Improvements in equipment technology (i.e. that absurdly large arm brace Ray Lewis wears) have helped, too.

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According to recently released Accenture research, tablets are growing faster than e-book readers, Blu-Ray players, mobile phones, smart phones, netbooks or any other gizmos on the market.

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At Oracle, Ray served senior product management roles in the E-Business Suite.

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This router also offers broad compatibility with the latest devices including, smartphones, tablets, e-readers, laptops, game consoles, Smart TVs, Blu-ray players and wireless cameras, among other devices.

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Then in 1971 Ray Tomlinson wrote a little program to send messages across the system and e-mail was born.

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Ray Story, chief executive of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, warned that tax rises on e-cigarettes would only benefit tobacco companies, to the detriment of public health.

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