It is just a matter of time before more quality apps are developed for Android to tip the network effects advantage.
By styling its case as a program-carriage complaint, however, the NFL Network took advantage of cognizable harms under the Cable Act such as preserving independent voices that, for better or worse, are not appreciated by the antitrust laws.
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The Social Network has the advantage of chronicling the founding of something that touches 500 million people: Facebook.
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The arrangement with the young radio network was to the advantage of both organizations.
Back when GM controlled half of the U.S. auto market, its huge dealer network was a competitive advantage.
Having a strong, profitable dealer network is a huge advantage for Toyota, and a huge disadvantage for domestics like Chrysler, he says.
And it also overlooks the history of U.S. innovators to take advantage of increased network capacity.
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The league, with an instant network television contract had every advantage.
So the researchers were able to update the printers with fake firmware that contained software that let them control the printers and take advantage of their network access and other systems.
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It's partly to take advantage of the network's massive Summer Olympics promotional platform (as well as Sunday Night Football, which is a key player in the network's performance), and partly to avoid the competition.
With a simpler product line, Compaq's wider distribution network could give it a marketing advantage over Dell.
In 1992, Australia-born Rupert Murdoch's five-channel Star Network was the first to take advantage of increasing economic liberalization.
With the iPhone 5 now taking advantage of the latest network technology on three major U.S. carriers (and the fourth seeking to crash the party), the relationship between the two products has shifted, with the iPod touch becoming more about who the users are rather than what they want to spend.
And the bit of PwC in the UK that remained attached to PWC's overseas network would still have a massive advantage over competitors, because PWC's British-based multinational clients - the likes of Barclays, Tesco and BT - would presumably stick with the international network able to audit all their subsidiaries and branches, rather than employing a British firm without global capability.
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Taking advantage of a valuable business network she had cultivated over the course of her career was a key factor in launching her company.
If I can tell the carrier which one of the 50, 000 I want to see, there is a real advantage to having a switch network.
It brought mobile network operators and banks together to take advantage of the exponential growth of mobile phones ownership in Africa, ushering in a movement that has revolutionized the way financial services reach unbanked and under-banked people in developing economies.
The software would likely allow third parties to add applications, and it would probably be able to take advantage of Google's advertising network.
The more people join Facebook, the greater the advantage of joining, so the social network's success is self-reinforcing.
Additional devices and exclusive services that take advantage of this high-speed HSDPA network, such as transmitting full motion video and providing ultra-fast audio, will be available in 2006.
As the youngest network in the group, it likely enjoyed a competitive advantage by having less traffic (and thus congestion).
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Customers also have the advantage when they utilize our fast 4G LTE network, which is available in over 330 markets across the United States.
On other cable networks, particularly IFC, Comedy Central, and the Cartoon Network, a wild array of comedy series are taking similar advantage of their niche status.
C. will be among the first to take advantage of the UnCarrier's fully-fledged 4G network and its newly revised unlimited talk, text and data plans.
Well, Groupon used the disruptive tools available to every small- and mid-sized firm to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace and capture that ever-elusive network effect.
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Businesses can take advantage of the advertising opportunities available through the Blink Ad Network, providing ad space on the Blink Pedestal Chargers and Blink DC Fast Chargers.
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Owned by the Lopez family, it has a big advantage: sister company Manila Electric Co. has a network of power poles across Metro Manila and many parts of Luzon island.
ISPs already offer free service in parts of France, such as Groupe Serveur or World Online, Kingfisher has the advantage that Dixons had of access to a trusted distribution network in its Darty chain of household-goods stores, which will give out free starter discs to its numerous customers.
P4P, Krishnamurthy asserts, takes advantage of data about users' location and a provider's network map without revealing details to either side.
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