Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

I HAVE VERY EXPENSIVE PRIVACY SETTINGS

May 17, 2012

“It’s a misperception, especially the playboy. I do have a Bentley. I do go out. I’d rather not go into personal details.”

Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin, on the image people have of him based on what they see on the social network, New York Times, 17 May 2012

THE SUBLIME AND THE RIDICULOUS

April 27, 2012

“We go to Twitter for breaking news, not Facebook. If it’s important, we’ll toss it onto Twitter right away. We go to Facebook only when it’s transcendent.”

Eric Carvin, the Associated Press’s social media editor, on the transcendent news-sharing power of the world’s biggest baby-photo repository, Digiday, 26 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

SHARE ALL THE MOMENTS!

April 9, 2012

“With the support and cross-pollination of ideas and talent at a place like Facebook, we hope to create an even more exciting future for Instagram and Facebook alike.”

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, on selling out his photo-sharing service’s 30 million users to a company best known for its creative ideas about privacy, Instagram Blog, 9 April 2012