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Corkadillo: Apple is foolish to build custom chips instead of using NVIDIA
“Apple tries to create their own, they're idiots. They should be working with NVIDIA at the highest levels to figure it out.”
Early BlackBerry Security Beat Apple Because Apple Bolted Theirs On
“Because we built the security from the beginning into the operating system where Apple bolded on their security. So in those days, the security was stronger for the BlackBerry.”
Weisbrot predicts individuals must own AI by 2040 to avoid economic subordination.
“You know, there's a good chance that by 2040, if you don't own your own AI, you will be owned by an AI that Google, Facebook, Apple, or Facebook, you know, one of these companies own. Like you basically have 20 years to make your money or you're going to becom…”
Tobias: Apple's entry will make AR headsets ubiquitous and viable for software
“You know, once Apple gets in, frankly, You know, I would really push the gas down when Apple gets in, because if you look at what happened in phones, you know, everybody was doing phones and then Apple did the smartphone and then phones just went crazy. When A…”
Corkadillo: Meta remains far ahead of Apple's overpriced VR headset
“And you know, if you put on a MetaQuest three compared to Apple's ridiculously overpriced headset, you're like, why would I pay for this when I have this option in front of me?
Zuck's still very far ahead.”
Startups must pitch reporters two to three weeks before major announcements
“If you're going to make a large announcement, unless you are Microsoft or Apple or Meta or something, you're not going to get same day or next day coverage. You're going to need to reach out to reporters two to three weeks in advance to give them a heads up, t…”
Simhi: Most of Apple's Sales Come from E-Commerce and Its Website
“And even Apple, which is innovation company, but it's still e-commerce company and most of their sales are coming from their e-commerce, from their website and from their e-commerce activities.”
Santos: Steve Jobs drove a paradigm shift by inventing the iPod problem
“No one knew they didn't have an iPod. It was something we didn't even know we didn't have. And so by creating that problem, he created a whole paradigm shift in how we engage music.”
Weisbrot: Big Tech employees are inhumanely stressed or paid to do nothing
“And when you look at the stories that have come out of Google and Facebook and Apple and Amazon, These employees are getting paid incredible packages, but they're either stressed beyond, you know, whatever's fair and humane, or they're doing absolutely nothing…”
Bramlett: Email Marketers Must Target 30% Open Rates Post-Apple Changes
“We're shooting for 30% because since the apple thing happened, you gotta be high because if you're at like 20%, that probably means in reality, you had like 10% of people opening, which means your emails are tanking and no one wants to inbox your emails like Y…”
Weisbrot: Apple's first-generation AR glasses will cost over $1,000
“Cause if you look at the way Apple charges for everything, I have a feeling that these glasses are going to be over a thousand dollars. In the first generation, because they probably spent 10 to twenty billion dollars developing it.”
Weisbrot: MRI study found Apple triggers brain responses identical to religion
“I heard about a study that was done. They put people in an MRI. They showed them pictures of like Apple and Apple's products and Steve Jobs and the Apple logo, and as well as images of like Jesus Christ and the cross and these kinds of religious symbols. And w…”
Dunn: Holden co-invests family capital into all client recommendations
“As our family office, we act as the anchor client. So if I'm going to you, Sean saying, Hey, I really believe in your portfolio. We should be buying you X number of shares of Apple. You have comfort knowing that our family is going to have that exposure as wel…”
Gisenau: Microsoft Teams takes zero cut of app revenue
“On the Microsoft side, there's no charging model. There's no fee model at all. On the one hand, that's kind of a little bit of a negative. There's no charging model built in, so there's no model natively in the platform to charge customers. The positive of tha…”