The fourth area of investment is in building a platform for private sector innovation.

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They must move beyond their area of strength and comfort into the unfamiliar territory of trying to become a software platform company.

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Google has lagged in this area and given the rising importance of its Android platform and the mobile boom, it needs these patents to protect its growth.

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The new market area enables Apple to control a new platform that supports an ecosystem of content, such as media or apps.

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Over the past decade there has been growing international agreement that the system for linking science and policy in the area of biodiversity and ecosystem services needed further improvement, resulting ultimately in the process for creating an Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

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One area NBC, a subsidiary of General Electric, did manage to get right this year: its multi-platform presentation, which was a lot more showing than it was telling this time around.

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By using the gravel roads you can reach the more remote areas of the islands, including the 100-hectare Chek Jawa wetland area, which has a walkway and viewing platform, affording great bird and marine life spotting opportunities.

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The most expensive of the two options includes a new seating area, festival, river trail, a schools project and a viewing platform that would allow people to "enjoy the full span of the River Ness", according to a report to Highland councillors.

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