Apps Quotes

• So evidently music was a killer app and is a killer app for computer and the Internet; it just took the tech industry a long time to hear that message.

  Thomas Dolby

  Technology, Long, Killers

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• Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely.

  Jamie Zawinski

  Running, Use, Linux

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• The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren't thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren't putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home.

  Jeff Bezos

  Home, Thinking, Light

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• There's a new Facebook app that will post a final status update for you after you die. That's ridiculous. I don't need someone to change my status when I die. I need them to water my Farmville crops.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Water, Updates, Finals

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• Apple is developing a service called Home Kit that will allow people to operate gadgets like garage openers and thermostats through one app. In related news, please don't tell my parents about this. I can't be explaining this stuff every week.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Home, Apples, People

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• Don't just buy a new video game, make one.
  Don't just download the latest app, help design it.
  Don't just play on your phone, program it.

  Barack Obama

  Phones, Games, Play

  "Computers Are The Future, But Does Everyone Need To Code?". "All Tech Considered" with Kelly Mcevers, www.npr.org. January 25, 2014.

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• The Shakespeare Pro App is simply terrific and filled with loads of wonderful information!

  Ken Ludwig

  Information, Wonderful, Filled

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• It's a lot easier to think of an app and write it than it is to convince people to want it.

  Steve Wozniak

  Writing, Thinking, People

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• I use an app called ChoreMonster. The kids earn points for brushing teeth or picking up the dog poop. It's genius.

  Julie Bowen

  Dog, Kids, Poop

  "Julie Bowen: Fellow Mom Reese Witherspoon 'Saved My Life'". Interview with Alissa Schulman, www.usmagazine.com. August 9, 2016.

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• Where past generations had film cameras, scrapbooks, notebooks, and that part of the brain which stores memories, we now have a smartphone app for every conceivable recording need. The thing is, all that time you spend logging and then curating the quotidian aspects of your daily life is time taken away from actually doing things.

  Graydon Carter

  Notebook, Memories, Taken

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The younger generation is surrounded by the Internet, apps, and video games. But somehow, my books make them read.

  Chetan Bhagat

  Book, Young Generation, Games

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• Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.

  Melinda Gates

  Smartphones, Helping, Kind

  Interview with Jessica Grose, www.lennyletter.com. April 1, 2016.

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• Whether I'm on the road or at home, I get a great deal done on elliptical machines. I use my iPad to conquer my email inbox, listen to audio books, use my Voxer Walkie Talkie app, and read through documents.

  Amy Jo Martin

  Book, Home, Ipads

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• On mobile, what are the core apps? It's basically messaging, mapping and review data.

  Jeremy Stoppelman

  Data, Reviews, Mapping

  "Yelp CEO talks mobile growth, global expansion... and doner kebabs". Interview with Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2013.

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• As Android, iPhone and other mobile platforms grow, we are moving away from the page-based Internet. The new Internet is app centric and often message-centric.

  Keith Teare

  Moving, Iphone, Pages

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• People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps.

  Bill Plympton

  People, Want, Used

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• A white noise app wouldn't work for me - I would be too distracted by the non-white noise noises I could still hear, even more distracted than i would otherwise be. So I have to just accept the regular noises.

  Shane McCrae

  White, Would Be, Noise

  Source: therumpus.net

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• If we do have any iPhone users out there, I have incredibly great news for you. I've developed after about six months and finally perfected and it'll be out on the market soon, an app that you'll all want. It allows you to make a phone call.

  Kevin Pollak

  Iphone, Phones, Six Months

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• I don't speak anything fluently, but I love picking up languages and I do this Duolingo app. I started when I moved to Sweden, when I was about 19, 20. I really loved the language; it was super melodic and really sexy.

  Eliot Paulina Sumner

  Sexy, Sweden, Language

  "The Self-Aware Solo Artist". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 15, 2015.

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• I only watch National Geographic Channel, and also I have the app on my phone. Im into astronomy and love to learn about new facts.

  Sonu Nigam

  Phones, Facts, And Love

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• There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink.

  Gillian Flynn

  Dark, Bars, World

  Gillian Flynn (2014). “The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects”, p.18, Broadway Books

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• The founders of Snapchat last year turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook and a $4 billion offer from Google. It was a surprising show of integrity from the guys who invented the app that lets you look at pictures of boobs for five seconds.

  Cecily Strong

  Integrity, Technology, Years

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• Best of all, persons can sometimes be app-transcendent: making dramatic progress or discoveries, without any dependence on any app. In this context, I like to mention Steve Jobs. While he had as much to do as anyone with the invention and development of apps, he NEVER was limited by the current technology - indeed, he typically transcended it and relied on his own considerable wits.

  Howard Gardner

  Jobs, Technology, Discovery

  Source: howardgardner.com

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• It got to a point where there were so many apps and stuff on my phone that I started getting overwhelmed because there were so many things to check. Just Instagram and Twitter are what I stick to these day.

  Kaitlyn Dever

  Phones, Stuff, Sticks

  Source: collider.com

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• I am prescribing a lot more apps than medications these days.

  Eric Topol

  Medication, These Days, Prescribing

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2012

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