaomi
When Google bought the company in 2011 for $12.5 billion, Motorola was a
tarnished brand that was pining for the days when its Razr cell phone was
synonymous with innovation. Now, after its first quarter under Lenovo ?s
ownership, Motorola appears to have gotten its mojo back.
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Swatch to launch smartwatch in bid to reverse profit decline
Swatch Group AG will launch a new smartwatch in the next two to three months as
the world?s biggest watchmaker?s aims to reverse a 27 percent slide in annual
profit and overcome pressure from the recent surge in the Swiss franc.
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Reserve app gets you seated at that table
The mobile platform instructs users to give the number of people in the party
along with a date and time (or time range) they?re looking for. Then a list of
options in their city pops up, culled from Reserve?s restaurant partners. Users
receive text message updates as reservations are facilitated on their behalf.
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Led by Tinder, the mobile dating game surges
Online dating, long dominated by big outfits like Match.com and eHarmony, has
in the last two years been transformed by the rise of Tinder, the mobile phone
app that lets its users scan photos and short profiles of potential dates.
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