Digital Access Quotes

I think the Internet is right on time. I think it's very important. It's reaching out to millions of people. Even the most slimiest and grimiest hood cats out got iPhones and Smartphones so they're able to view everything on the Internet, so they're well in tuned to what's going on.

Digital India' is not an elite concept anymore. We have to use this idea to revolutionize health and education in India.

There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access.

I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need.

In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.

Broadband is not a luxury; it's critical infrastructure.

When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple of years.

The world's music is at our fingertips, so if we like music, we kind of owe it to ourselves to check in with all of that.

Importance of technology is increasing every day, we must not deprive our children of technology, if we do then it's a social crime.

And the more broadband we can get globally, the better. It's better for the world; it's better for our advertisers; it's better for Google.

Amazon Pages and Amazon Upgrade leverage Amazon's existing 'Search Inside the Book' technology to give customers unusual flexibility in how they buy and read books, .. In collaboration with our publishing partners, we're working hard to make the world's books instantly accessible anytime and anywhere.

I am delighted to be involved in the digital divide campaign to ensure that every school is made aware of what steps it can take to address the digital divide as it affects local children, and provide a range of opportunities for ICT suppliers, government agencies, charities and other organisations to make a contribution.

At Bank of America, customers shunned a product that offered fee-free checking without access to branches.

Libraries are at a cultural crossroads. Some proffer that libraries as we know them may go away altogether, ironic victims of the information age where Google has subverted Dewey decimal and researchers can access anything on a handheld device. Who needs to venture deep into the stacks when answers are but a click away?

I remember having pizza at Shakey's in Vancouver, Washington in 1973 and talking about the fact that eventually, everyone is going to be online and have access to newspapers and stuff, and wouldn't people be willing to pay for information on a computer terminal.

The Internet removed geography as a significant obstacle that formerly prevented out-of-the-way places from being active players in the New Economy.

There are thousands and thousands of free programs available for people of any income level.

The Internet gave us access to everything, but it also gave everything access to us.

The old fundamental principles must continue to apply, even in our changing society: Democracy knows neither master nor slave. Equal education opportunities for all, no matter where they come from and no matter who their parents are. Equal access as well when it comes to digitalization.

I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.

I think people's imaginations are being neutered by the amount of access they can get to information just by pressing a button.

The Internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be.

The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.

One potential long-term problem with many current digital libraries is that they grew out of and aresupported by bricks-and-mortar libraries. Although there is nothing inherently wrong with that arrangement, inreality it creates a potentially dangerous situation that I call "the other digital divide."

I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.