The Reuters news agency has speculated that Facebook intended to unify user data profiles in a way similar to Google's controversial policy changes which took place earlier this year.

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Still other e-mails misdirect the user to bogus sites intended to lure people into divulging personal financial information.

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Like all powerful tools, storytelling carries the risk of harming an inexperienced user, rather than achieving its intended goal.

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Also increasing is the balance in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund because user fees and taxes, which were intended to be dedicated exclusively to aviation improvements, are not being invested as they should be.

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As an example, the Navy's newest communications satellite, the Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, is intended to provide more-reliable links for special-operations personnel and other military users than current Navy-operated satellites.

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An interactive toilet can be a lot for the average bathroom user to master in one sitting, no pun intended.

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Eikon, intended to replace Reuters' grab bag of services with a single offering, was designed to be more user-friendly than Bloomberg's devices, but it was launched hastily and with flaws.

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