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" In the simplest terms, a fast-growing company can't keep growing at the same fast rate forever. It eventually has to slow down. "
Om Malik
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" Sure, we all like listening to music on vinyl, but that doesn't mean streaming music on Spotify is bad. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Having followed the wireless industry long enough, I can tell you that building and supporting an application for different platforms is as tough as climbing a straight wall of rock. "
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" Many companies that become verbs actually end up modifying our behaviors, and companies that modify behaviors end up becoming behemoths. "
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" In cities like New York, it is common to find taxicabs with wireless-enabled card readers. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" It is becoming harder for us to stay on top of the onslaught - e-mails, messages, appointments, alerts. Augmented intelligence offers the possibility of winnowing an increasing number of inputs and options in a way that humans can't manage without a helping hand. "
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" 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. "
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" Photography has always been about capturing light. "
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" If you're texting a friend about dinner, Google will give you restaurant reviews and directions automatically. "
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" Why don't we face up to the fact that many of us in Silicon Valley are living lives that involve telling ourselves a lot of lies. "
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" From analog film cameras to digital cameras to iPhone cameras, it has become progressively easier to take and store photographs. Today, we don't even think twice about snapping a shot. "
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" The lightbulb, the most humble and illuminating of all technologies, when combined with a network connection, transforms itself from being a bulb into a wake-up alarm, a mood alteration mechanism, and in some cases, a cupid's assistant. "
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" Compared to Apple, Internet companies like Google and Facebook don't have strong perspectives on the way they want the world to work. "
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" Unlike Facebook or Instagram, Twitter's core experience isn't about photos. It's a world of text, with occasional embedded photos, animated gifs, and short video clips. "
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" 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. "
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" Finding your soul begins by discovering our ability to listen! Alternatively, by sharing a smile, a laugh and just by being human to everyone - from friends, colleagues, family, and especially strangers, including those who are not from the same station in life as you. "
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" 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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" Most competition in Silicon Valley now heads toward there being one monopolistic winner. "
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" When I see Kickstarter, I don't see a company. Instead, I see a social movement. I see people doing things for people. "
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" The digitization of our society is a challenge that is both legislative and philosophical. "
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" The early entrants into the world of A.R., as with its cousin virtual reality, were disappointing: the phones were too weak, the networks were too slow, and the applications were too nerdy. But now the technological pieces are in place, and a whole generation - much of which is on Snapchat - has come to consider the camera almost a third arm. "
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