This tectonic shift stems from fundamental changes in economics, talent, and integration of IT into mainstream life, and has significant implications for business managers and investors alike.

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Moreover, it is believed that a person who comes to appreciate books during his or her time in prison has better chances of successful integration into the life after release from custody.

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That would be pretty decent for the specs we know so far: 4.5-inch qHD IPS gapless display, MSM8225Q quad-core chip, dual-SIM support, an eight-megapixel main camera (which produced reasonably good photos, from what we could see), a two-megapixel front-facing camera, and Baidu cloud service integration with 15GB of storage for life, plus another 15GB free for one year.

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If a new study by research firm Latitude is any indication, this kind of integration between game and meaningful life moments is no passing fad.

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The vision for big data integration is coming to life in a series of steps.

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Central to Nepal's peace process is the integration into the national army or the rehabilitation to civilian life of more than 19, 000 former Maoist fighters.

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Nokia was very keen to play up the WhatsApp integration which not only provides quick access to chats, but includes use of the service for free, for life (i.e. no annual fee).

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