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Mobile Minutes: Amazon payments; Apparel ecommerce; Toyota, Microsoft partnership; New Kindle

Clothing led ecommerce spending for the first time in 2015
Clothing and accessories overtook computer hardware as the biggest e-commerce category for the first time last year, as free shipping and mobile shopping spread, according to a new study.
Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Toyota expands Microsoft partnership in connected vehicle services
Toyota Motor Corp is expanding a five-year-old partnership with Microsoft Corp to develop new internet-connected vehicle services for owners and dealers, Toyota said on Monday.
Read more on Reuters

 

Jeff Bezos: New Kindle in the works
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gave Twitter followers a helpful heads up Monday: The 8th generation Kindle is almost ready.
Read more on CNBC