Kathleen Gilroy

But what I remember most was how what these three stars said tied into the theme of this year’s conference, which is that we’ve pretty much blown past trying to define what Web 2.0 is. It just is. It's the platform, stupid, now let’s get on to what it's going to do. And what it's going to do – what it has already done – is change everything. How we communicate, how we campaign, how we solve problems, how we reach the nooks and crannies of the world. - Kathleen Gilroy

With Shop Savvy, the phone can scan anything from a book to a CD to a bottle of Snapple. It uses the built-in camera to scan the bar code, and up pops the cheapest price on the product as well as reviews from people who have purchased the product. - Kathleen Gilroy

1. Focus – put all the wood behind one arrow. Have the courage of your convictions to pick one. - Kathleen Gilroy

Even so, roughly 52% of respondents to the In-Stat survey said they could envision using a smart phone in the future as their sole computing device, provided handset companies make improvements like better keyboards, expandable screens and applications that work as well as they do on PCs. And it's clear that a sizable number of users already are starting to see their smart phone as a replacement for their laptop for at least some of their needs. In a survey of 460 iPhone users from March by Rubicon Consulting Inc., more than 28% of respondents strongly agreed and 29% mildly agreed when asked whether the iPhone was replacing their use of laptops. - Kathleen Gilroy