Patrick Pichette Quotes

Asking what I'd do without Loopt is almost like asking what I would do if I didn't have a smartphone because the feature set has become the norm for me.

The Mesh difference is that with GPS-enabled mobile Web devices and social networks, physical goods are now easily located in space and time.

I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.

Facebook is about sharing experiences that you've had. Foursquare is more about the present tense and the future tense.

It's very clear to users, more clear than in other apps, that Foursquare is an app for search and discovery, and we're very good at delivering you a social map that will show you friends' faces on the map and things that you might like.

On mobile, make sure Facebook's app can know where you are. That not only makes features like Nearby Friends possible but also makes your feed have a few items from your location.

Through social, location, and mobile technologies (SoLoMo) we now have the ability to leverage our virtual communities into the physical world, to bring our online experiences offline.

The Loopt mobile app is all about giving you the latest local deals and insider tips.

I don't tweet - I have nothing to say.

Twitter is worth it if you like tweeting. Same is true of Facebook. Or Pinterest. Nothing wrong with having a social presence.

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

Mobile Messaging is rapidly becoming the primary way users engage socially on mobile.

IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.

The human race is already social, and the smartphone has everything needed to enable them to act on their social needs.

The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.

I think if you look down the road for Twitter, we would like to be a company - a service - that is used by billions of people around the world in every country in the world because we feel that the power of Twitter is that it brings people closer to each other, to their governments, to their heroes, etc.

Foursquare makes maps special. We take maps that are blank and put dots on them to help you figure out what to do.

Facebook is a platform inside a platform.

I think Facebook is an extraordinarily important part of the Internet ecosystem, and having a robust presence there is a critical part of any brand (or company's) strategy.

When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.

There are very fundamental reasons we live our lives in social networks, and if we really understood the role they're playing in our society, we would take better care of social networks and find ways to take advantage of their power to improve our society.

What's the third largest nation in the world after China and India? It's the Facebook nation - 430 million people on Facebook.

Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy 'migration utility' through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if you even want to.

The main Facebook usage is so big. About 20 percent of the time people spend on their phone is on Facebook.

Many of the companies in the mobile location space are trying to figure out different ways to tie what they're doing to commerce.