Since then, its usage has extended rapidly to encompass the demographic-descriptive' and the 'ideological-normative' usage.
What makes the company an information business, however, is the fact that there are built-in network effects in its usage.
Stalwart RIM made a leap into the top three with its BlackBerry OS, as aging Symbian saw its usage decline further.
If you don't use your right arm, for instance, the part of the brain corresponding to its usage will deteriorate, Gupta said.
The assertions were never substantiated, but DDT was banned in many nations and became nearly impossible to obtain in those nations that still permitted its usage.
The much beleaguered Windows Vista, which at its peak only reached a global usage share of 19 percent, saw its usage share drop to 7.3 percent.
The scientists had a way of turning a well known and widely used drug, niacin, into an even better and safer drug, thereby expanding its usage.
However, as bandwidth becomes more in demand, one of the few ways to regulate its usage is to impose data caps to ensure that as many customers as possible have access to broadband services.
Straight up usually means the same as "neat", but its usage can cause confusion, as American mixologist Jeffrey Morgenthaler has explained, because there's also the term up , which usually means chilled and served in a cocktail glass.
With a balanced committee membership and a fair hearing for both sides, the advisory committee voted overwhelming in favor of either removing Avandia from the market or severely restricting its usage (of 33 members, 12 voted for withdrawal and 10 for severe restrictions).
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Silver is trading more on its industrial usage qualities and less on its safe-haven allure.
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That was the most recent time that Netflix had quantified its streaming usage.
The software can, for example, assign a customised scoring algorithm to each credit card, depending on its normal usage patterns.
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The usage there depends on the force of the term, which in turn depends on its historical and current usage in hate speech and its interconnection with other forms of racial discrimination.
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Morgan Stanley is one firm that keeps close tabs on its global energy usage.
The story points out that Coca-Cola did something similar when it was criticized for its high water usage.
For example, Southwest Airlines hedged as much as 85% of its annual fuel usage over the past six years.
"When Twitter started out, it seemed like its most practical usage would be doing stuff like breaking news, " Siegler said by phone.
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Caught between rising competition from P2P sharing and big rental companies, Zipcar may suffer slower growth in its membership and usage over time.
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The company's general policy is to remove material that violates its terms of usage or the laws of the countries in which it operates.
Today its most common usage is in the workplace where it refers to such things as flexi-time, variable hours and extended periods of leave.
Recognizing the power of social media holds over its success, NASCAR has engaged in several initiatives to further drive social media usage by its fans.
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In 2011, ooVoo logged 10 billion minutes of video usage on its network.
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However, by the first quarter of 2012, Verizon will push smartphone usage among its customers to 50%, according to Evercore calculations.
Softkinetic is also developing its technology for wider usage than just videogames, and has partnered with various companies to develop applications in consumer electronics, health care and video-conferencing.
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