What if the Big Three automakers made products that were simple and easy to use - imagine a car with a user interface made by Apple - while also constantly trying to push the state of the art? What if… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
In addition to making Android available for free, Google also lets phone makers change the code and customize it so that an Android phone made by, say, Samsung has a different user interface than an Android phone from Motorola. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing stealing far more gigs than automation. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
Apple is very, very good at almost everything it does, and that includes corporate communications. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image