DUMB PIPE DREAMS

“Comcast has decided that its own Xfinity Xbox app is not subject to this 250-gigabyte cap. This is not neutral in any sense.”

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who’s shocked—shocked!—by Comcast’s decision to favor its own services on its own network, Netflix 8-K current report, 23 April 2012

IF YOU WERE THE INVENTOR OF INSTAGRAM, YOU WOULD HAVE INVENTED INSTAGRAM

“I saw the market first, I created Picplz, and I went for it. I was a huge believe in the mobile photo-sharing opportunity, and I went for it with all of my heart. Clearly, Picplz didn’t win, but I have ZERO shame or regret for doing my best.”

Picplz creator Dalton Caldwell, on the one billion reasons why he lost out to Instagram,  Hacker News, 21 April 2012

LET’S NOT BRING UP THE FACEBOOK DEAL, OKAY?

“It jumped the shark when it went to Android.”

Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller, on why he deleted his account on the Instagram photo-sharing service in a fit of operating-system pique, 9to5Mac, 19 April 2012

SO WHO’S THE WALRUS AND WHO’S THE EGG-MAN?

“My model of management is the Beatles.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in a 2004 conversation with journalist Brent Schlender, Fast Company, 17 April 2012

SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A SMALL CREDIT-CARD READER

“Pretty soon everyone is going to know someone who has used Square. We think the product speaks for itself.”

Square chief operating officer Keith Rabois, calling into question why the company just hired a new communications chief, New York Post, 19 April 2012