Ford recently has worked directly with companies such as Internet music service Pandora Media Inc.
That made the economics of bandwidth-gobbling services, such as internet video, much more attractive.
The Consumer segment offers wire line services such as internet, telephony and television, and retail and wholesale wireless services.
At the same time that the opportunity for mobile traditional PC services such as internet browsing, email, content creation and content consumption sparked imaginations.
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Unlike them, mobile companies are not under a regulatory obligation to offer access to their networks to third parties such as Internet service providers.
Janus is still living with the reputation of having been mutual fund company 12 years ago that focused on growth stocks such as internet and telecom stocks.
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The heart of the government's case was that Microsoft used its Windows monopoly as a club to bully its way into other markets, such as Internet browsers.
Spammers' weak spots are typically things that cost them money, such as Internet addresses to house malware or the human effort required to set up and manage accounts.
Online newcomers such as internet banks Egg and Smile (run by the Prudential and the Coop Bank respectively) have offered cheaper rates which threaten to cut existing margins.
The same techniques could be used to identify people in various surveys and records, pharmacy purchases, or from a wide variety of seemingly anonymous activities such as Internet searches.
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Firms such as Internet Real Estate and IREIT buy up thousands of Web sites with commonplace domain names such as africanamericans.com and mutualfunds.com, then load them with Google ads.
International price comparisons of a differentiated product such as Internet connectivity should be taken with a grain of salt because the quality of Internet service might not be comparable.
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While GE is known for its jet engines and other industrial machines, different technologies such as Internet services and software are an increasingly important sector for the company.
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Google's strong performance came as another technology giant, IBM, revealed its earnings grew 6% in the fourth quarter, as it benefited from lucrative software businesses, such as internet-based computing.
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Other technologies, such as internet wiretapping and the ability to track the location of mobile phones, will arguably make much more substantial encroachments on privacy over the next few years.
For some reason, they prefer informal channels, such as Internet-based firms that accept cash offshore and issue friends and relatives back in Zimbabwe with local currency or vouchers for supermarkets.
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The PC industry may be plagued by falling prices, shrinking profit margins and looming competition from "Internet appliances" such as Internet-enabled cellphones and TVs, but Dell Computer's first quarter earnings and revenues rose 45% and 41% respectively.
New technologies such as Internet connectivity and radio instruction were also addressed at the Forum whereby the focus was on how they can be used more creatively to reduce rather than increase, disparities in access to quality learning.
Usage of all "non-linear" formats, such as Internet, DVDs, and video on demand, in addition to DVRs, accounts currently for one-third of mass-market TV viewing, but as much as 57% for "early adopters, " those future-defining viewers who have a greater propensity to use leading-edge products and services.
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Hotel groups also reward members with benefits such as free Internet access and reduced parking fees, as well as discounts on food and beverage.
Mark had built his own fortune on things that Tom had left behind, things that were taken for granted such as open internet protocols and no requirements to license technology as no patents had been assigned to most of the things that made the internet work.
Of course, new media such as the Internet, social media, and SMS advertising also stand to make huge gains in this cycle as they become entrenched media for political advertising based on their highly effective use by Obama in the 2008 election and subsequent evidence of an ability to engage in effective targeting.
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These services are also provided through alternative channels such as the internet and telephone banking.
The British clothing industry is suffering from falling prices, over-capacity and new sales channels, such as the Internet.
Like Wells, it has an aggressive, transaction-based culture and has focused on alternative delivery channels, such as the Internet.
This has also been the goal of many digital technologies that we have today such as the Internet and the Smartphone.
Such talent has long scattered to greener fields, such as the Internet.
Response rates for direct mail have been falling, prompting issuers to turn to other avenues such as the Internet for acquiring new customers.
Sue Balsom, the Ofcom content board's member for Wales, said knowledge of and access to communications services such as the internet were vital.
This age group needs to have the wonders of math reinforced outside of school, on their terms, in a medium such as the Internet.
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