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" Cyanogen has done an interesting job with their version of Android - the Cyanogenmod. And they're on 50-million-plus devices. And that's just another ecosystem that we wanted to tap into and to bring our Office apps to. "

Peggy Johnson

Job

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Consumers

Some

" I attended a high school with more than 4,000 students and met with a guidance counselor only once during my four-year stint. Despite my clear strengths in science and math, my counselor's advice was to pursue a degree in business. A career in engineering was never encouraged nor, in fact, ever mentioned. "

" When text messaging first came out, you could only text within your network, whatever operator you had. It seems silly now, but once those walls came down, all sorts of applications and services were built on top of that. It ended up being good for everybody. "

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" Once I was able to be my more authentic self, I felt like that's when my career really took off. I was just my own voice. "

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" I just feel like you should be able to have a respectful work environment, because if you do, you'll be your best self. "

" Apparently, my grandfather left from Cork to America without saying goodbye to his mother! The family in Longford is still not happy about that. "

" As the world continues its love affair with smartphones and tablets, mobile has become so essential to our lives that most people couldn't imagine life without it. "

" I'm an electrical engineer, and when I first started out, there was nobody who looked like me out there. I worked at Qualcomm, and I remember coming into meeting rooms, and I could never get the floor. I could never get my opinion across. "

" I can still hear my mom's voice echoing through the house, reminding me and my siblings to 'Make your beds!' It seems like such a small thing, but when you're one of 15 brothers and sisters like me, those small reminders about the importance of discipline and order are critical. "

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Discipline

Mom

" When you dig in, two big titans clashing, what good is that? It's not good for either of us; it's not good for the industry. "

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Dig

Two

" It's up to you to define your own brand of leadership and your own version of success. "

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Success

You