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Enjoy the weekend, prepare for Monday. Last week information summary:

Headlines:

• SoftBank has confirmed acquiring British chip designer Arm Holdings;
• EU targets Google over further antitrust complaints;
• South Korea antitrust watchdog conducted an investigation into Google;
• Touch panel vendor TPK-KY’s investment subsidy Cando has announced bankruptcy;
• Corning has revealed Gorilla Glass 5;
• Toshiba to start manufacturing the world’s first 64-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips;
• ZTE would reduce low-end products in 2016, focusing mid-to-high end handsets;
• Samsung sues Huawei for patent infringement in China asking for CNY80.5 million;
• VR Society is formed;
• Google is allegedly still working on some kind of virtual reality/augmented reality headset;
• Funai Electric will be officially ceasing the manufacturing of VCRs in July 2016;
• Samsung Electronics is to pay CNY3 billion (USD450 million) for a stake in BYD;
• Nokia hits Huawei with federal suit accusing it of infringing three patents for 4G technology;

New Numbers:

• 7.5 million smartwatches with cellular connectivity will ship in 2016;
• Smartwatch vendors shipped 3.5 million units in 2Q16;
• AMOLED penetration rate in the global smartphone market will surpass 20% by 2016;

New Tech: World’s first flexible MRAM memory device; A new form of water-resistant plastic using graphene;

New Products: Windows-powered Lenovo SoftBank 503LV; Huawei Maimang 5; Lenovo Moto E; IP57-rated Kyocera Hydro Shore; Meizu MX6;