New technology like email, cell phones and, especially, personal computers, fueled a new era in workplace productivity.
However, the take-up, especially of personal plans, has been disappointing.
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World-of-Mouth (WOM) and buzz has always been an efficient and effective way to help new products reach the mass consumer market, especially in personal consumer products industry that is conducive to fashion and faddism.
He bought the 7-inch Google Nexus tablet in December, and now finds himself using his laptop less and his tablet more, especially for personal work, including the novels he writes in his spare time.
This is especially true for personal injury plaintiffs who overclaim the extent of their injuries.
Jobs doesn't give many interviews, especially about his personal life, and Apple has been tight-lipped about his health.
Selecting tenants is a tricky business especially in a personal residency but it can also be a lot of fun.
You might think it would be obvious that your foreign bank records are purely personal, especially today.
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According to Le Meur, who did acknowledge to me some privacy concerns with "faster than realtime" (especially with respect to personal financial and location data), it offers "extraordinary" opportunities to improve our own lives by learning about our bodies, finding a job or starting a business.
This seemed at odds with America's promise of personal freedom, especially to young women.
Siciliano also recommends installing antivirus software on your personal devices, especially Android phones and tablets, to better protect any sensitive information saved on there.
Mr Gore looks vulnerable to some kinds of personal attack, especially for the fund-raising scandals that bedevilled his and Mr Clinton's re-election campaign in 1996.
To illustrate just one of the principles, consider the last, placing common mission ahead of personal interest, especially when its seems least natural to do so.
Recent mishaps have drawn attention to how companies protect personal information, especially if they sell this information on to insurance firms, law enforcement agencies and possible employers.
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Ultimately, fashion is a form of self-expression, and students should be allowed to experiment with their personal style, especially during the formative years of middle and high school.
On the other side, early personal experiences, especially starting my career in the Department of Defense, molded my appreciation of the defining role government can play in the technology industry.
Even before the new law, bankruptcy rates have been rising, fuelled by a rapid rise in consumer debt, especially credit card borrowing and personal loans, which have reached record levels.
It also reveals the tension between open public records and personal privacy, especially since children as young as 11 appear on the site if they have been charged with adult crimes.
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But staying fit and staying healthy is a top priority to keep him at his personal best, especially with how busy he is running Automattic, the parent company of WordPress and several other blog-related applications.
But when people foul up in a spectacular fashion, especially when it involves a personal matter, Americans will give them a break and a second chance -- as long as they stand up like a man or a woman, admit they screwed up, say they're sorry and look like they damn well mean it.
Mr Chaves's research finds that the majority of congregations are engaged in short-term emergency programmes, such as soup kitchens, not the sort of long-term personal efforts they are especially praised for.
However, the overall effect of this, as most anyone who has experienced a divorce can attest, is destruction of physical and financial wealth, and, especially when children are involved, personal hardships.
For example, companies that handle and store large amount of personal data, need to especially aware of the risks posed by a cyber security breach.
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That's a lot of plot for one play, especially when it contains 18 characters whose personal relationships are so knotty that they're outlined in the cast list.
Choosing a date is a significant decision, especially for someone in the middle of a personal reinvention.
While the market for regular computers has certainly been impacted by smartphones, tablets and other thin clients that are served by massive data centers through the cloud there is still a market for faster personal computers using flash memory (especially in combination with HDDs).
Halo Reach and Red Dead Redemption were two of my personal favorites, from a gameplay perspective especially.
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Using personal branding in this way can be especially valuable for the large companies that recruit a new fleet of entry-level employees each year.
For most people, juggling the demands of a career and a personal life is an ongoing challenge, especially at a time when many companies have slashed their ranks--and expect more from the survivors.
Where the inspirational figure is selected for us, and the gap between their life and ours is too great, the effect is not one of encouragement but of disillusionment - especially if their story is told in terms of personal qualities like bravery or persistence.
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