• Google Objects to Acer Smartphone – Google says Acer’s use of Aliyun, an adaptation of Android by China’s Alibaba, is bad for the Android ecosystem. Does Google also “object” to Amazon’s use of a forked version of Android for the Kindle Fire? And What Is The One True Android & How “Open” Is It?
• Google Apps Says Goodbye To Internet Explorer 8, Pulls Support For the Browser – Not mentioned in this article: IE8 is the last version of IE that works on Windows XP. IE9 isn’t supported on that creaky OS. This means you’ll have to use another browser on XP to access Google’s apps.
• Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip – The clip has sparked deadly anti-U.S. protests in the Mideast.
• LEAKED! Here’s The White House’s Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order – The order would institute some of requirements in legislation that Congress didn’t pass.
• Microsoft said to have finalized Windows Phone 8 OS – The code has been released to manufacturing and sent to Microsoft’s handset partners.
• AT&T to launch Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung Galaxy Note II on October 21st
• Apple on iPhone 5 Demand: “We’ve Been Completely Blown Away” – The initial shipping-day allotment sold out in an hour. There’s now a 2-3 week delay in shipments. But Apple Is Repeating Itself: Last Year It Said It Was ‘Blown Away’ By iPhone 4S Pre-Orders, Too
• Cheapest iPhone 5 costs an estimated $168 to make but sells for $649 – According to an analysis by UBM TechInsights.
• Why the iPhone 5 Does Not Have N.F.C. — It Can’t – Its aluminum back prevents the NFC signal from working properly.
• T-Mobile to offer nano-SIM cards for iPhone 5 in mid-October – T-Mobile wants to lure customers with unlocked iPhones to its network.
• Apple’s timid new iPod nano sidesteps a smartwatch revolution – Nilay Patel says the new nano seems like step backwards.
• ITC: Apple doesn’t infringe Samsung’s smartphone patents
• Amazon’s new Kindle Fire and Fire HD 7 now on sale – I’ve got an HD 7 review unit. Very nice tablet! I’ll have a review next week.
• Exclusive: Some Comcast Users Will See 500 GB Cap – Company to Scale Cap Size With Tier Speed – Comcast had said some time ago that it would begin experimenting with cap and tier increases in some markets. In Houston, for the moment, cap enforcement is suspended.