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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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" My definition of media? 'Anything which owns attention.' This could be a game or, perhaps, a platform. Ironically, the media tends to associate media with publishing - digital or otherwise - which, in turn, is too narrow a way to consider not only the media but also the reality of the competitive landscape and media-focused innovation. "

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" Just as two people can have similar personalities, two companies can have a remarkably similar approach to 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. "

" Looking back, Google's success came from the fortuitous timing of being born at the cusp of the broadband age. But it also came about because of the new reality of the Internet: a lot of services were going to be algorithmic, and owning your own infrastructure would be a key advantage. "

" If you look at something like Spotify, many record labels are investors in the company. So from that standpoint, the money is all going back into the labels. "

" Ideally, Facebook would take all our clicks and information and would magically give us everything we want, without us even knowing we want it. "

" Snapchat works because using a selfie is way easier than texting or tweeting. Stories should adapt to the medium and do so without cheapening the story. "

" Augmented reality is the 'boy who cried wolf' of the post-Internet world - it's long been promised but has rarely been delivered in a satisfying way. "

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" I worry about Google's data ethics and about the idea of handing over the corpus of my life, but I can't deny that it is exceptional at making sense of my ever-growing photo library. "

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