If a developer wants to sell something via an iPad app - it's called an 'in-app purchase' - the transaction must go through Apple, which keeps 30 percent of the money and passes 70 percent on to the developer. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
The Kindle app runs on iPads, BlackBerry, and Android devices, so you can read your books wherever you want; with Apple, you're locked into Apple devices. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
I think the issues around diversity of all kinds are really a huge problem in the startup world. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
Most startups flame out or just muddle along. Your chances of spotting a unicorn, pre-horn, are incalculably small. But if, knowing that, you still… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
Mesh networking is an old idea. Oddly enough, the low-cost XO Laptop built by the 'One Laptop Per Child' organization - the so-called $100… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
Since the beginning of the internet era, it has been pretty widely accepted that when you join an online service, whatever data you put… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
Facebook's position with rival tech companies boils down to this: if you want access to all the information we've collected, strike a deal with… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing stealing far more gigs than automation. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
Apple is very, very good at almost everything it does, and that includes corporate communications. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
If a developer wants to sell something via an iPad app - it's called an 'in-app purchase' - the transaction must go through Apple,… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
To make a vehicle autonomous, you need to gather massive streams of data from loads of sensors and cameras and process that data on… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
Nvidia's self-driving-car business grew out of a long-standing relationship with auto companies. Car guys used Nvidia chips for computer-aided design, then used Nvidia supercomputer… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player. Nor were the iPhone and iPad the first in their categories. The real reason for the success… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
With the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, and iMac, Apple is the most powerful tech company in the world. It's also the No. 1 music… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
My role on 'Silicon Valley' was so small that I didn't have a lot of influence anyway in the show. There are four guys… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
The chance to interact with big shots is drawing scads of aspiring entrepreneurs to Quora, along with venture capitalists and other Valley players. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share
