Mobile Minutes: Google's smart textiles; Apple's iPhone quick fix; Windows 10 and mobile computing; Kik's branded bots
Google wants to make your shirt more like a smartphone
The Internet company?s Advanced Technology and Projects group, which spends its
time on future-looking efforts, is working on Project Jacquard, a set of
inventions that makes it possible to weave touch and gesture capabilities into
textiles.
Read more on Bloomberg
Apple offers quick fix for iPhone messaging crash bug
Apple is offering a workaround for users affected by an iMessage bug that
causes some iPhones to crash after receiving a specific string of characters
via text message.
Read more on ABC News
In a shift toward greater mobility, Microsoft rolls out
Windows 10 on July 29
The company said Monday that Windows 10 is designed with mobile computing in
mind, allowing users to switch seamlessly between personal computers, tablets,
smartphones and other gadgets.
Read more on U.S. News & World Report
Why Kik's young users have swapped 350 million texts -
with bots
Brand bots are automated accounts that run on messaging services like Kik that
?chat? one-on-one with thousands of human users. The bot marketing phenomenon
has been gaining strength on messaging apps that skew towards younger users, like
Kik and Tinder, which has an estimated 50 million monthly active users.
Read more on Forbes