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I don’t claim to know how effective Intel’s branding effort was on PCs — that’s not exactly my purview — but I think it will have a very tough time creating consumer awareness of its mobile chip brand. Link www.reuters.com Read more on external site »

This is a great piece from ZDNet about how fragmentation is killing the promise of Google’s open source platform. As a user who has finally given up on Android, I agree completely. Link www.zdnet.com Read more on external site »

If Facebook can make some headway here with mobile virtual payments — and they certainly are positioned to do so — this will be a huge win for Bango, which has been quietly powering mobile payments for years. Link news.cnet.com Read more on external site »

This TechCrunch post is based on information from a single anonymous source, which is a pretty weak reed to lean on. But Apple surely feels a sense of urgency to fix its maps offering, so it certainly makes sense. Link techcrunch.com Read more on external site »

The cause of the brawl is still being investigated, but appears that Foxconn still has a long way to go in resolving problems with its labor force. Link www.reuters.com Read more on external site »

CNNMoney’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt offers a pretty good roundup of analyst responses to sales of the new iPhone. Bottom line: Demand was as high as expected, but supplies ran a bit short. Link tech.fortune.cnn.com Read more on external site »

Consider this your regular reminder that HTML5 is still very much a work in progress. Link arstechnica.com Read more on external site »

Mapping has become a very competitive space in the last few months, and the lukewarm (or worse) reviews for Apple’s new offering has competitors scrambling to capitalize. Link thenextweb.com Read more on external site »

TheNextWeb explains why Facebook is deploying incremental updates more often rather than making big changes occasionally. Seems like a step in the right direction for a company that has had its share of difficulties in mobile. Link thenextweb.com Read more on external site »

The outage occurred in Europe and some key emerging markets for BlackBerry, and it happened just as the smartphone wars escalated with a new iPhone and other high-end handsets. So it’s no surprise that shares of RIM are down more than 5 percent this morning. Link www.theglobeandmail.com Read more on external site »