Students are able to view all of the available company postings starting in late September, and they must submit all applications by early October.

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All of this data would be instantly available to applications allowing for faster and more accurate decision making.

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Smartphone applications are all the rage, and there are already many soccer-based developments available ahead of the World Cup.

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Shazam (and competitor Midori), both allow you to purchase songs you've tagged but, as is with all iPhone and iPod touch applications, the only option for music purchase is the iTunes store, now available over 3G connections as well as Wi-Fi.

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"This is the third highest number of applications of all time and there are still many more students applying for university than there are places available, " said the group's director, Wendy Piatt.

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