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" Apple continues to make ever-thinner devices with a superlative build and a luxurious feel. What the company has achieved beneath the surface is worth even more praise. "

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" Our ubiquitous mobile access has made time and location important data points in how businesses can now be built and managed. "

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Data

" Everybody has a different interpretation of immigration problems, and it's a highly personal experience. If anyone tells you there is a uniform solution to it, there isn't. As far as I'm concerned, it worked for me. And I don't know how to fix the problem. "

" For the longest time, computers have been associated with work. Mainframes were for the Army, government agencies, and then large companies. Workstations were for engineers and software programmers. PCs were initially for other white-collar jobs. "

" Internet, for all its faults, exposed me to a lot more music. "

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Faults

Music

" Cameras can look down from on high and predict crop yields, traffic in Walmart parking lots, and travel patterns on Labor Day weekend. On the ground, they form the foundation of autonomous-driving systems. "

" Google came of age when search was inefficient and cluttered, and made it simple and easy to find what you wanted online. "

" By now, we all know that our every move online can be tracked and traced, and that, ideally, services learn from and adapt to customers based on an artful deployment of that data. "

" Writing works when publications are writing and serving the best interest of their users; numbers are good yardstick but not a way to compensate a person. "

" The possibilities that come with thinking about the camera as a portal into the realm of information and services are attractive not only to Snap but also to every other big player in the tech world. Facebook, for instance, has slowly been enhancing the visual capabilities of its Messenger. "

" Now every person edits the story they tell about themselves, carefully ensuring what the world looks at - whether it's over Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. "

" I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog. "

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Shroud

Silence

" Sure, we all like listening to music on vinyl, but that doesn't mean streaming music on Spotify is bad. "

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Vinyl

Music

" In the digital realm, companies are free from the friction of producing physical goods, and as a result, we see companies like Google go from zero dollars in revenues to billions at a much faster rate. "

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Digital

Free

" The lens through which I view the media world is pretty simple: If you are in the business of sucking up attention, then you are in the media business. "

" The battle between Google and Apple has shifted from devices, operating systems, and apps to a new, amorphous idea called 'contextual computing.' We have become data-spewing factories, and the only way to make sense of it all is through context. "

" Facebook has gone from a nice-and-boring social network to becoming an identity layer of the web. It is where nearly a billion people are depositing the artifacts of civilization in the 21st century - photos, videos, and birthday wishes. "

" Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted. "

" For me, stories are like Lego blocks. If I don't put one down, I can't put the next one down. "

Om Malik

Lego

Down

" There's only one way to succeed: Show up, work hard, and do everything right. Regardless of who you might be or what kind of job you may have. "

" There are days when I look at my news feed, and it seems like a social fabric of fun - a video of the first steps of my friends' baby! My nephew's prom date! On other days, it feels like a NASCAR vehicle, plastered with news stories, promoted posts, lame Live videos, and random content. "

" Social sharing of photos - landscapes, selfies, latte-foam art - can spark conversations and deeper engagements. "

" There is better than a good chance that while relaxing on a beach somewhere or sipping a martini in your favorite lounge, you have heard music that makes raise your eyebrow and ask, 'What kind of music is that?' "

" I think the emotional appeal of a platform is what works. I think the old-media entities still have not figured out that part of the game plan. "

" Sure, Google's and Apple's ecosystems look a little different, but they are meant to do pretty much the same thing. For the two companies, innovation on mobile essentially means catching up to the other's growing list of features. "

" On my end, I am still surprised that many media organizations are unable to adapt to new media formats and, more importantly, new network behaviors. "

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Media

Adapt

" Computers in general, and software in particular, are much more difficult than other kinds of technology for most people to grok, and they overwhelm us with a sense of mystery. "

" In 1947, Porsche began work on its 356. In many ways, it was like the original iPhone. It wasn't perfect. It was underpowered. But it was streamlined and aerodynamic. "

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iPhone

Original

" Twitter is short-form, real-time, and text-based. It's built for instant alerts and rapid consumption. It is an ideal system for delivering sips of information from an abundant stream. "

" While in the early days of networks, growth was limited by slowness and cost at numerous points - expensive telephone connections, computers that crashed, browsers that didn't work - the rise of the smartphone has essentially changed all that. "

" Facebook needs to maintain its vise-like grip on our attention to become a conduit of not only advertising but also commerce, so that it can take a cut of everything. "