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# Kara Swisher on the Gang of Four
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/kara-swisher-gang-four/
- Published: 2012-06-19T17:01:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-30T02:56:25.000Z
- Description: I'm not the only one who's taking notice of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Platforms, The Age of the Platform

Based on an interview with Eric Schmidt at D9, [Kara Swisher](https://twitter.com/KaraSwisher?ref=philsimon.com) will discuss how Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook dominate consumer technology today through their platform strategies.

This would make for a good book, no?