Obvius has pioneered a portfolio of plug-and-play data-collection and communications applications based on an open architecture, which allow users to monitor electric, water, gas, environmental and renewable energy information through a single, web-accessible platform.

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The open API will allow developers to create a wide range of applications built around location data.

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The Company is providing open access to this data as part of its PacX Challenge, a global competition seeking new ocean applications and research using the PacX data set.

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If you're at work, and already have multiple applications open, RealJukebox can skip, or worse, cause general protection faults and lost data.

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