Mathur is aiming at people who need to search but aren't always connected to the Internet.
The PC is always connected, so content can be accessed via AcerCloud anytime, anywhere.
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We also have feature rich smartphones always on, always connected and loaded with sensors.
The concept behind the always-online, always connected SimCity is sound, interesting, and fun.
The machine is always connected, so users can continue to, for example, receive email even after the lid is closed.
Both SimCity and Diablo III launched as always-online, always connected games and both have experienced extremely rough waters especially during launch.
But social networking tools are only the beginning of the efforts schools are making to harness their students' willingness to live an always connected lifestyle.
Teachers must recognise that our pedagogical tools are inconsistent with the skills needed to survive in a world where people are always connected to everyone and everything.
All of this tells us something very unnerving about our always on, always connected world: we can go from memetic transmission to mass hysteria in lickety-split.
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It's a sound that hasn't always connected with the masses: The major label EMI signed the band for its 2005 debut (How Howl Gaff Gaff) and dropped it soon thereafter.
Increasingly, people are enjoying the benefits of being always connected, yet there still remains a gap in easily connecting people back to their content at home and sharing it with others.
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For today's always connected mobile users, a smartphone is more than just expensive to replace-it is often the "keeper" of a tremendous amount of personal, confidential and work related information too.
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For gamers who want to be always connected to their game to mine their resources or slay their dragons, Pokki keeps the game very accessible on the desktop and keeps it always running.
Always-on net connection: If your computer is always connected to the web in someway this will be a lot easier, but if needed, it can dial up and send the images off too.
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Conversely, Amazon EC2 is always connected to the backbone of the internet where round-trip latency is 5 milliseconds or less to most web sites rather than the 100 milliseconds seen over wireless connections.
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Two other companies with strong IP positions that are benefitting from my Always On, Always Connected PowerTrend with the launch of 4G LTE and mobile moving beyond basic mobile phones are Qualcomm (QCOM) and InterDigital (IDCC).
"Consumer expectations for an engaging experience are now based on what the mobile world provides: the latest applications on a device that is always on, always connected and always ready, " said Ian Drew, executive vice president, marketing and business development, ARM.
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The current wave of "always-connected, always-on" devices requires complex SoCs to achieve the performance and low power consumers demand.
ARM, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit open source software engineering company dedicated to enhancing open source innovation for the next wave of always-connected, always-on computing.
In this world of instant publishing and the always-connected mobile web, Flip was artifact of an earlier time.
The pass-through headphone jack ensures that you'll always be connected to your music.
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This makes the GALAXY Camera (Wi-Fi) more affordable for a user who does not need the always-connected benefit of the GALAXY Camera.
The original mobile market, which as a mass-market phenomenon is already more than 20 years old, was about accessibility in an always-on, always-connected world.
Last week's column examined some of the new capabilities of the Sansa Connect, a portable digital audio player designed for an always-connected world.
The generations of gamers who have grown up playing games, as well as the newer generation of always-connected kids, are influencing the cruise line industry.
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"The dramatic growth of open source software development can now be seen in internet-based, always-connected mobile and consumer products, " said Tom Lantzsch, executive officer, Linaro.
The newest generation of smartphones and tablets, including new models debuting at CES 2012, has evolved into powerful always-connected devices that have changed the videogame industry.
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Users will always be connected, he says, but in concentric circles of conversations and interactions that range from people right next to them to those far away.
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