In 2010, Sony launched a network platform called "Qriocity" which connects many of Sony's network-enabled devices, and has been expanding its services into global markets.
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The proposition, that before you launch a new social network platform, find out what your real social network is doing, makes a lot of sense.
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Some of NBC's own employees signed petitions petition at the network's Burbank, California, studios protesting NBC's decision to give Simpson a platform on network television when he didn't take the stand to tell his story in a court of law.
For example, General Electric has developed the a home energy management platform that uses a ZigBee network protocols to establish communication channels between household appliances.
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Using the same basic technology that your computer uses, IP cameras take their own IP addresses and stream video directly onto a network without connecting to a DVR or control platform.
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The types of start-ups they seek are: next generation e-commerce, marketplaces, systems that leverage social data, and influencer networks (the idea that individuals make up the power of a network moreso than the platform itself).
Pure Networks' CEO Tim Dowling, a 14-year Intel veteran, said Network Magic is architected as a platform much like a corporate IT product.
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The system provides a platform for continuous network improvement through the application of new and enhanced software development.
These actions support our strategy to transition from being a first-party web game developer to a multi-platform game network.
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The annual college basketball tournament offers the Tiffany network a three-week platform to reach the otherwise hard to pin down young male viewer, who is prized by advertisers.
The UNEVOC Network serves as a platform for information sharing and bringing TVET stakeholders and specialists together in meetings and workshops as a means to improve TVET in different regions of the world.
Mojiva, a mobile-first global advertising display company offering both a mobile ad network (Mojiva), and a mobile ad-serving platform (Mocean Mobile), is a company that has not one or two, but seven female executives at the helm.
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McNamara feels the network will serve as a platform for the exchange of open-source components, a way to "process" those raw materials into something that is useful and available to the entire community.
At Fox, she had a platform on the most popular network for conservative viewers.
This network can be seen as a platform for competences and co-operation for the Academics of the UNESCO Member States, in the field of Cultural Tourism.
He has tripled the size of the network's digital platform with a mature Internet business that has strong cash flow.
LinkedIn evolved from creating a professional network amongst colleagues to becoming an infrastructure platform for the entire professional recruitment industry.
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This observation helped Kahumbu grasp that the blog platform could be used as a network tool for conservationists, helping them stay in touch as well as share their research.
Facebook are looking for a winner here, because the continued success of Facebook as a platform needs a new champion to keep their marketing story fresh to retain developers on the social network based platform.
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"From what I gather Wellington will be sufficient in terms of length of platform - Network Rail may have a different view, " he said.
The immense popularity of watching video on-the-go means the question of platform versus network will likely be a flashpoint for the wireless industry in coming months.
HSN, as the Home Shopping Network is now known, is a multi-platform retailer, and its customers can shop via TV, online, and on mobile devices.
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Earth Unplugged is BBC Worldwide's first original-content channel for YouTube and forms part of the company's plans to build a true consumer facing multi-channel network on the platform.
Crackle, Inc. is a multi-platform next-generation video entertainment network that distributes digital content including original short form series and full-length traditional programming from Sony Pictures' vast library of television series and feature films.
It's partly to take advantage of the network's massive Summer Olympics promotional platform (as well as Sunday Night Football, which is a key player in the network's performance), and partly to avoid the competition.
Its platform is network independent, and while a service provider such as Cingular might use it to make content available to its customers, it is Motricity that is managing the content, not Cingular.
She envisions the platform expanding to include a digital and personal network of women mentors and fledgling entrepreneurs, meant to create a meaningful exchange of information, knowledge and stories between women around the world.
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Using a social network, one of the single most powerful tools since the Internet arrived on the scene, as a platform to narrow an audience to salacious gossip, defeats the purpose of opening up our world to everyone, regardless of socio-economic status or class.
Furthermore, there should be massive network effects in digital learning, where the more people use a platform, the better and more useful that platform will become.
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To further its ad network ambitions Samsung Ventures has invested heavily in Open X, a platform for serving ads across devices including TV and mobile.
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