Here s what s on the Thursday menu.
Android security news: New Stagefright bugs could affect 1 billion Android devices.
Streaming rivalry heats up: Amazon to ban sales of Apple TV and Google Chromecast devices.
Analysts gonna analyze: They re estimating how much Google is making from its moonshots. Between $400 million and $800 million in revenue, but the losses are probably greater, they say. (WSJ)
Google s Nest opens up Weave to let third parties use its smart-home technology. For example, Yale will introduce next year digital smart locks that can be controlled with an app.
China and U.S. technology: Tsinghua buys 15 percent stake in Western Digital for $3.8 billion.
Apple applies for patent for a smart ring.
Sprint raising price for unlimited data plan by $10. It ll be $70 starting Oct. 16.
Comcast tests charging for broadband by the gigabyte, like it does for wireless service.
Oracle employees could owe the company vacation hours because of upcoming holiday furlough.
Microsoft: PC tech-support scams netted con artists $1.5 billion in 2015.
Evan Spiegel — the world s youngest billionaire, according to Forbes — tells Stephen Colbert that the 2016 election could be the Snapchat election.
Swipe up: Tinder wants to take love to a new level by unveiling Super Like.
Photo: A Google Chromecast streaming device shown in 2013. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)
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