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Tweet After many weeks of efforts by the Chinese firm to regain the trust of the American government, the Department of Commerce has finally lifted the ban it had imposed on the company’s imports. Read more… Neowin

Tweet After the U.S. government issued an order banning American companies from selling technology to ZTE, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has decided to shut down the majority of its operations. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Pulling out the old patent infringement cudgel again, Qualcomm is continuing to try to beat Apple into submission in what now seems to be a daily routine of claims, suits, and legal wranglings. Read more… Neowin

Tweet When the latest version of Google Contacts launched last year, many features were missing. It looks like one of these features is back: you can now import contacts without switching to the old UI. You can import contacts from Yahoo Mail, Outlook.com, AOL or from other email providers. If you want to import contacts from a CSV/vCard file, you’ll still have to switch to the old interface. Google uses a…

Tweet The United States International Trade Commission issued a ruling today that bans the importing of older iPhones and iPads into the US because they were found to be violating one of Samsung’s patents. Read more…      Neowin