Particular attention should be given to cooperating with other Creative Cities, in building North-South and North-South-South relationships, and ensuring the application clearly demonstrates active participation of the citizens of the city, including the young and vulnerable in the development of the bid.

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FarmVille, currently the top Facebook application with over 76 million monthly active users, according to analytics site AppData.com, will gain exposure to the tens of millions of monthly visitors to MSN Games, according to Microsoft.

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Utilizing a PayPal platform active across applications on their smartphone, consumers will be able to open the application of a specific retailer and use the integrated PayPal account to make a purchase with just two clicks.

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All we needed to do was a small amount of Active Directory integration in the background, and like magic, staff could access the application from any computer and my IT team was relieved from managing a sometimes flaky application with all too frequent updates.

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