And so on the platform and the infrastructure side, we are able to offer to customers the ability to provide the software in a much more standardized configuration, as well as resources to scale up and down on demand.
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First, the company builds relationships and goodwill on the ground, and so gains a foothold in growth markets, which becomes a platform for follow-on work.
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But the company wants to diversify away from Facebook, because the number of users it can acquire on the social network is slowing and so as not to be too dependent on one platform.
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But the equipment needed to operate each well is too heavy to put on a floating platform, so it has to be installed on the sea-bed and run and maintained by remote-controlled submarines.
Even if we all stopped writing new code for Windows (as, to some extent is true, we have done, much writing is now being done in Python and so on which is not platform or OS specific) right now then there are vast numbers of legacy systems out there that will continue to require Windows licenses for decades to come.
Obama campaigned and was elected on a platform of change, one that would end the abuses and torture so prevalent during the early years of the so-called war on terror.
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Now Mr Najib must lead the BN into an election, and he is doing so on a platform of limited reforms.
Choose a platform that integrates different stakeholders such as consumers, partners and so on.
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"We would be much better off to agree on a wise and relevant platform plank and do so in platform committee, " Wilson said.
To transport the one-ton rover and position it near the mound, engineers devised a complicated system that includes a 52-foot (16-metre) diameter supersonic parachute, a rocket-powered aerial platform and a so-called "sky crane" designed to lower the rover on a tether to the ground.
Best cross-platform interoperability, with Amazon apps available on the largest number of devices and platforms so customers can access content anytime, anywhere.
They can do so by focusing on the cross platform experience, embracing new distribution platforms and expanding revenue models.
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The software, which supports Apple's iOS 4 platform, renders directly on devices rather than on servers, so maps will download more quickly and in greater detail.
Both Android and Windows Mobile have come up in the past on multiple occasions, owing in no small part to the fact that Nokia's had an outward appearance of spinning its platform wheels on the backs of Symbian and Maemo for far, far too long, but so far, nothing's materialized.
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In doing so they are capturing a huge amount of content produced by apps on every platform, and monetizing it on their traditional platform with ads.
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When Arianna Huffington bet in 2005 that celebrities and other notables would embrace a platform for speaking their minds on the internet, the idea was so novel it had trouble getting taken seriously at first.
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While the Democratic nominee is running on a platform of keeping the economy flush with cash so as to induce more business and consumer spending, the Republican plan is one of austerity.
"Since our inception 27 years ago, USA TODAY has offered a reading experience that millions of people rely on and enjoy, so it's really exciting that there is an eReader platform that delivers our content the way it's supposed to look and feel, " said Dave Hunke, president and publisher of USA TODAY.
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So it is no surprise that we want video to play an integral role in our mobile platform and on our recently unveiled iPad app.
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So based on these numbers here and just how disastrous ads can be, maybe the best mobile platform focuses on e-commerce.
One candidate could seek the Democratic nomination on a platform of keeping faith with the ideals of the pre-presidential Obama: closing Guantanamo, ending targeted killings, and so on.
Eric Hautala -- the cog in the Microsoft machine responsible for Windows Phone 7's update mechanism -- has taken to the company's official Windows Phone blog today to deep-dive on some of the concerns, problems, and delays that have dogged the platform's updates so far.
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