Mobile apps are proliferating because they are almost always handier and sexier than their website counterparts.

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Handwriting does, however, come in a bit handier when you're actually reading.

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Lemon juice or vinegar is a much handier way of removing chewing gum from fabric than the eucalyptus oil that the author recommends.

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Face recognition technology is proving to be a handier, more sophisticated tool to pick us out on the street, a crowded room or at passport control.

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This is an HTC addition which organizes photos by event and location, resulting in somewhat handier presentation -- even if your photos tend to all be taken near your home.

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Mr Bullard thinks the photovoltaic business is learning that small, if not exactly beautiful, is easier to get past environmental controls and planning consents, and handier if you want to feed into existing grids.

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Markets in European currencies would be handier: companies that earn their profits in one currency but pay their debts in another must either gamble on favourable exchange rates or insure themselves, which adds to their costs.

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Though the U.K. version was printed in broadsheet format for 200 years, it switched to compact size in 2004, making it handier for reading on trains and buses--but more difficult to roll up for use as a fly-swatter.

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