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Mobile Minutes: Google to buy InMobi; Apple’s Force Touch for iPhones; Kik’s child protection; Google’s Calendar app

inmobi 185Google in early talks to buy Indian mobile ad firm InMobi
BANGALORE, India— Google Inc. is in early stages of negotiations to buy Indian mobile ad firm InMobi, a person familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. company looks to strengthen its presence in the mobile advertising space.
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Apple may bring ‘Force Touch’ to new iPhones
The company is looking at incorporating the Force Touch technology, which detects how hard a person touches the screen of the Watch and MacBook’s track pad, to the next iteration of the iPhone which Apple will launch later this year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, which cited suppliers.
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Kik adds tools to prevent child exploitation on messaging app
Kik Interactive Inc., which makes a messaging application popular with younger users, is taking steps to make sure they aren’t exploited while using it.
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Google’s Calendar app finally arrives on the iPhone
Google finally released a Google Calendar app for iPhone today. While it doesn’t go above and beyond a standard set of smart calendar features, it does fill in the final gap of your Google-dependent digital life.
Read more on Wired