Mobile Minutes: BlackBerry’s shares; Verizon owns AOL; Square and Apple Pay; Ride-hailing app rules
Verizon now officially owns AOL
It’s official: Verizon completed its acquisition of AOL Tuesday in a deal that raises yet-unanswered questions about the future of one of the country’s earliest Internet brands and of online media in general.
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Square’s Apple Pay reader shows how we pay is still in flux
After unveiling its new credit-card reader at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco earlier this month, Square tested this newfangled contraption at a Blue Bottle coffee shop in Mint Plaza, just down the street.
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New York taxi agency passes rules on price estimates for ride-hailing apps
Livery-cab passengers hailing rides through smartphone apps in New York City will get estimated fares for so-called surge pricing and itemized receipts, under rules passed Monday by the Taxi and Limousine Commission as it tries to keep pace with rapid changes in technology.
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