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Mobile Minutes: Uber redesign; Fitbit’s slump; Facebook’s racial advertising controversy; AT&T and DirecTV collusion

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Uber tries to speed pickups, offers personal destination ideas and gives you the option of driving straight to a friend. No new safety features though.
Read more at CNET

Fitbit gives dismal holiday-quarter sales forecast, shares plunge
Wearable fitness device maker Fitbit Inc’s revenue forecast for the key-holiday shopping quarter fell well short of analysts’ estimates, hurt by stiff competition from rival device makers.
Read more at Reuters

Facebook must stop ads that exclude races: lawmakers
SAN FRANCISCO — The Congressional Black Caucus has called on Facebook to stop allowing advertisers to exclude racial and ethnic groups when placing housing ads in what lawmakers say is a violation of federal anti-discrimination housing laws.
Read more at USA Today
AT&T and DirecTV colluded in an illegal plot that kept Dodgers games off the air, DOJ lawsuit alleges
AT&T and DirecTV acted as ringleaders in an illegal plot against the Dodgers Channel that kept Los Angeles sports fans from watching their favorite team on television, according to a major lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Justice Department.
Read more at Washington Post