Podcast – Apple buys Swell podcast app, Facebook stops in-app messaging, Huawei’s big figures

Saqib Shah

August 1, 2014

This week we discuss Apple’s $30 million acquisition of podcast app Swell, Facebook’s decision to stop messaging via its mobile apps, EA’s new game subscription service for the Xbox One and Huawei‘s huge smartphone sales figures.

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Saqib Shah

Tech/gaming journalist for What Mobile magazine and website. Interests include film, digital media and foreign affairs.

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