“Going back 17 years, Yahoo has had a culture of consensus.”
Yahoo-created billionaire loudmouth Mark Cuban, on fixing the Web giant’s systemic problems, AllThingsD, 25 April 2012
WE’RE STILL BETTING ON OLD NESSIE
April 24, 2012“Just like the Loch Ness Monster, you may have heard the rumors about Google Drive. It turns out, one of the two actually does exist.”
Google executive Sundar Pichai, on the company’s bizarrely overdue Web file-storage offering, Official Google Blog, 24 April 2012
DUMB PIPE DREAMS
April 24, 2012“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
April 23, 2012“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?
April 20, 2012“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
