“We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business.”
Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, on why HP spent $1.2 billion on a smartphone company, ZDNet, 2 June 2010
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MAYBE NO ONE’S READY FOR THEIR CLOSEUP, MR. ZUCKERBERG
“I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, suddenly discovering empathy for users who don’t like arbitrary privacy-altering decisions made for them, either, CNET News, 2 June 2010
SHARING IS SCARING
“When we started Facebook, we built it around a few simple ideas. People want to share and stay connected with their friends and the people around them.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, rewriting the history of his Big Brother website in the best traditions of Orwell, Facebook Blog, 26 May 2010
CHAIRMAN OF THE BORED
“In response to the curiosity, no chairs were thrown, no ultimatums served, I am not moving to Cupertino or Mountain View, I did not take a courier job and I require no assistance finding the door.”
Microsoft entertainment and devices executive J Allard, finally devising to do something genuinely entertaining in the course of exiting his job, ZDNet, 25 May 2010
IF THERE’S A PLATFORM, SOMEONE’S TAKING A DIVE
“When we discuss the future of Twitter, we focus on the mechanisms through which we can build a platform of enduring value.”
Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief obfuscating officer, explaining to thick-minded ad slingers exactly who gets to make money around these here tweets, Twitter Blog, 24 May 2010
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