There they get an account number that serves as a debit card, letting them shop anywhere -- as long as it's online.
Microbloggers can continue using nicknames as their online identities, as long as the weibo providers have their real-world identities on file.
Experts tell us to make them as long and complex as possible, never reuse them even as our online accounts multiply, and store them only in our grey matter.
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That is not a compliment, as AOL, which began as a proprietary online service, started its long decline at about that time, after missing the impact of the new, open environment of the world wide web.
This type of legislation simply does not work as long as other states refuse to force online retailers to pay taxes.
As a consequence of a long-running dispute over online gaming services, the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda (commonly known as Antigua) may soon begin providing online access to U.S.-copyrighted movies and music without compensating the owners of those copyrights.
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Even in more recent years, you were "online" for as long as you were looking at a web browser or a chat window.
At the moment, downloading a song at hi-fi quality over the Internet can take several times as long as playing it, but a number of small companies have set up as online distributors, in the hope that Internet connections will get faster in the next few years.
As long as your state has sales tax, your online purchase is, and always has been, subject to sales tax.
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Online articles can be very helpful, as long as you follow up with visits to potential retirement spots.
While other forms of media have moved online, such as music and short form video, long-form movies have not yet.
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Both Android and Windows Phone 8 SkyDrive users get a long-due file search as well as the option to shrink photos when they go online.
In some quarters free expression online could become a tradeoff: Say anything you like, so long as we know who really is saying it.
But celebrating these features seems dated at this point, as Sony and Microsoft ushered in HD (and Sony 3D) long ago, building up online entertainment networks far more advanced than what Wii U is introducing.
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Just when it seems as if every long-forgotten band from rock's past has been resurrected by blogs and online traders, here's among the most obscure: a black power-trio from Detroit who recorded portions of an album in 1975, only to see it shelved over its label's reservations with the group's admittedly nihilistic name.
As long as banks can assure customers that their money is safe and their accounts are secure, automated payments and online banking work well and are convenient.
Imagine if you were browsing your favorite online retailer, such as Amazon.com, and each item you clicked featured a long sales letter imploring you to buy now before time runs out.
Online tools enable evaluation of a much wider range of student actions, such as how long they devote to readings, where they get electronic resources, and how quickly they master key concepts.
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In the long run, we'd probably see more innovative low-cost learning alternatives, such as the free online courses being offered by Stanford, Princeton, and MIT professors through the new ventures Udacity, Coursera, and MITx.
Henry Harteveldt, Forrester's online travel analyst, points out that even wealthy long-haul travellers are just as tantalised by low prices and many use the internet to research and plan their journeys, even though they may end up booking offline.
Industry sources say the online search and advertising specialist could publicly detail its long-rumored mobile-phone project as early as next week--with tech-gadget bloggers gossiping about every aspect of the look and feel of the latest tech toy.
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