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• Qi wireless charging spec gets more flexibility with distance extension

  The Qi wireless charging spec added a resonance extension to its existing induction spec, meaning enabled mobile devices can be charged more than an inch away from the pad.

• Highs and lows of CEO pay

  This year's proxy season has come to a close, and after digging through regulatory filings, 10 highlights stand out in our analysis of 62 tech CEOs' compensation.

• In Pictures: Watch out for these smartwatches

  With Apple expected to launch an iWatch in October, other vendors including Samsung, LG and Motorola, are getting a headstart with smartwatches in varied shapes and colors.

• At Google I/O, expect smartwatches as Android spreads to new screens

  Expected news around smartwatches, health systems and Android-connected devices at Google's I/O conference, which starts on Wednesday (US time), is sure to draw attention from consumers as the search giant tries to connect a wide range of home and personal devices.

• Android, not iOS, is tops in mobile ad traffic for first time

  Devices running Google's Android operating system have dethroned Apple's iPhones and iPads as the biggest drivers of worldwide mobile ad traffic, according to a new study from Opera Mediaworks.

• Tip of the Hat: Google's Project Ara unmasked

  Since disclosing last fall that an internal research team is developing an open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones, Google has offered few details of the effort, dubbed Project Ara.

• Samsung tops in Android enterprise usage

  More than half of Android devices being used in the enterprise are made by Samsung, according to a report from mobile device management company Fiberlink that surveyed more than 250,000 devices worldwide.

• Tip of the Hat: Google floors Motorola -- twice

  Google's sale of Motorola to Lenovo may appear to mark the close of a dark chapter in the search giant history -- the failure to succeed in the hardware business.

• iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending February 3

  There's nothing like a document, with quotable information, to get the iOSphere's juices and rumors flowing. One document that surfaced this week fueled anew rumors that the iPhone 6 will have the almost scratch-proof synthetic sapphire screen.

• How 'Lenovorola' changes the mobile world

  Google is selling Motorola to Lenovo. The deal makes Google better, Lenovo bigger and Motorola gets a new lease on life.

• Lenovo's Motorola, IBM server buys will likely get strict U.S. security review

  Beijing-based Lenovo Group's plan to buy Google's Motorola Mobility unit and an IBM server division for a combined $5.2 billion will likely face strict and lengthy national security scrutiny by an inter-agency committee of the U.S. government, two Washington attorneys who are veterans of the review process said Thursday.

• Tip of the Hat: Will smartphone failure slow Google's 'Internet of Things' plans?

  Google is moving aggressively -- and paying billions of dollars -- on the technology and talent it needs to create successful smart home and robotics businesses even as it acknowledges its failure to run a strong smartphone business.

• Google selling Motorola is win-win-win for Android

  Well, that was unexpected - most of you will have heard by now that Google just sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for almost $US3 billion, taking Android's parent company back out of the hardware game, and, possibly, putting the whole ecosystem on solid footing for the future.

• Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for US$2.91bn

  Google will sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for US$2.91 billion, following some decline in revenue and job cuts in 2013.

• iPhone, Samsung smartphone use by U.S. consumers jumps

  Apple's iPhone was used by 42% of all U.S. smartphone owners in the fourth quarter of 2013, up from 35% a year earlier, according to an NPD Group survey.