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• Steve Jobs' draft email plays pivotal role in antitrust case

  An email composed, but never sent, by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs may prove instrumental in the Justice Department's case that Apple, along with the five largest book publishers, colluded to fix prices for electronic books.

• Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities

  The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page.

• Huawei's Ascend P6 smartphone has 5-megapixel front camera to watch you with

  Huawei's much-leaked Ascend P6 smartphone is the world's thinnest at 6.18 millimeters, and has the highest-resolution front-facing camera at 5 megapixels, the company claimed at the phone's London launch.

• Latest iPhone 6 concept design inspired by Apple iOS 7 debut

  Within just a few days of Apple unveiling iOS 7 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference last week, a creative designer came out with a concept of what iPhone 6 might look like with the new software.

• Apple pushing iPhone 4 in China to gain market share

  As rumors of Apple's budget iPhone continue to circulate, the U.S. tech giant has been pushing sales of its older iPhone 4 model in China as a way to grab market share in the nation's mid-tier market, according to research firm IDC.

• Samsung's next big thing - born in the USA?

  Could Samsung's "next big thing" come from the heart of the Big Apple or Silicon Valley?

• iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending June 14

  Think of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference as a giant tea cup, drained to the dregs of loose leaf tea and the entire iOSphere leaning-in to read the soggy remains and figure out what the heck is happening with iPhone 6.

• iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending June 16

  With Apple's WWDC providing actual news and, you know, facts, the iOSphere seemed like a hot air balloon that was rapidly cooling and losing not only altitude but attitude. Blogs and tech sites seemed to flounder in finding something to say that could compete with reality.

• Intel wants to be your new cable provider

  Intel wants to create a virtual cable service that would bundle TV channels for subscribers. But cable providers are expected to put up a fight.

• Local developer aims to bring mobile apps to Myanmar

  How do you build a blockbuster app in Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries? You go and ask a fortune teller for help, according to 25-year-old Htoo Myint Naung, a local developer.

• Decades-old bets in Myanmar's tech industry finally reap rewards

  It may have taken almost two decades, but Tun Thura Thet's investment in one of Asia's poorest countries is finally paying off.

• Myanmar braces for mobile phone boom as Internet access trickles in

  In Yangon, Myanmar, giant Samsung billboards hang overhead as dozens of handset shops line the crowded city streets and advertise the latest smartphones. Just a few years ago, you wouldn't have seen such a sight, said Soe Nyi Nyi, a local tech entrepreneur.

• OMG KLP – Rumor outs purported details of Android 5.0

  The Android world is in a weird place, as far as version 5.0 or (supposedly) Key Lime Pie is concerned. After whiffing mightily on our confident predictions that it would be rolled out during Google I/O, we've been antsy for new information but understandably gun-shy about prognosticating.

• Apple's Eddy Cue offers short answers in e-book antitrust trial

  Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue offered only short answers in testimony Thursday in federal court when questioned by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors trying to solidify their case that Apple, along with five of the largest book publishers, worked together to illegally set the prices of electronic books for the market.

• US prosecutors propose kill switch to prevent smartphone theft

  U.S. prosecutors are proposing that smartphone makers offer a "kill switch" in all new phones produced by the start of next year as part of an initiative to cut down on theft, which sometimes turns violent.