Good old Ray Bradbury (author of Fahrenheit 451, among other sci-fi classics) let loose with a little bit of the crazy when speaking of Yahoo! and the Internet as a whole. He classified the Internet as “meaningless” and “distracting.”
Benjamin Reitzes of Barclays Capital drops this insightful load in a NYT piece on Apple strategy:
Steve Ballmer is at D. He’s rather clear today, not so ranty. Here are his best quotes from the talk.
Irving Azoff, CEO of Ticketmaster: “They were afraid of Napster, they were afraid of iTunes; The business resists change…Basically the record industry sat around and tried to protect an old model; Yeah, suing your customer is a bad idea.” [All Things D]
Obama about his new Blackberry: “It’s like Inspector Gadget. If you touch it, it may blow up. The works. It turns into a car.” Funny. The same could be said about the economic crisis. [Jalopnik]
With so much uncertainty around Apple and even Steve Jobs’ futures, I went back and found these words and philosophies of his on looking back and forward in one’s life.
Engadget’s secret sources report that Apple’s John Geleynse recently proclaimed the iPhone to be a “gaming console” and potentially a threat to the Nintendo DS.
I only wish the highly coveted “nerd vote” was analysed by the fancy computer technology that all of the major news networks were using during the election because I’m sure that demographic was key to Obama’s victory. After last year’s visit to Google HQ, it was clear that he would make the advancement of technology a top priority in his administration. If you are looking for more insight into his plans, Junauza.com has compiled a list of 12 Obama quotes on technology made throughout his campaign.
If you’re looking for one statement to neatly sum up the world we live in right now, allow me to present to you this one, made by Google lawyers in their defence during a Google Street View lawsuit: “Today’s satellite-image technology means that even in today’s desert, complete privacy does not exist.“
