The SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD is ideal for consumers who want to boost their notebook or desktop computer's boot, shutdown, data-transfer and application launch times.
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Like that other Series 7 laptop we reviewed recently, that HDD is paired with 8GB of flash memory to help cut start-up and application launch times.
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Consumers listening to music on their Xperia U can also enjoy improved sound quality with the stylish new Smart Headset for Android smartphones, which features SmartKey - a dedicated application launch key that consumers press once to launch a favourite app.
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There's not much else to be found on the tablet: four customizable buttons (for mouse clicks, touch toggle, application launch etc.), an LED indicator (dim white in standby, bright white in touch mode and orange in pen mode) and a fabric tug to store your stylus.
Being the first SmartGlass application to launch has its advantages, such as setting the bar.
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Under Oauth, a user must leave a native application, launch a browser, go to Twitter, and enter his or her credentials there.
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In December, the privately held company filed a regulatory application to launch its first actively managed ETFs that seek to outperform the market, rather than match an index.
Samsung established its mobile application ecosystem through the launch of Samsung Mobile Innovator in 2008 and the Samsung Application Seller Site followed by Samsung Application Store as another key element of this offering.
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That application has yet to launch, but Dance Central 3's SmartGlass functionality is already here.
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No need to restore the files to a PC or to launch another application just to listen to a tune.
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The application is slated to launch this quarter in Japan and next year in the rest of the world, he said.
Todd McKinnon is CEO and Co-founder of Okta, a cloud application management service set to launch in January.
The Gogobeans mobile application, which will officially launch April 15 in the Apple App Store and Google Android Market, is also suited to mobile payments.
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Visa plans to launch a mobile application, V.me, later this year.
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It also has some quirks when playing the new media, as it has to launch a separate application outside of XP Media Center to play the Blu-ray discs.
Tapping on any of the home screen's bubbly icons will pull up a flat app page, offering users a "start" button that can be used to launch the associated application.
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Rather than simply remaining a place for reactive problem-solving, the platform has become a place where talented programmers find each other across geographic and institutional boundaries and join together to launch major new application development initiatives.
Instead of having to launch the Facebook mobile application to access their social networks, Home users are constantly connected.
The agreement to launch a child safety application is the culmination of months of negotiation between Ceop and Facebook.
But he immediately saw that the same feature, which allows an application to monitor when other applications launch, could also insert a look-alike login screen, just as a phishing website would.
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The project sees the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies working with Facebook to launch the Social Jobs Application today.
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Good news is you can see for yourself by applying to the limited beta -- 10, 000 lucky folks will be granted entry ahead of the early January public launch (the beta application process appears to be offline thus far, but we'll let you know when it's live).
For instance, if Microsoft Word is deleted accidentally, the application will restore itself automatically when a user tries to launch a Word.
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This summer, Go Daddy acquired Outright.com, a cloud-based financial management application and the company also formed a partnership with DudaMobile to launch mobile Website Builder, a service that automates the integration of Web and mobile sites to save businesses time and expand their customer reach.
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The application included reports on the island's first Fairtrade conference, the launch of a website, as well as various school and community projects and visits from Fairtrade producers.
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The mission -- called MAST (for Multi-Application Survivable Tether) -- is scheduled to begin April 17th with a payload launch on a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, after which the Washington state-based Tethers Unlimited's two anchor sats (less-cleverly dubbed Ted and Ralph -- um, hello, Penny and Brain...) will gradually separate until they've pulled the kilometer-long line taut.
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Ghaffary may not be able to tell you the App Store's launch date, but he's happy to discuss his company's iPhone application in detail.
When an American user suggested the brothers launch a Facebook version of the game, they spent 10 days cooking up the application and then launched it in July 2007.
Details regarding pricing and availability for both the application and the TomTom car kit for iPhone will be made available in advance of the products' launch later this summer.
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