The popularity of location-based services and the increasing acceptance of mobile advertising have opened the door to a host of opportunities to draw traffic into stores, such as sending targeted coupons to mobile users based on their location or allowing consumers to check product availability before entering the store.

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It seems to me that the frequency that will be used to host all this high speed traffic belongs to none other than Clearwire.

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Other transport projects anticipated this year include work on a new Isle of Dogs Crossrail station, "intensification" of the work to extend the East London Line and a host of initiatives to help smooth traffic flow.

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The app was not promoted to the public, but it was used internally between The Super Bowl Host Committee, New Orleans law and traffic enforcement, the Downtown Development District, and parking operators to monitor parking availability and traffic around the dome.

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Rather than host shows and compete for traffic, it provides links to an episode's location, be it free on a network site (such as CBS or ABC) or for a fee (on sites like Netflix and Amazon).

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Two Malaysian companies have been licensed to develop the "e-government, " which aims to enable citizens to pay their taxes, check their traffic summonses and a host of other things on-line.

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"We drive traffic and provide advertising in support of all business models - whether news sources choose to host the articles with us or on their own websites, " wrote Alexander Macgillvray, Google's associate general counsel for products and intellectual property.

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