--- title: "8 Killer App Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Killer App quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Killer App sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/jack-welch-1195_apps_hr-should-be-every-company-s-killer-app_901006.png" --- > [HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-welch/hr-should-be-every-company-s-killer-app-what-could-possibly-be-more/) [Jack Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-welch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/jack-welch-1195_apps_hr-should-be-every-company-s-killer-app_901006.png) > [“To extend the digital metaphor, both rivals must also reconsider the fitness of their apps for the twenty-first century. In his book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-allison/to-extend-the-digital-metaphor-both-rivals-must-also-reconsider-the/) [Graham Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/graham-allison-43351_banal-cultural-pessi_to-extend-the-digital-metaphor-both-riva_1230843.jpg) > [We want to reinvent the phone. What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-want-to-reinvent-the-phone-what-s-the-killer-app-the-killer-app-is/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/steve-jobs-307_amazing_we-want-to-reinvent-the-phone-what-s-the_1782566.jpg) > [At AOL, we thought the killer app was people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-case/at-aol-we-thought-the-killer-app-was-people/) [Steve Case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-case/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/steve-case-8001_apps_at-aol-we-thought-the-killer-app-was-peo_2171240.png) > [As a technologist, I'm obsessed with searching for the next killer app.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-webb/as-a-technologist-i-m-obsessed-with-searching-for-the-next-killer-app/) [Maynard Webb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-webb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/maynard-webb-21014_apps_as-a-technologist-i-m-obsessed-with-sear_2395721.jpg) > [So evidently music was a killer app and is a killer app for computer and the Internet; it just took the tech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dolby/so-evidently-music-was-a-killer-app-and-is-a-killer-app-for-computer/) [Thomas Dolby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dolby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/thomas-dolby-23482_apps_so-evidently-music-was-a-killer-app-and_2593710.jpg) > [I think that the health care industry is so complex that it doesn't necessarily start with a single killer app. You go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sculley/i-think-that-the-health-care-industry-is-so-complex-that-it-doesn-t/) [John Sculley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sculley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/john-sculley-9738_back_i-think-that-the-health-care-industry-is_3141815.png) > [I really think the app store is kind of the killer app for Apple and for Google.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-lasky/i-really-think-the-app-store-is-kind-of-the-killer-app-for-apple-and/) [Mitch Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-lasky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/mitch-lasky-36391_apple_i-really-think-the-app-store-is-kind-of_3150620.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/killer-app/#itemlist", "name": "Killer App Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Welch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-welch/hr-should-be-every-company-s-killer-app-what-could-possibly-be-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/jack-welch-1195_apps_hr-should-be-every-company-s-killer-app_901006.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/jack-welch-1195_apps_hr-should-be-every-company-s-killer-app_901006.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/jack-welch-1195_apps_hr-should-be-every-company-s-killer-app_901006.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?” — Jack Welch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To extend the digital metaphor, both rivals must also reconsider the fitness of their apps for the twenty-first century. In his book Civilization, Niall Ferguson identifies six 'killer apps' - ideas and institutions that drove the extraordinary divergence in prosperity between the West and the rest of the world after 1500. These are competition, the scientific revolution, property rights, modern medicine, consumer society, and work ethic. While noting China's great reconvergence with the West since 1970, Niall wonders if China can sustain its progress without killer app number three: secure private property rights. 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What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before - sync your iPhone with your PC or mac.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Jobs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-want-to-reinvent-the-phone-what-s-the-killer-app-the-killer-app-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/steve-jobs-307_amazing_we-want-to-reinvent-the-phone-what-s-the_1782566.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/steve-jobs-307_amazing_we-want-to-reinvent-the-phone-what-s-the_1782566.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/steve-jobs-307_amazing_we-want-to-reinvent-the-phone-what-s-the_1782566.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We want to reinvent the phone. What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! 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