Trending topics helped make Twitter a more relevant metric of what the world was talking about at any given moment. Google has worked for years in the space, most notably with Google Trends and Hot Searches, but Google+ offers the search giant the ability to see what is truly trending in real time.

There was more data transmitted over the Internet in 2010 than the entire history of the Internet through 2009.

The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.

Google has placed its faith in data, while Apple worships the power of design. This dichotomy made the two companies complementary. Apple would ship the phones and computers, while Google would provide Maps, Search, YouTube, and other web tools that made the devices more useful.

Starting a company is a cause, not a job. Once it becomes a job, that's when you lose

The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain 'hard.' The business of safely transporting people off the Earth is a costly affair that requires a lot of technology.

Attention is the most important currency that anybody can give you. It’s worth more than money, possession, or things.