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Mobile Minutes: Google’s new search chief; Facebook and TV views; YouTube’s subscription service; Mobile domination


Google is putting its search engine in the hands of its artificial intelligence chief.
Read more on USA Today

Facebook claims NFL social chatter strongly linked to TV tune-in
Facebook, even as it angles to siphon money away from TV ad budgets, is trying to show networks and other media partners that it can drive consumers to the small screen.
Read more on Variety

YouTube schedules original shows, movies for new paid service
Google’s YouTube will release the first batch of shows from a new original programming drive on Feb. 10, offering three movies and an adventure series designed to lure customers to its $9.99-a-month subscription service.
Read more on Bloomberg

By 2020, more people will own a phone than have electricity
The mobile phone is conquering the world.
Read more on CNET