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• iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 17

  There's nothing like exclusive, high resolution, leaked photographs of arcane internal iPhone components to trigger the gaga reflex in the iOSphere. It takes skill, honed by long experience with rumoring, to read into them far, far more than is actually there.

• In Pictures: 12 iPhone apps that will make you a networking star

  Have some business travel planned? Get ready to put on a happy face, chat strangers up and expand your professional circle at the next conference or seminar. Here are some trusty iPhone apps to help you network.

• LG stages comeback as smartphones outsell feature phones for first time

  LG Electronics more that doubled its sales of smartphones in the first quarter, which was the first time smartphones outsold feature phones, according to market research company IDC.

• Xamarin hopes to simplify mobile app testing with new service

  Xamarin has announced Test Cloud, an automated service that lets mobile developers test their apps on hundreds of mobile devices.

• Chinese iPhone dealers dupe Apple with fake components

  A group of Chinese iPhone distributors have been arrested for duping Apple with fake components in order to obtain replacement parts worth about 400,000 yuan (US$64,117).

• T-Mobile offers iPhone 5 at no upfront payment in trade-in deal

  T-Mobile USA is trying to boost the number of iPhone users on its network by offering the iPhone 5 without down payment to people who bring in their iPhone 4 and 4S smartphones for a trade-in which could also earn them up to US$120 in credits.

• Mobile phone apps view private data more than necessary, says French study

  Mobile phone apps are accessing users' private data and transmitting it to remote servers far more than appears strictly necessary, while users have inadequate tools to monitor or control such access, according to a new study by two French government agencies.

• Speakerfy sees mini-concerts, more social music sharing with new app

  Imagine you're working out with friends at the gym and you all want to listen to a song, but only one person has it downloaded. Not a problem: Beaming the song from one smartphone to any number of other devices is a little easier now with a new app.

• GS1 unveils iPhone allergy app

  Australians with food allergies, special diets or an interest in nutritional information can now turn to their iPhone for help with the release of GoScan by GS1 Australia.

• NRL bets on cost savings with BYOD strategy

  The NRL expects to win “massive cost savings” from a new bring your own device (BYOD) strategy, according to the rugby league’s IT manager, Maurice Veliz.

• Gartner: Don't expect miracles from BlackBerry's recent facelift

  Gartner analysts said in a report released Monday that BlackBerry's new BB10 software isn't going to achieve world-beating results anytime soon. Even BlackBerry officials have literally begun singing the praises of the new Z10 smartphone in anticipation of its arrival in the U.S. market on Friday.

• In Pictures: 15 iPhone apps that changed our world

  The first iPhone hit the market less than five years ago -- and shook up our world. Now iPhone sightings are everywhere, with Apple lovers listening to music, playing games and staring into tiny screens. The last holdouts are coming around and finally getting a smartphone. Most people feel lost without their iPhones. Can you live without these iPhone apps?

• Startup brings digital rights mgmt. to iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone

  Startup Watchful Software says it's reviving the technology known as digital rights management (DRM) by expanding it beyond traditional platforms like Microsoft Windows PCs and bringing it to mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone.

• DSD signs Good Technology to secure iOS devices

  Mobile security company Good Technology has been certified by the Australian government’s Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) to protect iPhones and iPads used by government employees.

• Foxtel adds Sky News channels to Go app

  News junkies now have access to Sky News national, business and weather channels on the Foxtel Go iPhone and iPad app.