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Mobile Minutes: Possible Android iMessage?; Amazon’s shares; AirPods delayed; Google Fiber

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Report: Apple has made internal mockups of iMessage for Android
People like to mention the phrase “walled garden” when they talk about Apple, a tightly branded ecosystem into which iPhone and Mac users bind themselves after purchase. In hardware, the walls are getting higher: in its latest update to the iPhone, Apple ditched the traditional headphone jack, forcing consumers to shell out on its proprietary earphones.
Read more at Forbes

Could Amazon hit $1,000 a share?
SAN FRANCISCO — Wall Street is bullish on Amazon, with some suggesting its stock could hit $1,000 in the not too distant future.
Read more at USA Today

Apple delays AirPods wireless headphones announced with iPhone 7
Apple Inc. announced that its anticipated AirPods, a pair of wireless headphones, will no longer ship this month as planned. The AirPods were introduced in September alongside the iPhone 7, which was designed without a standard headphone jack.
Read more at BloombergGoogle halts Fiber rollout in some U.S. cities
Alphabet Inc is halting the rollout of its much-talked about high-speed internet service, Google Fiber, in some cities in the United States.
Read more at Reuters