The new voice activated assistant was going to be a search function for a mobile era.
But in the mobile era, more small-and medium-sized American companies are entering China and partnering with Chinese companies with better reach.
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The Internet and mobile era means that the way we deliver and consume products and services is increasingly instrumented, generating a data flow back to the provider.
Nearly three-quarters of employees in the U.S. claim that the mobile era and the flexible schedules it enables are helping them to make greater contributions to their organizations.
The Windows 8 launch has been seen by the company as a great success, moving Microsoft into the new touchscreen mobile era, with Steve Ballmer celebrating the sales of four million copies in just three days.
Microsoft CEO and Chairman Steve Ballmer is celebrating his 33rd year at the software company the same way he has spent the last few, selling the world on all of the company's new products while battling accusations he's been outmaneuvered in the mobile era by Apple and Google.
The reason for this lies in the volatility that continues to erupt around the pillars of disruption that define the open mobile era: rapid development of mobile Web technology, insatiable consumer demand for mobile Web and data services, and an evolving policy debate that may finally introduce a more equitable market.
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As we exit the PC to Internet era and enter the mobile to app era, we are seeing a change in the relationship between brands and their audiences.
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In the Mobile 1.0 era, companies merely extended things like e-mail and calendar and rudimentary apps to mobile devices, said Nathan.
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Our goal has always been to bring a new era of mobile productivity to our users.
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In this new era of mobile, connected gaming, experts say faster processors and flashier specs won't be enough for the next generation.
In the present era of mobile devices the same scenario has been played out between HTML5 and native apps like iOS and Android.
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"Imagination is the only barrier to the next era of mobile applications, " stated TH Kim, vice president of System LSI marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics.
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Ironically enough, this emblem of the new era of mobile gaming was created by Supercell, a Finnish company now located in the old Nokia headquarters.
The electronics giant, which has seemed so ungainly and confused during its transition to the era of mobile devices and ecosystems, is finally back in its element.
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"In this era of mobile banking, use of counterfeit devices, which are manufactured without due consideration to the recognised security standards, may expose our mobile money systems as well as the wider banking and financial system to unnecessary risks, " said the communications secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo.
From the beginning of Microsoft's mobile efforts in the PDA era, its touchscreen phone software has had a Start button and windows that could be minimized like the classic Windows desktop.
Though many have speculated recently as to whether mobile devices would truly ignite the next era in personal technology, the tremendous growth in digital content revenue alludes to the impending shift to mobile.
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The obvious problem: in a computing era increasing dominated by mobile devices, consumers are printing less and less.
Although it still operates its shrinking DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. is now leading the way into a new era in home and mobile entertainment.
It was born in a different era, when free mobile apps proliferate through word of mouth, not crapware PC installations by computer makers and ads for shrink-wrapped software.
Long-time advocates for the customer, marketers know how to build relationships with buyers, and now that social and mobile channels have ushered in the era of the empowered consumer, CMOs and their teams have become the linchpins that help companies stay relevant.
As with any disruptive trend of this magnitude, a window of opportunity exists for organizations to position themselves for the era ahead and capitalize on mobile technology for competitive advantage.
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This will deliver an era of transformational computing, from mobile through to the infrastructure and servers that support consumers' connected, mobile lifestyles.
We are at the beginning of a new technology era where we embed computing and mobile connectivity into a wide range of devices.
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In that era, all computing will be mobile.
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Epocrates ruled the mobile world during the now-quaint Palm Pilot era, building a brand that resonated with doctors.
Last April Jobs created a stink with an open letter that called Flash "a PC-era" product that sucked power from mobile devices.
Under Rumsfeld's plans to "transform" the military with more lethal, more mobile and lighter weapons, the Cold War-era Crusader has been highly vulnerable to a budget cut.
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