News bites: Apple, publishers offer EU antitrust settlement

Apple and four major e-book publishers have offered to settle with the European Commission over price-fixing charges, according to Reuters.

ZTE and Mozilla are working on a mobile operating system to challenge Google's Android, Bloomberg reports.

Germany's former first lady has sued Google for defamation, The New York Times writes. 

The Wall Street Journal reports that another 17 colleges have joined Coursera, a company that offers free online classes.