This was followed by a performance from Rihanna, who sang her hit Diamonds wearing curve hugging bustier dress, while the models walked out in bejeweled outfits.

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MasterCard recently approved two BlackBerry models (one Bold, one Curve) for its PayPass program, meaning the devices can store virtual credit card data in their SIM cards.

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For insight into the difference makers in this new environment, we studied the organizations who were ahead of the curve in the patient-centric, accountable, coordinated models that are about to become mainstream.

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That concept isn't really compelling to the masses until one focuses on the "knee" of this exponential curve -- the point where the perpetual doubling of technological growth skyrockets and negates the linear models of progress that people like economists have relied on for so long.

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