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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs
From: Scott Forstall
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:03 AM
To: Steve Jobs
Subject: Re: Motorola Looks Ahead
A couple thoughts:
- He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to write apps for P2. You can argue that this is less important when we move to HSDPA, since the bandwidth will be fast enough for better performing web apps, but I still think that touch device-specific apps will provide a better experience.
- I love the fact that he claims voice interaction will simplify the user experience. He's wrong. Voice interaction makes it more usable in a hands-free environment, and someday may improve text entry through dictation, but it is not the solution to simplifying the user experience.
--S.
[This document is from Epic v. Apple (2021).]
Link to further context: Fred Vogelstein on the creation of the iPhone
Link to further context: "Motorola Looks Ahead" by Dan Frommer
Previously on @TechEmails: "Fine, let's enable Cocoa Touch apps"
Elon Musk on tweeting
From: Elon Musk
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 4:02 AM
To: Juleanna Glover
Cc: Kimbal Musk; Dave Arnold
Subject: Re: WSJ Story on Combating Tesla Critica
Will Tweet as I wish and suffer the consequences. So it goes.
I just deleted my Instagram. Weak sauce.
[This document is from Tesla v. Tripp (2020).]
Twitter investor relations: "possible hot topics"
Hi John,
I know you and the team are working on internal and external Q&A docs - just wanted to lob in a short list of possible hot topics (many of which you probably already have, but sending just in case). Look forward to seeing the docs.
Thanks
-k
jack do you want to be permanent CEO?
What internal candidates are there?
What characteristics are you looking for in CEO?
How long do you think it will take to find someone?
Are you considering internal candidates? Who?
Any timing changes on product roadmap?
Jack what do you want to accomplish in the first 100 days?
Do you support the Company’s strategy and priorities?
What do you think you can do better that Dick did not do?
Is this just way to say you are the new CEO but you aren’t saying that until you find a new CEO at Square?
Is the board hoping someone buys the company?
apologies - list was truncated - here are a few additional:
What characteristics are you looking for in CEO?
Are there any other senior management changes that need to be made or is this it?
Is there a risk that you lose a couple of the most senior executives because of the transition?
Does this hurt your ability to fill key executive positions like CMO or key engineer hires given the uncertainty of who will be the new CEO?
Jack Twitter is a very large and complex company. How much time will you allocate to Twitter vs Square?
When will Square go public and does this cause you to delay that decision?
[This document is from In re Twitter Inc. Securities Litigation (2022).]
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