Before founding Vitrue in 2006, Mr. Bradford served as the president and CEO of N2 Broadband, the leading provider of open-platform, on-demand entertainment solutions.
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This would presumably be in the form of a browser-based web conferencing platform based on an open-source platform (and would not require the installation of any software).
It works well when cities open their data to the public or when, as in the case of Wikipedia, an open-source software platform supports open-source content.
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The open-source platform has proved hugely successful for Samsung, which is now second only to Apple in the global smartphone race.
Ubuntu is a free, open-source platform for client, server and cloud computing.
Arduino is an open-source platform used for prototyping interactive electronics.
Since the open-source platform was first unveiled in 2007, Google has let developers, device makers and wireless carriers, and more recently even Facebook, modify the platform to suit their business interests.
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OpenGamma, a startup which has so far received two rounds of funding from Accel Partners and FirstMark Capital, is creating a open-source-based platform for trading and risk analytics software to support front office applications.
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Rubin spent more than three years developing the technology and support for an open-source handset platform, beginning with his days with an eight-person start-up called Android.
Moto never had a lot of stake in the Symbian game to begin with, and what little it did have was in the UIQ camp -- the camp being killed off in Symbian's transition to an open platform -- and what's more, the company has made no secret of its ambitions to become an Android powerhouse.
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OpenXC platform will transform the car into a plug-and-play platform where interchangeable open-source hardware and software modules that can be quickly and easily customized by developers for specific tasks.
WordPress is the leading open-source blogging platform that provides the most sophisticated controls of all of the tools mentioned here.
Green u-City will also provide an open-source development platform for local developers to create further apps, either for city managers or for citizens.
The free software community today unveiled the two phones it will ship to developers who want to make apps for its forthcoming open-source mobile platform.
Last year Allianz announced plans to build an army of 2, 000 financial planners who would sell Allianz (and other asset managers') funds in Germany on an open platform-may the best product win.
Nokia is stressing the need for an open platform -- which it says its Nokia Money service will be -- and cooperation among all types of players, each of whom brings their own strengths.
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As we'd figured out last night, Symbian's big reveal for today was the completion of its move to a fully open, royalty-free platform -- meaning you no longer need to be a paid-in-full member of the Foundation to see all the code -- and they're ready to talk about it and spread the word far and wide.
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Interread and Onyx International have already agreed to take advantage of the APIs, dubbed Scribd Open content Platform for E-Readers and mobile Devices (SOPED).
Worklight is a privately held company based in Tel Aviv and New York that provides an open-standards based mobile application platform that helps companies build and iterate mobile apps quickly.
Iridium offers an open development platform for custom location-based solutions providing real time tracking.
Seven buses with an open hop-on hop-off platform at the rear hit downtown streets on 20 February, running on route 38, between Victoria Station and Hackney, an east London neighbourhood.
Oracle provides a complete, integrated, and yet open device-to-data center platform that allows partners to capitalize on the myriad of new opportunities that the world of connected devices is bringing about.
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Enter Spark, a seven-inch slate that comes running the Plasma Active UX, an open-source OS based on Linux kernel, KDE's multi-platform Plasma environment and a dash of Qt for good measure.
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It also announced it would open its Mobile Developer Platform to third-party applications, mirroring an earlier announcement from Google.
Participation is simple and requires only that an individual register any credit or debit card to the Cloud Currencies web-based Open Loop Loyalty Rewards Technology Platform.
McNamara feels the network will serve as a platform for the exchange of open-source components, a way to "process" those raw materials into something that is useful and available to the entire community.
There are two possible ways Apple could open up the Apple TV platform to third-party app developers: It could allow devs to create dedicated TV apps, or it could more heavily leverage (and open up) the AirPlay feature already baked into Apple TV to port existing iPad apps to the big screen.
Austin-based uControl delivers an open, technology-agnostic Home Security, Monitoring and Automation (SMA) software platform making the Connected Home a reality. uControl focuses on the full spectrum of SMA solutions, leading with next generation home security.
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Because the code has been licensed under the Eclipse public license rather than the harder-core GPL, device manufacturers will be able to continue to tack on custom features and hardware support without open-sourcing it, which should make them less gun-shy about throwing weight behind the platform -- and considering how badly these guys need to get back into the spotlight, that's a good thing.
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The open-cage printer will work using "fused filament fabrication" with 1.75mm filament, and will also feature 100 micron layer resolution (0.1 millimeter), rigid aluminum construction, an open-source software tool chain and optional heated build platform.
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