Technology also will call into question the need for the 3, 600 campuses currently in existence in the U.S., as students take advantage of online offerings that are accessible from any location.

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"Our highly-trained staff are committed to delivering an enhances service with longer opening hours from a convenient location that is fully accessible to all customers, " he added.

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The team is collaborating on a concept that opens the network to developers through services such as messaging, location, payments and advertising accessible via HTML5.

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Upgrades to the SpareOnePlus include a location-based service which identifies the exact location of the cell ID, accessible through a free smartphone app, as well as audible numeric feedback which reads the number dialed and incoming calls aloud.

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The service, which is accessible via an iPhone application or the Web, claims it is the first location-aware mobile address book.

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By dint of its extreme location on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, a site barely accessible even to the island's 14, 000 inhabitants, the four-acre park is already far removed from the rest of the city.

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