Lolapps has been working with 6waves for the past 18 month and felt that 6waves had a similar focus on analytics and data-oriented design decisions in building games, says Arjun Sethi, CEO of Lolapps. 6waves was also attractive as a global publisher, working with Tencent in China, Mixi in Japan, and Zapak in India.

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Many app-oriented startups use design to mask the fact that what they are doing with data is actually rather thin.

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Many companies are still learning how to handle new (open, user-led, design-led, service oriented) innovation management practices that now characterise product and service development.

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Thirdly, the project proposes the design and implementation of career paths oriented towards strengthening the teaching profession and attracting good candidates, requiring the adjustment of policies on remunerations and incentives, promotion, performance assessment and the assignment of roles and functions.

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It does look like the version they played with (probably the one above) isn't the "adult-sized" model we've also seen online, which shares many of the same design cues but appears to be larger, has a horizontally oriented display, and runs Windows Mobile.

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It is child-oriented and politically conservative but wildly improvisational when it comes to interior design.

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The teaching profession is encouraged to design and implement teacher codes of conduct, based on the highest ethical and professional standards, and to be oriented around the goal of teaching all students effectively and equally.

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They're also saying the new consumer oriented laptops will retain a single Firewire 400 port and stay close to their current white-clad design, though supposedly Apple has been toying around with the idea of a black version, but no one has sighted such a version yet.

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