“The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.” YearsEarthPresidentCompanyKingsPhonesBillionsHandleQueensScumScum Of The Earth Author:Lily Tomlin
“As one of the first employees at a small cellular phone start-up called Nextel, I gained firsthand experience in how a business grows from an idea to a company that, at its peak, employed many thousands.” FirstsIdeasGrowsCompanyPhonesEmployeeEmployedCellularStarting UpCellular Phones Author:Jack Markell
“If you look at the economics of Nokia roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business is focused on those emerging markets and on those lower-priced devices. But, of course, people who are aspirational and buying those lower-priced devices today are looking at smart phones tomorrow, and so forth.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTodayCoursesHalfCompanyTomorrowSmartEconomicsPhonesFocusedBuyingDevicesEmergingNokiaEmerging Markets Author:Stephen Elop
“I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films from 1958 up to 1959, and watch American Bandstand during that time. After the song came out, everything was different.” DifferentAmericaFilmSongCompanyWatchesChangedPhonesBellsTwistsColumbusGraham Bell Author:Chubby Checker
“Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment to develop the record visually. When the web took over and camera phones, it stripped the artists of the power to figure it out. So there's a need to bridge that gap and that's my job.” NeedsMomentsJobsArtistCompanyRecordsFourAliveFiguresDevelopmentCamerasPhonesSupremeTemptationBridgesGapsRecord Companies Author:Laurieann Gibson
“About 85 percent of what you see is just because I get on the phone and [say], 'Let's go do this'. I don't do any market research or test groups or focus [groups]. I just go, 'It's my company; would I buy it, personally?'” CompanyFocusGroupsResearchPercentTestsPhonesMarket ResearchFocus Groups Author:Todd McFarlane
“I was kind of amazed because I first found out about blue boxes in an article in Esquire magazine labeled fiction. That article was the most truthful article I've ever read in my life... That article was so truthful, and it told about a mistake in the phone company that let you dial phone calls anywhere in the world. What an amazing thing to discover.” WorldFirstsKindFoundMistakeFictionCompanyBluePhonesBoxesMagazinesArticlesTruthfulAmazedAmazing ThingsPhone Calls Author:Steve Wozniak
“The program grew out of a desire to address a gap identified after 9/11 ... The program does not involve the NSA examining the phone records of ordinary Americans. Rather, it consolidates these records into a database that the government can query if it has a specific lead - phone records that the companies already retain for business purposes.” IfsDoeGovernmentDesirePurposeCompanyRecordsGrewOrdinaryProgramPhonesAddressesGapsNsaExaminingDatabasesQueries Author:Barack Obama
“dealing with a counter clerk at the phone company who had all the customer service skills of a homicidal sociopath on work release.” CompanySkillsPhonesCustomersReleaseBureaucracySociopathClerksHomicidal Book:The Conspiracy Source: The Conspiracy
“I did something rather innovative that my competitors didn't like: I took out a full-page advertisement in the Yellow Pages that listed an office on the east side of Cincinnati, and another office on the west side, while every other heating/air-conditioning company had only one location and one phone number. I was the citywide company. In fact, our 'westside office' was just an answering service taking telephone message. From the start we appeared to be a big company.” FactsBigsSidesNumbersCompanyAirOfficeMessagesPagesWestPhonesEastYellowLocationTelephonesCompetitorsInnovativeConditioningAdvertisementsHeatingBig CompaniesPhone NumbersAir ConditioningEast SideWest SideWestside Author:Kevin Harrington
“You will never ever, in any circumstance, win any struggle at any time. That being said, we have a long way to go. At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.” WayLongSaidMomentsWinningGoalCompanyStruggleMediaCircumstancesBattleUltimatePhonesCapitalistTelephonesLong WayCablesUltimate GoalNeutralityLong Way To Go Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.” GoalCompanyMediaUltimatePhonesCapitalistCablesUltimate Goal Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“Google has placed its faith in data, while Apple worships the power of design. This dichotomy made the two companies complementary. Apple would ship the phones and computers, while Google would provide Maps, Search, YouTube, and other web tools that made the devices more useful.” MadeTwoCompanyDesignComputerWorshipToolsPhonesShipsDataApplesMapsDevicesGoogleYoutubeDichotomyComplementaryGoogle Maps Author:Ben Parr
“Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations.” AmericaCompanySupportTruth IsExpectationsPhonesApplesVirginsExceedExemplaryTruth Be Told Author:Gary Hamel
“You know when a company wants to use letters in their phone number, but often they'll use too many letters? "Call 1-800-I-Really-Enjoy-Brand-New-Carpeting." Too many letters, man, must I dial them all? "Hello? Hold on, man, I'm only on 'Enjoy.' How did you know I was calling? You're good, I can see why they hired you!"” KnowsMenWantI CanUseHumorFunnyEnjoyNumbersCompanyCallingLettersPhonesBrandsHelloBrand NewDid You KnowPhone Numbers Author:Mitch Hedberg
“...one of the most inventive forms of creative capitalism involves someone we all know very well. A few years ago, I was sitting in a bar here in Davos with Bono. Late at night, after a few drinks, he was on fire, talking about how we could get a percentage of each purchase from civic-minded companies to help change the world. He kept calling people, waking them up, and handing me the phone to show me the interest.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsWellsHelpingShowsFormNightInterestBusinessCompanyTalkingCreativeFireDrinkCallingLateSittingCapitalismYears AgoPhonesBarsChanging The WorldWakingShow MePercentagesCivicsDavosCivic Minded Author:Bill Gates
“One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being something that keeps you company-background music, something that you have on while you're flipping through a magazine, cooking dinner, talking on the phone, putting the kids to bed.” KidsPastChallengesCompanyTalkingAudienceTelevisionBedCookingPhonesDinnerBackgroundsMagazinesAccustomedBackground MusicTalking On The PhoneCooking Dinner Author:Aaron Sorkin