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Mobile Minutes: Facebook’s Amber Alerts; Apple’s iPhone patents; Windows 10 mobile app; Uber offers trip data

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Apple patents crazy new iPhone designs
When it comes to keeping secrets the US patent office is perhaps technology’s biggest nemesis and it has struck again with a beauty: Apple’s application for a flexible and even foldable new iPhone.
Read more on Forbes

Windows Mobile 10 pre-release OS updates expected to be available through Phone Insider app
The Phone Insider app will reportedly provide the ability to receive the pre-release OS updates for Windows 10 for Phones, rumoured to be known as Windows Mobile 10.
Read more on International Business Times UK

Uber offers trip data to cities, starting in Boston
The company said Tuesday it will provide the city of Boston with anonymized information about rides on the car-hailing service in the hopes it will help ease traffic congestion and lead to smarter city planning.
Read more on Wall Street Journal