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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
26 Aug 2025 Acquired Google Part II: Alphabet
“What if we think simpler and we just make a wireless version of this to scan barcodes.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 26 Aug 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
Transcript context
…What is a Qcat scanner? This was a device that plugged into your computer that looks like a cat, but it scanned barcodes. Andy’s idea was, okay, well man, all this general magic stuff we were trying to do that was too far ahead. What if we think simpler and we just make a wireless version of this to scan barcodes. Okay, not a big idea. His first employee at Danger, a guy named Hiroshi Lockheimer convinces him that, hey, actually a couple of years have gone by, maybe we should revisit this general magic stuff. Wait, Hiroshi was with him at Danger.…
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