If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
Political activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan use Facebook as their primary tool to mobilize support for their causes and activities.
It takes a strong stomach and a thick skin to be a female activist fighting online censorship in Pakistan.
Nobody is forcing anybody who is uncomfortable with the terms of service to use Facebook. Executives point out that Internet users have choices on the Web.
What role did the Internet play in the Egyptian Revolution? People will be arguing about the answer to that question for decades if not centuries.
Digital activism did not spring immaculately out of Twitter and Facebook. It's been going on ever since blogs existed.
Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms.
There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just by existing.
The better-informed we are, the more we can do to make sure what's happening is in our interests and is accountable to us.
A guy should make the woman he is dating feel different and more special than anyone else in his life
Part of my job at 'The Economist' was writing about HIV, and that included the grim task of reporting on the state of the global epidemic.
I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.
I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.
An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is.
To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.
We at Apple had forgotten who we were. One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.
What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off.
With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
I feel like I'm really honest in my interviews, to a fault. I've lost friends over it. Major friends. And I'm heartbroken about that.
All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.
