Linked List: November 19, 2012

Monday, 19 November 2012

Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in May ★

Among the accomplishments cited in Intel’s press release:

Reinvented the PC with Ultrabook devices.

That’s rich. Not cited: letting the mobile world pass Intel by using low-power ARM chips.

Oprah Uses iPad to Send Tweet Promoting Microsoft Surface ★

Embarrassing.

Condé Nast Traveler: Top 25 Airlines ★

In the U.S., Virgin was first, Jet Blue second, and the major carriers are so far behind it’s sad. US Airways didn’t even make the list.

Never Apologize for Having an Opinion — Especially When You’re Right ★

Jon Fingas wrote an interesting editorial for Engadget a few weeks ago, arguing that Amazon and Google are undermining the mobile industry by pricing their own devices at (or even under) cost. So far so good. The piece really seemed to touch a nerve with many Engadget readers (well over 4,000 comments, many of them from the dogmatic anti-Apple contingent), and the thing went off the rails from there.

The Operation to Rescue Manhattan’s Drowned Internet ★

Fascinating reporting and images from The Verge.