Both will soon have to compete with other, more convenient ways of delivering high-definition video to television sets.

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The Hi-Fi micro systems with SoundSphere speakers also give you new and convenient ways of accessing music, with a large color screen for easy navigation of your playlists and music files.

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The more premium services it can attach to that bucket, and the more convenient ways it can give you to fill it, the higher a monthly fee you will (eventually) be comfortable with.

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So, artists are using the Internet to connect to other artists in increasingly convenient and efficient ways.

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"We brainstormed on ways to make it convenient and yet secure for customers, " said V Subba from Standard Chartered Bank, which is collaborating with Mastercard.

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Texting is convenient and -- in many ways -- fun.

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The company has already begun tweaking its products in other ways to make them more convenient.

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"We continue to leverage the capabilities of smartphones, and use innovative ways of making banking more convenient for our customers, " said Niti Badarinath, senior vice president and leader of U.S. Bank's mobile banking channel.

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