With the new Spotify app, people no longer need to fuss about connecting cables from their laptop or tablet to Hi-Fi equipment.

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While essentially both titles were or offered multiplayer capabilities, you had to know someone with the game cartridge (Four Swords) and a GBA plus connecting cables.

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The technology makes it easy for you to stream HD content from your notebook to your TV or seamlessly share videos and photos with your phone, without the hassle of connecting cables.

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But on the other hand, we also like the comfort of cables connecting us to the web.

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The company was working with telecom firm JT on the States-backed roll-out, connecting homes to fibre optic cables.

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After X-raying and wiggling 194 cables (which adds up to 6, 056 meetings of copper and connecting pins), they found four loose wires that perform crucial command, control and pyrotechnic functions.

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