January 31, 2012
Top RIM jobs were too powerful and had to go – inquiry On The Register, Brid-Aine Parnell gives a report. “The file also makes a point of saying that RIM’s corporate structure was accepted practice in the US, where the majority of the largest 100 public companies didn’t split the roles of chairman and CEO and didn’t have independent chairmen. However, in Canada, where the firm is headquartered, it’s typical to have an independent chairman,” Parnell writes. What’s your opinion?
Can a $265 tablet help fuel mobile open source development? On The VAR Guy, Dave Courbanou explores a new product. “If you’re shopping around for a tablet with a different twist, the Spark might be the right tool for the job. It’s far from being the show-stopping powerhouse of other tablets its size, as it comes outfitted with a 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM. But it features a 7-inch capacitive multitouch display and a micro SD card slot. It’s also not running Android, but rather, KDE Plasma Active. The whole package runs $265 U.S.,” he writes. What’s your opinion?
How to keep your face out of LinkedIn ads On ZDNet, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols looks at LinkedIn’s privacy policy. “Personally, I like that LinkedIn makes it so straightforward to control how the company uses my information. Facebook, in particular, is always changing its privacy settings and makes it difficult to control who can see what. LinkedIn makes it simple… just so long as you knew in the first place that your information could be used in advertising without your express permission,” he writes. What’s your opinion?