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• Uber settles suit over girl killed by driver

  Uber has reached a confidential settlement with the family of a girl who was hit and killed by an Uber driver.

• In Pictures: 14 fascinating facts about Apple's iPhone

  Eight years since its debut, Apple's iPhone has changed and conquered the smartphone market. Here are some interesting facts you might not know about the iPhone.

• Belt clips live on in smartphone radiation testing

  The FCC's radiation standards for your smartphone date back to the 1990s. But that's OK. You use a belt clip, don't you?

• The Takeaway: Microsoft acknowledges its Nokia buy was a bad deal

  Microsoft today took an "impairment charge" of $7.6 billion related to its acquisition of Nokia. That's almost the full amount it paid for the Finnish firm's smartphone business and patents last year.

• Microsoft pulls back from phone business, announces 7800 layoffs

  Microsoft is scaling down its mobile phone activities, writing off the entire value of the former Nokia smartphone business it bought last year and laying off almost one-third of that business' staff.

• Microsoft said to plan more staff layoffs

  Microsoft plans a new round of layoffs that could affect its hardware and smartphones businesses, besides other parts of the company, according to a newspaper report.

• New trial on damages ordered in Apple, Smartflash patent dispute

  A federal court in Texas has ordered a new trial on damages in a patent infringement dispute between Apple and Smartflash that could modify an earlier US$533 million damages award to the patent-licensing company.

• Samsung profit squeezed by Galaxy S6 shortage

  Samsung Electronics expects to report lower than expected earnings for the second quarter after supply shortages kept down sales of its Galaxy S6 smartphone.

• In Pictures: Best office apps for Android, round 3

  Microsoft's Office apps are finally available for Android smartphones and tablets. Here’s how they stack up against past favorites

• Five smartphones to look forward to

  If you're planning to buy a new smartphone this year, but haven't bought one yet it might be better to wait a bit longer: Apple, Samsung Electronics and OnePlus are all expected to launch new models in the next couple of months.

• Samsung faces lawsuit in China over bloatware on phones

  A consumer protection group in China is suing Samsung Electronics and a Chinese vendor for placing too many preinstalled apps on phones, and is demanding that the whole smartphone industry eschew bloatware.

• Xiaomi faces challenge to reach sales goal, amid slowing smartphone growth

  Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi has hopes of selling at least 80 million smartphones this year, but that goal may harder to reach than originally thought.

• Xiaomi break outs of Asia, introduces phones to Brazil

  Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi will finally begin selling product in Brazil, marking the first time it has sold handsets outside of Asia.

• Huawei's Honor brand strives to become global

  Huawei isn't a name that's easy to pronounce. Nor has it been free of controversy. In 2012, U.S. politicians called the Chinese company a potential security threat.

• Samsung teams with Red Hat to build enterprise apps

  Samsung is partnering with Red Hat to build mobile apps for business users, in a deal that recalls Apple's tie-up with IBM this time last year.