Silicon Valley may be slowly losing ground to a different hub for high-tech businesses: Silicon Fjord.

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The Optical SMART Hub breaks new ground by functioning as a Wireless AP router changing broadband Internet service with a cable from the wall to Wi-Fi Internet connection so that all family members can enjoy wireless connection at home.

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Social Hub has been designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate all major portal's email, IM and SNS services directly into the Samsung Wave.

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As Leah managed the page from New York with help from her mother on the ground in Tuscaloosa, Rebuild Tuscaloosa quickly became a hub for connecting people in need with the supplies and organizations that could help them, people like Stephannie Nixon.

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For the moment, Dubai holds the title of Islamic banking hub--but it could soon lose ground, both to traditional competitors like Bahrain and newcomers on the scene like London and even Singapore.

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Otherwise we had to go through a hub in Kenya or Tanzania with multiple changes and an extended ground layover.

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One survey carried out during the summer suggested that a majority of New Yorkers wanted it to be at ground level so it is easier to cross the site and reach the planned transportation hub, shops and office buildings.

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Believing that the ground below the twin towers is as sacred as the space above, some even say that the new transport hub must be moved northwards.

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There is already a similar space for start-ups just around the corner in the form of the Tech Hub, which is packed with eager young entrepreneurs working 18 hour days to get their ideas off the ground.

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