Residents will be able to arrange for drop-off and pick-up service at their apartments, home training sessions and priority access to Spot's other services, including anesthesia-free dental work.

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One elderly resident sorely missed her weekly council Dial-a-Ride service to pick her up and take her to the shops.

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Other amenities include limo service for pet pick-up and drop-off, a swimming pool, land treadmill, and an underwater therapy treadmill.

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However, service providers saw a modest pick-up in new business.

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She's a fan of the car service Uber -- which can pick you up based on your smartphone's GPS -- for those over-imbibing.

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It wasn't until we'd disabled automatic photo uploading to Eye-Fi View, the company's cloud service, that speeds began to pick up.

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But as more firms adopt cloud-based services and service providers establish credibility, we expect to see that this migration to pick up in 2011.

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