It’s not about revenues: the fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.

It’s not about revenues: the fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.

Facebook is a platform inside a platform.

The polling of Internet users shows that friends recommendations are the most reliable driver behind purchasing decisions. Right now that market is largely untapped. Facebook and other social networks can allow that to happen.

Big Internet companies on average are capable of generating revenue of $1 million per employee, and that compares to 10 to 20 percent of that which is normally generated by traditional offline businesses of comparable size.

You can transmit a thousand times more information.

The hardware and the software used in the Breakthrough project will be compatible with other telescopes around the world, so they too can search for intelligent life.