Early commercial users had to honor the peering protocol, swapping data free of charge.

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Although the FIX protocol was updated in the past year to free FIX apps from that session layer, he says, most of these apps are still running the FIX session layer.

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Inclusion of NFC (or other payment protocol) into an iWatch would provide for a hands-free payment system for users.

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The Prime Instant Video library now features more than 36, 000 movies and TV episodes including fan-favorite shows such as Downton Abbey, Fringe, and The West Wing and blockbuster movies including Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Rango and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, for Amazon Prime members to stream, commercial free at no additional cost on Kindle Fire HD, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Wii U, among other devices.

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