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Mobile Minutes: Pandora explores sale; Banks hit patent office; HBO Now builds slowly; Virtual reality in classrooms

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Disrupting banks? Go see what they’re doing at the patent office
Banks and Silicon Valley are on a collision course, the future of finance may be at stake, and one side is brandishing its most dreaded weapon: the PowerPoint presentation.
Read more on Bloomberg

HBO Now slow to catch on with ‘cord-cutters’
People seem to love HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and “Girls.” But maybe not that much if they have to pay to watch them.
Read more on CNET

Virtual reality learns how to get into the classroom
Virtual-reality technology is ready for the classroom. Whether teachers are ready for virtual reality is less clear.
Read more on The Wall Street Journal