However, his comments were not enough to prevent Digg's once-loyal users from hijacking the site.
It is still swamped by the IBM compatibles, but the California-based company has a core of loyal users.
Whether Zynga.com is driving more loyal users or keeping higher engagement is unclear.
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As of now, the company seems confident that loyal users will remain hooked to Facebook despite these initial concerns.
The annual pass, in contrast, would represent a sizable discount over current prices, probably as a reward for particularly loyal users.
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This means that there will likely be a substantial number of loyal users willing to pay the subscription fee for content.
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The post has already racked up more than 630 comments, mostly by surprised loyal users who made up the active commenting community.
The company set download records when it was released to the Android market with over 100 million loyal users by September 2012.
The introduction of the subscription service has definitely created a risk for NYT, as loyal users might defect in favor of sites that provide freely available content.
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Because Internet businesses are increasingly about building a community of loyal users, record companies must learn to be loved if they are to flourish like booksellers rather than go the way of the circulating library.
Forcing loyal users through a usage quirk at every boot, just to arrive at the starting point that millions of people have loved for years, is wishful thinking at best, user hostility at worst -- and self-damaging in either event.
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The Z10, the first handset to take advantage of the new operating system, has earned decent to good reviews, though reviewers and consumers alike seem intent on holding out for its counterpart, the Q10, which harnesses that core competency that has helped the company maintain so many loyal users: the QWERTY keyboard.
Most buyers, he added, were probably loyal BlackBerry users who wanted to upgrade from older models.
Marketers can use the Apple Store and Android Market to promote their mobile apps and attract loyal app users.
The Q10 has a physical keyboard, a feature that has kept BlackBerry users loyal over the years.
It marks the firm's latest effort to keep users loyal to the platform ahead of the much-delayed release of the Blackberry 10 operating system.
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After its acquisition by Yahoo in 2005, some critics believe Flickr got mired in its integration with Yahoo at the expense of pursuing product innovation based on what its loyal band of users would want next.
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Its users became loyal because Netflix made the process of getting and returning DVDs incredibly easy.
Gfk reported that 84% of iPhone users would get another iPhone, followed by 60% of Android users would remain loyal.
However, Sprint's Mr. Gaffney said customers who identify themselves as NFL fans, which make up an estimated two-thirds of Sprint's base, are among its most loyal and highly valued wireless users.
It has a legion of loyal fans, with close to 20 million users and 1.5 billion total checkins.
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Search engine users also tend to be very loyal and once they have found a site they feel they can trust tend to stick with it.
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However, because of the difficulties with the migration process, end-users often resist upgrades and remain loyal to Windows XP, forcing IT departments to defend the move to Windows 7.
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In fact, Apple users are amongst the most brand-loyal consumers.
Every new launch offers users new capabilities, causing the most loyal of fans to rush out and replace their, now old, technology with the latest offering, so they can remain on the cutting edge of technology with the latest and greatest Apple gadget.
Though social games are seeing most of the growth in number of users these days, Second Life seems to have a loyal, if stabilized, user base.
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