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Smartphone kill switch could save US consumers $3.4B, study says

Apple’s Find my iPhone James Martin/CNET Lawmakers have been clamoring for antitheft software to become standard and enabled on all smartphones, in an attempt to curb a rising tide of mobile device thefts over the last few years. But a researcher from Creighton University’s Heider College of Business has been looking into another benefit to the software. In a study …

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Huawei smartphone shipments jump 62% to 34 million

Huawei Ascend P7 Huawei Huawei, the China-based mobile firm that builds everything from handsets to wireless telecom gear, has reported a strong first half of 2014. Huawei shipped a total of 64.2 million mobile devices during the first six months of the year, including 34.3 million smartphones, the company reported Tuesday. Huawei’s smartphone shipments were up 62 percent compared with …

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