“We think that many things used to be private only because there was no way to share them.”
Blippy cofounder Philip Kaplan, better known for creating workplace-gossip oversharing site FuckedCompany.com, on making it easy for people to confess their shopping sprees, Bits, 22 April 2010
“We could make it work as a stand-alone business, or it might turn out that there are other companies that would find us valuable. The future is rosy.”
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, who’s talked away at least two potential investors in his attempts to make money from his online check-in service, New York magazine, 18 April 2010
“It has come to our attention that Gizmodo is currently in possession of a device that belongs to Apple. This letter constitutes a formal request that you return the device to Apple. Please let me know where to pick up the unit.”
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell, finding himself in the unusual role of corporate lost-and-found department in order to retrieve an iPhone prototype from mischievous gadget bloggers, Gizmodo, 19 April 2010
“We will also admit our mistakes when they are made and the Blackberry client should never have been labeled ‘official.’ It has since been changed and you won’t see that language used with Twitter clients in the future.”
Twitter platform chief Ryan Sarver, on how his company will stop saying what it means in the future, Business Insider, 14 April 2010
“The telecom industry pretends like it’s not getting paid. From our perspective, it’s been quite expensive to get to where we are … We want to see the Internet remain free.”
YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, who was acknowledged as an expert on not paying for things in recent court filings, TheWrap.com, 12 April 2010
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