The catalog contains information (metadata) related to the entire contents of the container as well as to individual objects.

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How about account information for the App Catalog (a sign of paid apps to come), a Select All option in the browser's edit menu, and some changes in GPS location services.

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When you pop in a title the machine scans it for information and creates an on-screen catalog, searchable by the artist, title and type of disc.

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The database marketer, the largest serving the catalog business, has the skinny on 90 million shoppers, based on information from 1, 900 retailers.

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