He has spent his career turning everything from the ephemeral to the profound -- phone sex, death, Y2K, genetic engineering, Tonya Harding, his own divorce, dead skunks in the middle of the road -- into song.
And Facebook's push into mobile is much more profound than making phones more social – Facebook believes owning elements of the mobile stack will help it leverage its vast social graph to influence offline/online commerce.
Living a hands-free life is more profound than putting down the phone or burning the to-do list.
It's not just about fear of terrorism or dislike of cell phones — it's a profound estrangement from urban culture, from the politics and society of contemporary American life.
"George Carlin's lines are remembered today not because they were funny, but because they are profound," said Mittal, before hanging up the phone.
This week, we publish the results of those investigations.The e-mails and phone conversations we have seen raise profound questions about the trial.
Mr. Sprecher's lawyer, Ronald G. Russo, described Mr. Thibodeau's e-mail as "a profound act of malice and betrayal" during a phone interview, and said he was still investigating the motive.
Most painful of all, for many older adults, is the sense of profound isolation that can descend on those without working phones, electricity or relatives who can come by to help.
Amid marzipan flowers, the cursive inscription was a profound reminder of the perils of ordering supermarket cakes by phone.
It's a four-minute rage against the dying light, in which a phone booth considers its own impending doom with profound philosophical insight into the social and cultural implications its loss represents.
That feeling will only grow more profound as wave after wave of app updates come to your phone, most of them promising a "brand new experience" to match Apple's new flavor of design.
