Kaspersky Lab says QR code malware is gaining in popularity, and Android is in the cross hairs.
Mobile AR applications are also gaining in popularity with applications available for iPhone and Android based devices.
Antique maps and atlases are certainly a niche collectible, but are gaining in popularity, according to Crouch, a London-based dealer.
It is common in a number of European countries and Australia and is gaining in popularity in the United States.
Now a procedure called sural nerve grafting is gaining in popularity for its ability to make surgery a more sex-life-friendly choice.
These charitable funds are gaining in popularity because they are simple, provide a tax break, and allow grants to multiple charities.
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Quality competition, however, comes from fresh-baked bagels, which are gaining in popularity.
Diageo asked the bureau in 2003 to allow the company to add that information to its products as low-carbohydrate diets were gaining in popularity.
Sea kayaking is gaining in popularity in Iceland, with the calmer, more accessible waters of the Eastfjords proving an excellent spot for a paddle.
But there is no question MOOCs are gaining in popularity and that many schools are trying to figure out whether to integrate MOOCs into their curricula.
With instant messaging gaining in popularity, companies would like to find a way to initiate casual conversations about their products and services within the IM chat boxes.
While Android has been gaining in popularity, the superior processing power of the Tegra 2 dual-core may set standards of performance in the mobile market and challenge leaders like Apple.
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The US tradition of having a baby shower to celebrate an impending birth is now commonplace in the UK. But "foetus parties", where people gather to view 3D and 4D scan pictures are also gaining in popularity.
It's their home, even if the neighborhoods of prefabricated high-rise tenements seem bleak, the list of free-time activities is limited, and several of their friends have already had problems with the skinhead groups that are gaining in popularity.
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Linux has so far gleaned the support of major corporations such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Hewlett-Packard for use in servers and is now gaining some popularity in the desktop market.
The Democratic Party, the leading opposition party, is calling for a 30% reduction in public-works spending, and it is gaining popularity in urban Japan.
The so-called DualTronic transmission technology debuted in 2003 in the Volkswagen Golf and Audi TT and is quickly gaining popularity in Europe.
Although Russia is still primarily a cash based society, recent research by MasterCard revealed that card payments are rapidly gaining popularity in the country.
Green Mountain is the seller of the Keurig single-serve brewing systems that are gaining popularity in homes as well as in places that sell coffee, like Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks.
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It has been increasingly gaining popularity among users in China and is estimated to be used by 30% of Internet users in the country by 2013.
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Hue is also the launching pad for an odd kind of travel that has been gaining popularity and will likely soar in coming months: war tourism.
What about breaking ground outside the U.S., say, in Europe, where REITs are gaining popularity?
Ken Desrosiers, of bigpumpkins.com, said growing giant vegetables had been gaining popularity as a "competitive hobby" in the past few years.
Concierge medicine has been a service consumed by the wealthy, but as it has been growing in popularity, the idea is increasingly gaining traction among those who are not as flushed with cash.
Forrester Research has come out with its annual report on technology consumption in the US, and tablets are certainly gaining popularity.
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Trampolining at home appears to be gaining popularity, with 40, 000 trampolines being sold in the UK in 2003.
And other wireless networking technologies such as Wi-Fi are gaining popularity, but mostly for short-range networks in offices and homes.
In the early 90s, when the CIO title was gaining popularity, the chief driver for bringing IT into the executive suite was the massive capital allocations required to give organizations a competitive advantage through rapidly changing technologies.
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