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" Normally, my digital peregrinations take me to destinations like Facebook, YouTube, and boingboing.net. "

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" Is it possible for Apple or anyone else to rule in the mobile realm the way Microsoft did on the desktop? The way to do this is to go mass-market with a device that can do anything the others can do. "

" Google serves all of humanity with information within milliseconds. "

" The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. "

Industrial Revolution

" Through a mix of market forces and regulation, we've brought civilization to the electronic provinces. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Our chips keep getting faster, and our data rates keep climbing, but at the end of the day - or worse, by mid-afternoon - those power meters on our screens inevitably turn to red. "

" 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. "

" It's almost impossible to totally eliminate terrible content in a huge open network. "

" Though the first iPhone was expensive, it was such a refreshing new product that early users flocked to it. "

" Just as we have what used to be supercomputers in our pockets, our homes now require the telecommunications infrastructure of a small city. "

" Every year, I come to TED prepared to roll my eyes a lot at the beginning, but knowing that at some point in the intellectual marathon, my brain will buckle to the cascade of ideas and bend to the painstakingly rehearsed presentations. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When superpower countries like the United States and the former Soviet Union contemplated moving their conflicts to outer space, there was justifiable fear and dread. "

" 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. "

" As an open system, Android is not under the tight control of its creator, Google. "

" Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got it. "

" There's plenty to admire in the iPhone X straight from the unboxing. The biggest change stares you in the face: that screen, that screen. "

" Who wants to broadcast the news that he's bought a can of Sprite? And who wants to see that on a News Feed? "

" Amazon is definitely serious about delivering its goods by an autonomous air force. "

" The iPod Shuffle was something unique for Apple: a device stripped down to a single function. "

" Implanting a microchip inside the brain to augment its mental powers has long been a science fiction trope. "

Science Fiction

" No one in Silicon Valley loves virtual reality or believes in its future as much as Clay Bavor. "

Virtual Reality

" Technology writers are seldom subject to frenzied, Beatlemania-esque paroxysms of public attention. June 29, 2007, was the exception. I was in the wrong place - Apple's Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan - with the right device. The iPhone. "

" 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. "

" No company has embraced the liberating aspects of the Internet as a 'new marketplace of ideas' more than the search giant Google. "

" 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. "

" As technology tries to maintain its dizzying ascent, one dead weight has kept its altitude in check: the battery. "