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" As an open system, Android is not under the tight control of its creator, Google. "
Steven Levy
Google
System
Control
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" After a few days with the iPhone X, I can begin to make out its themes. It's a step towards fading the actual physical manifestation of technology into a mist where it's just there - a phone that's 'all screen,' one that turns on simply by seeing you, one that removes the mechanics of buttons and charging cables. "
Steven Levy
You
Technology
Step
" There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers. "
Steven Levy
Been
Never
Short
" How do you show off the most anticipated product in years? That was my dilemma with the iPhone X. Since my unit was one of the first few released into the wild, it naturally drew a lot of curiosity when I pulled it out of my pocket and gave it a dewy-eyed glance to wake it from slumber. "
Steven Levy
You
Wild
Product
" What made the days leading up to the iPhone launch even crazier was that Apple had pulled off the greatest disappearing act in tech promotion history. In January 2007, Jobs announced the long-awaited iPhone. But somewhere that winter, the iPhone vanished. "
Steven Levy
Days
Winter
Promotion
" This paradox of vision - the genius of youthful ignorance - is nothing new. Had Bill Gates not been in diapers in the early days of computer software, he might have understood that there could never be a market for consumer software - but the 19-year-old Gates went ahead and cofounded Microsoft. "
Steven Levy
Early
Ignorance
Ahead
" The myth of the peachfuzz billionaire has emerged. This new Horatio Alger typically launches his first start-up in middle school, and somewhere between the campus computer-science lab and a move to Palo Alto hacks up a Web site where users provide fun or useful content. "
Steven Levy
Move
New
School
" No one in Silicon Valley loves virtual reality or believes in its future as much as Clay Bavor. "
Steven Levy
Reality
Clay
Virtual Reality
" In the history of U.S. elections, the fall of 2000 is notorious for the debacle that occurred in the country's attempt to elect a president that year. "
Steven Levy
History
Fall
Year
" Everyone in the tech business, from Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr on down, says that the ruination of the industry, if not the entire country, will come from the inability to hire more brainiacs from countries like China and India. "
Steven Levy
Business
India
Country
" Though the first iPhone was expensive, it was such a refreshing new product that early users flocked to it. "
Steven Levy
iPhone
Refreshing
New
" My favorite thing to do with my iPod was to shuffle my entire music collection and marvel at what songs came next. Sometimes the segues would be so perfect that it seemed a genius deejay was behind the wheel. "
Steven Levy
Perfect
Sometimes
Music
" Facebook takes it as a core truth that sharing and connecting is a force that will improve the world. "
Steven Levy
Improve
World
Will
" Because Facebook can't exist without AI, it needs all its engineers to build with it. "
Steven Levy
Build
Engineers
AI
" Apple's iPod success led them to believe an even bigger breakthrough was possible with the iPhone. In some respects, the iPhone hype overwhelmed even Apple. "
Steven Levy
Overwhelmed
Success
Apple
" Every great device, gadget, electric car, and robot would be even greater if batteries didn't suck so badly. "
Steven Levy
Electric
Even
Great
" Internet-centric companies have already begun changing the rules with binge-watching, flexible running times, fewer commercials, and crowd-sourced content. The brainpower - and just plain power - of the most valued tech firms will change things even more. "
Steven Levy
Rules
Change
Content
" Just as the cable revolution overturned broadcast, the net is destined to become the dominant mode of video, both in terms of transit and programming. "
Steven Levy
Revolution
Just
Become
" Microtargeting, as its name implies, is a way to identify small but crucial groups of voters who might be won over to a given side, and which messages would do the trick. "
Steven Levy
Small
Way
Over
" It's almost impossible to totally eliminate terrible content in a huge open network. "
Steven Levy
Impossible
Terrible
Content
" Right after the keynote in which Steve Jobs introduced the iPod Shuffle, I went backstage with one question in mind: What makes an iPod an iPod? By then - January 11, 2005 - I had staked my own claim to iPod expertise, having written a 'Newsweek' cover story about Apple's transformational music player, and I was writing a book on it. "
Steven Levy
Apple
Story
Mind
" I am old enough to have grown up glued to a screen offering only three alternatives, each of which was an all-powerful national network that seemed permanently ensconced in the entertainment stratosphere. "
Steven Levy
Old
Enough
Entertainment
" Who wants to broadcast the news that he's bought a can of Sprite? And who wants to see that on a News Feed? "
Steven Levy
Who
News
He
" To political technocrats, 2008 marks the maturation of 'microtargeting' - a technique that, if things are as close in November as expected, may well affect who takes the White House. "
Steven Levy
Political
House
November
" With the iPod - Apple's first successful stab at market dominance - Apple had begun with a high price but quickly dropped it. "
Steven Levy
High
Successful
Price
" We might enjoy essays, TED talks, and even Facebook posts bemoaning our dependency on tech, but judging by our enthusiastic adoption of these services, we're all in. "
Steven Levy
Facebook
Judging
Enjoy
" Inevitably, we will spend a multiple of the amount we used to drop on a new router once the old one petered out. The New Wifi is the $5 latte to the standard cup of coffee. "
Steven Levy
Used
Drop
Will
" Fast, cheap, abundant broadband is a fantastic economic accelerator, enabling breakout businesses and kick-starting new industries. "
Steven Levy
New
Economic
Fantastic
" The rush into scripted video by tech giants is going to accelerate an evolution of entertainment that's already underway. We're already moving away from the idea that drama is a 60-minute exercise with four bathroom breaks. "
Steven Levy
Drama
Evolution
Exercise
" Through a mix of market forces and regulation, we've brought civilization to the electronic provinces. "
Steven Levy
Market
Civilization
Through
" Twitter provides a platform that allows anyone on the planet - from a political activist in the Middle East to an intemperate golfer in the White House - to broadcast his or her thoughts. "
Steven Levy
White
Political
Thoughts