Linked List: November 17, 2013

Sunday, 17 November 2013

Anand Lal Shimpi Reviews the Retina iPad Mini ★: Effusive review overall, but he does spot one additional area where the new Mini offers less than the iPad Air:

The iPad mini with Retina Display has the same color gamut as the standard iPad mini, which is narrower than the iPad Air and less than the sRGB coverage we normally look for. The biggest issue here is that there are other smaller tablets in this price range that do offer sRGB coverage (e.g. Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX 8.9).
Why Did Snapchat Turn Down Three Billion Dollars? ★: Matt Buchanan, writing for The New Yorker:

The question, then, is less why Snapchat is able to turn down three billion dollars than why and how attention has come to be so valuable, and if it will continue to be.