Quotes About Technology

I wrote a lot about the need for an information appliance. I think we've pretty much arrived at one: the iPad. A child could figure out how to use it quickly. Compare it to a DOS computer or even an Apple II; it's no longer nearly as much of a hassle or a mystery.

As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.

I'm nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google.

When I first started doing work on how the Internet is affecting commerce, like a lot of people, I was really excited by this nearly perfect market.

Right now, nearly all the apps on Facebook take a week to build. No more.

The Internet is not nearly as fail-safe as the phone system.

That's one of the neat things about 'Call of Duty.' There are areas in the game where we were able to score the gameplay.

I'm just interested in building a company that doesn't necessarily change lives but adapts people's behaviour.

What's casual for a robot isn't necessarily what's casual for a human.

I love hi-tech kitchens, but that doesn't necessarily mean full of appliances.

Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.

In India, we have the opportunity to give innovation the kind of scale that no other country in the world can. Innovation is a necessity.

My life's goal is to get rid of computers and invent everything that removes its necessity.

Our necks are getting injured from looking down, and the movie screen gives you opportunity to look up, you know? It gives you an opportunity to possibly have a discussion with someone afterwards.

Once, even the simple metal needle challenged the conventional thinking of a time.

Being an app developer isn't at all like working at Apple. There is this huge haystack of apps, and even a very shiny needle can get lost in that haystack.

Facebook needs to maintain its vise-like grip on our attention to become a conduit of not only advertising but also commerce, so that it can take a cut of everything.

The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.

At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs.

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

We have neglected our aerospace program, and I am detecting a lot of bipartisan support to continue that mission.

I don't want to wake up at 60 and have to call the neighbor who's 12 to help me with my computer.

Eventually, we want to be able to say, whether in your own neighborhood or a city across the globe, our technology will be needed to break through barriers - whether it's money, time, languages, or simply choice.

In a social context, digital technology introduces you to neighbours of the mind - people who are separated by distance, but close to you in thought and interest.