Three of the big wireless-telecoms firms, Motorola, Ericsson and Siemens, are already working on a standard platform for mobile games to be played on cellphones and other handheld products.
But now, for the first time ever in the wireless ecosystem, a standard platform is emerging: At least a dozen handset makers have brought to market more than 90 different smartphones that run Android, and more than three quarters of those handsets have Qualcomm chips embedded in them, according to a new study by consultancy PRTM.
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Back in the good old USA, the Republican Party, with a dramatic nod to the gold standard, adopted a platform plank calling for a monetary reform commission, with a broad nod to gold, causing a worldwide buzz.
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That went to William McKinley, who campaigned forthrightly for the gold standard on a GOP platform.
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He wants to create awareness of what problems technology can solve in the world of sports (besides standard business stuff like a statistics platform or a human resource system, both of which are part of the 49ers deal).
With Pandora 4.0 we have combined years of innovation and learning into one cross-platform app that sets a new standard for mobile personalized radio.
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There have even been platform discussions on a return the gold standard.
For years, Volvo was the gold standard and probably cemented this practice as a viable marketing platform for brands.
If Now becomes a standard part of the Mountain View lineup, regardless of platform, it could be huge for a company which already dominates the search market.
If Now becomes a standard part of the Mountain View lineup, regardless of platform, it could be huge for the company which already dominates the search market.
He said he believed Android would overtake iPhone globally and he predicted the platform could become the de facto standard for a range of consumer electronic devices, such as TVs and home media servers.
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With industry-wide challenges in scaling current areal density technologies, this new platform allows HGST to design seven-platter drives in a standard 3.5-inch form factor that will cost-effectively extend the capacity and cost-per-gigabyte curve for many product generations to come.
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Continuuity is a cloud platform with a suite of developer tools that the company says enable any developer with standard skills to become a Big Data Application (BDA) developer.
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This is standard operating procedure for car-makers, but BMW is taking its wide-reaching platform up a notch.
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