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• Canada starts mobile payments era with CIBC, Rogers, and Tim Hortons
• Samsung Galaxy Note II sells 3 million units in just over 1 month
• Android captures 75 percent of global smartphone shipments in Q3 2012
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich nears 26 percent of Android population, Gingerbread is still king
• FTC staff will recommend suing Google for antitrust violations related to smartphone technology
• Microsoft considered notifications in Windows Phone 8 but "ran out of time"
• Microsoft developing a Windows Phone 8 handset, say suppliers

Canada starts mobile payments era with CIBC, Rogers, and Tim Hortons Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:26 PM PDT The first known mobile credit card transaction in Canada took place today at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Toronto today, according to CIBC. The Canadian bank reports that Olympic Triathlete Simon Whitfield used a Rogers BlackBerry smartphone to purchase a cup of coffee using its suretap payment system. Tim Hortons is one of many retailers that have upgraded their payment terminals to accept payments from suretap, which uses NFC to wirelessly pay for transactions using a bank account linked to a secure app and a SIM card installed on smartphones. Consumers will be able to begin using suretap beginning in December, but customers can get more information here. Read the full story here.

Samsung Galaxy Note II sells 3 million units in just over 1 month Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:08 AM PDT Samsung has sold more than 3 million units of its Galaxy Note II, and it took the Korean manufacturer only 37 days to reach the milestone. Read the full story here.

Android captures 75 percent of global smartphone shipments in Q3 2012 Posted: 02 Nov 2012 07:18 AM PDT Four years after its commercial debut, the Android operating system now accounts for 75 percent of global smartphones, according to IDC. The research firm reports that in the third quarter of 2012, Android is used on three out of every four smartphones shipped to retailers. Read the full story here.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich nears 26 percent of Android population, Gingerbread is still king Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:32 AM PDT Google has released its latest report on the current distribution of Android smartphones and tablets that accessed Google Play in the past two weeks. As expected, Android 2.3 Gingerbread remains far and away the most widely-used version of Android, reporting 54.2 percent market share despite nearing the second anniversary of its release date. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich assumed the second spot with 25.8 percent of devices, followed by Android 2.2 Froyo at 12 percent. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean reported only 2.7 percent share, continuing a longstanding trend of the latest version of Android being available to a small portion of users. Read the full story here.

FTC staff will recommend suing Google for antitrust violations related to smartphone technology Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:08 AM PDT Google has attempted to be anticompetitive and block competitors from accessing key smartphone technology, which should be cause for the commission to sue Google, according to FTC staff members. Read the full story here.

Microsoft considered notifications in Windows Phone 8 but "ran out of time" Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:04 AM PDT At its Build developer conference in Redmond, Wash., Microsoft admitted that it considered implementing a dedicated notification center into Windows Phone 8 but abandoned the efforts because of time constraints. Read the full story here.

Microsoft developing a Windows Phone 8 handset, say suppliers Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:25 AM PDT Despite previous comments that it has no plans to develop a smartphone, Microsoft is reportedly working with Asian component suppliers to test a smartphone design. Read the full story here.

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