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Mobile Minutes: Facebook’s biometric data; Apple, SAP partnership; YouTube gains TV viewers; Arm as touchpad

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28699Facebook loses first round in suit over storing biometric data
Facebook Inc. lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it “unlawfully” collected and stored users’ biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.
Read more on Reuters

Apple, SAP partner on business apps for iPhone, iPad
Apple and German software giant SAP inked a deal Thursday to jointly develop business apps for iPhone and iPad, another crucial step in Apple’s bid to boost corporate sales and to reverse a recent slide in shipments of its mobile devices.
Read more on USA Today

YouTube CEO: TV’s loss of viewers is our gain
YouTube keeps flexing its massive muscles in the face of the TV industry.
Read more on Variety

New tech turns your arm into a smart watch touchpad
A lot of people like the idea of a smart watch but don’t like having to use a tiny touch screen.
Read more on ComputerWorld