New businesses and business models have emerged to make the most of the personal location information and social communication so easily shared through iPhone apps, and the successful ones have spread across all smartphone platforms.

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Dr. Bradley's home state of Oklahoma is one of several working with the One Health Initiative, a global program to improve communication between physicians and veterinarians to prevent the spread of infectious disease from animals to people, such as recommending tick collars, sprays or topical treatments with pesticides for dogs.

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The fundamentals of teamwork and communication are essential for any size company, especially large global brands spread across different countries and business units.

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The satellite and fiber-optic communication network, which has so far spread to 12 countries on the continent, is designed to provide connectivity between Indian institutions and 54 African countries, as well as facilitating easy video-conferencing among heads of states across Africa.

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