Just as important, the platform will host exploits only for known vulnerabilities, not so-called zero day exploits--new attacks for which software companies haven't yet issued fixes.
Zynga announced last year that it would launch its own platform, Zynga Direct, to host its games enabling users to play directly on its platform.
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It's likely that today, Amazon Web Services may be powering your favorite app, its development platform and its host.
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Later this year the company plans to open itself to third-party mobile web developers, to host web apps on its platform.
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ECoS is an open software platform that can host a range of third-party applications that provide intelligent distributed control services to utilities and their customers.
There is now new technology emerging that helps you create a Facebook-like social media platform that you host, which I predict will become the next killer app.
Like the iPhone itself, Dot will launch with an ecosystem, including a mobile app called Looker and a web platform that will host Dot videos for browsing and sharing.
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Qaradawi has parlayed his platform as the host of Al Jazeera's popular "Shariah and Life" program into a prominence in the Muslim world that makes such statements life-threatening to those he criticizes.
It does seem likely, however, that Microsoft's Windows Phone platform could play host to Home before even iOS, as Zuckerberg's referred to the live-tile OS as falling "somewhere in between" due to the licenses involved.
This makes Locu a powerful platform for the creation of a host of services that will complement and become value-added to already existing local-based businesses like Yelp and Foursquare.
This is clearly a problem for those who host material, such as Google through their Blogger platform.
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Unlike other e-commerce platforms, Rakuten offers a host of value-added services to merchants on its platform.
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"The Dell Precision R5500 offers the highest user density available on a XenServer certified platform for XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro, with four concurrent users per host, " said Derek Thorslund, director of product management, HDX technology at Citrix.
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Madrid's plans include hosting beach volleyball on a platform on a lake in Retiro Park and regenerating an old bull fighting ring to host basketball.
Buzzfeed, which is using Tumblr as a breaking news platform while its site remains static, reports that the three all share a server host, Datagram, whose Whitehall Street offices flooded.
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