Accordingly, a slate of torrent portals like Vodo offers consumers media choices that include outright ownership, no-DRM formats that are transferable to mobile devices, zero pricing, added-value bundles and in some cases rudimentary social discovery environments.

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However, for the remainder of 2013, high value-added DRAM for mobile devices and servers will sustain profitability.

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Samsung will continue to concentrate on value-added products such as server and mobile DRAM.

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Tencent had previously indicated it would let the service remain free and try to monetize the platform by offering value-added services like online games and mobile shopping.

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On the components business side, demand for PC DRAM remained weak but growth of high value-added products such as server and mobile DRAM was constant due to increased sales of mobile devices.

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When Sprint makes Office 365 available, it plans to bundle it with value-added services to create solutions that further increase productivity and unleash the power of today's mobile workforce.

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