“Software is the staging ground for the future, affording us the time and space to get our ethics right, before the stakes are raised.”— Farmer & Farmer, farmerandfarmer.org
“An SEC filing has been made today with information about Snapchat’s latest Series F round, in which it has raised $1.8 billion. Separately, we’ve also obtained a leaked pitch deck, revealing Snapchat’s revenue and forecasts. The Los Angeles-based company recently started its monetization efforts and…”— Katie Roof, techcrunch.com
“Now investors have the advantage. Instead of venture capitalists begging to be allowed to invest, entrepreneurs are coming to them begging for cash. Investors are exerting their newfound power by asking more questions about a start-up’s prospects and taking more time to invest.”— Katie Benner, nytimes.com
“It’s fun for the occasional tech demo, but now we know the real reason that Google Glass, and other augmented reality solutions, have failed to catch on. The future they’ve promised us will eventually turn into the same nightmare that surfing the web has become—a sea of intrusive ads and countless a…”— Andrew Liszewski, sploid.gizmodo.com
“Google Home should also get a significant boost from another major I/O announcement: Allo, a messaging service that calls on neural networks not just to understand your words, but reply to them. Home offers the promise of not just understanding commands, but providing conversation.”— Brian Barrett, wired.com
“But with social media, we've created a stage for constant artificial high drama. Every day a new person emerges as a magnificent hero or a sickening villain. It's all very sweeping, and not the way we actually are as people.”— Jon Ronson, amazon.com
“Instead of creating a campaign solely geared to inspiring young girls to get into computer science, the nonprofit wanted to show how ridiculous it is to assume that girls have some sort of gender-specific obstacles to being developers.”— Kristina Monllos, Girls Who Code, adweek.com
“A time capsule is bottled optimism. It makes material the belief that human beings will survive long enough to retrieve and decode artifacts of the distant past. In 1938, during the planning stages of the Crypt of Civilization, Jacobs dedicated the vault’s massive steel door. His remarks exhibited a…”— Glenn Fleishman, theatlantic.com
“When Uber said it is profitable, the company similarly left out equity grants to employees, along with interest and taxes. Its main ride-hailing rival in the U.S., Lyft, declined to elaborate on its "path to profitability" statement, leaving questions about how or when it will reach its destination.…”— Ellen Huet, bloomberg.com
“The social media company will soon stop counting photos and links as part of its 140-character limit for messages, according to a person familiar with the matter. The change could happen in the next two weeks, said the person who asked not to be named because the decision isn’t yet public. Links cur…”— Sarah Frier, bloomberg.com
“Apple released an update to iTunes today that's supposed to give it 'a simpler design', supposedly making it easier to navigate between sections to find what you're looking for. To do that, it brings back an old iTunes standby: the lefthand navigation bar, which disappeared a while back.”— Jacob Kastrenakes, theverge.com
“Automated subway systems are becoming more common around the world. Some systems allow fully automated operation, from operating the doors to detecting obstructions on the track and handling emergency situations. But a fully automated multi-modal transit system — from train to car — would be a first…”— Jordan Golson, theverge.com
“Silicon Valley is, at its core, a caustic long-form portrayal of the mediocrity at the heart of the American dream.”— David Sims, theatlantic.com
“So if we're serious about building a better world through technology and using it to elevate everyone into the modern era, we'll need committed leaders at the top—but not just that. A greater share of the industry's workforce can and should take more personal initiative. The pockets of deep, bold co…”— Ash Huang, fastcompany.com
“Building products with "social" and "community" features may not actually serve a larger purpose that isn't undermined by the online hate speech they enable—which often victimizes some users more than others.”— Ash Huang, fastcompany.com
“The top search results for "avatar" on Dribbble are overwhelmingly white, male, and bearded. For the rest of us, it feels like we live in a tech boy-king’s world.”— Ash Huang, fastcompany.com
“Foursquare is playing global chess, while most others in this category are still playing checkers.”— Michael Carney, medium.com
“Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.”— Richard L. Currier, amazon.com
“Like other countries, Scotland is trying to completely fulfill its energy needs from renewable sources within the next decade, but there is considerable skepticism about that plan. Bill Gates said flatly in 2015, “Renewable energy can’t do the job. Governments should switch green subsidies into R& D…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The solipsism of the tech community sees Netflix as a satisfying disruption of the TV business. But that’s a striking inversion of what’s actually happening: TV is disrupting the Internet.”— Michael Wolff, amazon.com