Whichever social network flag you fly, it still won't take you very long to get there, as the Series 40 software it runs on has been set up to put them all front and center on the homescreen anyway, with WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter coming pre-installed.

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Father and son Dan and Tom Friedkin of Houston operate a network of Toyota dealerships and regularly fly their planes with Lewis.

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That means that, just as with servers before this, network gear can be made to do more on the fly, for more efficiency.

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The country's rugged terrain and poor road network also slows down overland journeys, whereas a helicopter can fly anywhere, at speed, with flexibility.

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After vertigo rendered him unable to fly a plane, Winfrey found another role for him, first with her charitable Angel Network rebuilding homes in post-Katrina New Orleans, then in South Africa, where he oversees day-to-day operations.

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Even with its emerging network, the Dash Express is surprisingly effective at routing around known trouble spots on the fly.

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That future would fly in the face of business models that depend on personal ownership of cars sold through a powerful network of car dealers.

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