The growth in socially driven news aggregators like News.me, and other innovative ways to incorporate multimedia in presenting news and information packages such as The Atavist.

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The industry began taking notice in 2011 when Google rolled out a consumer privacy update which discontinued access to keyword information and website analytics packages.

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Infosys also discloses such sensitive information as the exact compensation packages for more than 450 of its top staff, the aging of receivables and other data that most companies consider proprietary.

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Most existing GIS, or geographical information services, sell on-site proprietary software packages that cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to several million dollars.

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At its 27 ground hubs, an automated sorting system relies on information picked up by cameras and laser scanners as packages whiz by at 540 feet per second.

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Six benefits packages to choose from, each with seven columns of mathematically complicated information.

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Maris imagines UPS deliverymen scanning and delivering packages with just a glance, nurses at hospitals receiving real-time information on patients without having to stop what they're doing and, indeed, patients with limited mobility having greater access to the world of information themselves.

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