Linked List: December 4, 2011

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Marco Arment Reviews the Kindle Touch, Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Touch, and Kindle 4 ★

His surprising (to me, at least) conclusion:

The low-end, non-touch Kindle 4 is actually my favorite e-reader today.

Attention New Yorkers: I’m going to be a guest next week on On The Verge, the late night-style talk show hosted by Josh Topolsky.

Carrier IQ Denies Responsiblity for Insecure Log Files, Suggests Manufacturers Are to Blame ★

There sure is a lot of finger-pointing in this story.

Today in Corporate Denials: Carrier IQ Edition ★

Rob Beschizza compares the PR responses of four different carriers regarding the Carrier IQ privacy scandal.

Drunken RIM Employees Force Plane to Turn Around ★

Greg Mercer, reporting for The Record:

Research In Motion has suspended two employees whose drunken rowdiness landed them in jail after forcing an Air Canada flight to make an emergency detour to Vancouver this week. Forty-five-year-old George Campbell of Conestogo and 38-year-old Paul Alexander Wilson of Kitchener have been ordered to pay restitution totalling $71,757 after pleading guilty to mischief.

The pair were apparently so intoxicated and belligerent on their packed Toronto to Beijing flight that the crew had to physically restrain them, according to the Richmond RCMP. One report, from a fellow passenger, said they had to be handcuffed to seats.

Ten bucks says they’re the same guys who ordered a production run of two million PlayBooks.