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. Steven Levy Read Quote
Facebook takes it as a core truth that sharing and connecting is a force that will improve the world. Steven Levy Read Quote
No company has embraced the liberating aspects of the Internet as a ‘new marketplace of ideas’ more than the search giant Google. Steven Levy Read Quote
The vast majority of Americans perform sophisticated digital tasks on a daily basis. Grandmas and grandpas e-mail digital photos of their cruise trip and IM their kids in school. So a politician admitting that he or she can’t bother to learn those things indicates a horse-and-buggy mentality. Steven Levy Read Quote
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. Steven Levy Read Quote
Apple’s iPod success led them to believe an even bigger breakthrough was possible with the iPhone. In some respects, the iPhone hype overwhelmed even Apple. Steven Levy Read Quote
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. Steven Levy Read Quote
Who wants to broadcast the news that he’s bought a can of Sprite? And who wants to see that on a News Feed? Steven Levy Read Quote
