Ericsson agrees Envivio acquisition; Amazon ditches Fire smartphones

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> Ericsson agreed to acquire software-based video encoding company Envivio. Ericsson release

> Google began rolling out its Android Pay mobile payment service in the U.S. Bloomberg report

> Apple announced an in-house payment plan programme as part of the launch of its latest iPhone smartphones. FierceWireless article

> Amazon dropped its Fire smartphone, less than two years after the device launched. BBC News report

And finally…Autonomous cars can be felled with a low-cost laser pen. Telegraph article

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