The number of wireless charging industry organisations is down from three to two-- the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) plan to merge into a single entity.

The announcement follows a February 2014 collaboration agreement between the two organisations.

“The ‘standards war’ narrative presents a false choice,” the A4WP says.  “Consider that the typical mass-market smartphone contains a multiplicity of radio technologies (Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, 3G, LTE) each built around a vibrant ecosystem, whereas other devices are single-mode (Bluetooth headset).  The A4WP PMA merger is in the same spirit-- enable the market to apply technologies to their best use cases.”

While the entity still waits for an actual a name, it hosts a number of global consumer brands, supply chain and market leaders, namely AT&T, Broadcom, Duracell, Flextronics, Gill Electronics, Integrated Device Technologies (IDT), Intel, Powermat, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Starbucks and WiTricity.

Samsung starts producing the "A9," the next generation of Apple application processor, Korea's Electronic Times reports, with production using a cutting-edge 14nm FinFET process for the first time.

Production is reportedly taking place in Samsung's Austin, Texas plant, due to performance security and supply issues.

The story is interesting, as it suggests Apple is back to depending on its greatest rival for the chips powering its smartphones-- according to IHS Samsung makes just 40% of the A8 chips inside the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, with the lion's share of production going to Taipei-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). However TSMC lacks the means for the 14nm process, and can only promise 16nm chips for 2015.

“We didn’t make any money in Windows Phone,” Huawei head of international media affairs Joe Kelly says in an interview with the Seattle Times. “Nobody made any money in Windows Phone.”

The Chinese company offers 2 Windows Phone handsets, and was said to be making a dual-booting Android/Windows Phone device. However Kelly confirms Huawei's Microsoft-powered plans are on hold, at least for now.

The statement comes months after Microsoft announced plans to make the mobile OS more appealing to low-cost customers. Windows Phone is available for free for use in devices under 9-inch in size, and the company offers a hardware partner portal allowing smaller device makers to create white-label Windows Phone devices.

An email to Intel employees by CEO Brian Krzanich describes plans to merge Intel's loss-making mobile unit with the profitable PC business, the Wall Street Journal reports-- creating a single Client Computing Group.

"The market continues to evolve rapidly, and we must change even faster to stay ahead," Krzanich writes.

Reportedly the merger takes place on Q1 2015, with current PC business head Kirk Skaugen taking the lead. Mobile unit boss Herman Eul will stay on to help the transition until Chipzilla finds him a new position. The WSJ also says the Client Computing Group consist of developers from both Core and Atom teams.

The decision probably comes due to a need to offset the losses of one division with the profits from another (mobile unit operating losses total $1 billion for Q3 2014 alone), but it also reflects a changing CE market. After all, how can one classify the two-in-one devices Intel regularly shows off at trade events? Are they tablets, PCs, or both?