"Blizzard really created the model for how to do this successfully and effectively, making sure the community of 'World of Warcraft' players has incredible influence on the future of the product, " Kotick said.
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While the audience was an ideal starting point for the online community-building product BlogFrog offers, she believes that the future of the Web lies in niche audiences, and plans to integrate her product to any vertical where people are passionately connecting.
In Nvidia's labs engineers hover around a cluster of 16 six-foot-tall computers that mimic the behavior of a future Nvidia product hooked up to an ordinary PC.
We know, it's still draft-spec equipment, but the fact that Apple has knowingly strapped an 802.11n-compliant wireless card inside its newest refresh of iMacs could certainly be telling of a certain product's future (or not).
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Ultimately, the current and future value of the product suffers with each additional non-critical customization option.
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Katango expects that future versions of the product will enable users to sort and group other social networking sites.
Apple doesn't share future product plans with most of its own employees.
"We felt the need to connect with industry thought leaders who would help direct our product development to meet the future demands of the market, " said Taylor.
Any future release of the product or planned modifications to product capability, functionality, or feature are subject to ongoing evaluation by Symantec, and may or may not be implemented and should not be considered firm commitments by Symantec and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
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Substantial hedging activity will persist in the near-future as by-product producers of silver that began to lock in higher prices continue to do so.
Investors and dealers alike will be looking for clues, by way of comments on UK gross domestic product (GDP) targeting, and whether his testimony may shape the future trajectory of the Sterling Pound.
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter offers a trove of insights for making predictions about future product and publishing trends.
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Sony has been actively promoting the future, the expansion of the product mix and technological development of CMOS image sensor "Exmor RS" stacked core technology to evolve products, digital imaging, spread the enjoyment of photography easier to use, which is a device Go.
And Zuckerberg himself thinks that teenagers are a big part of the future of Facebook, given the attention he paid them in creating a major new product.
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And all the rest of the people who might buy that product in the future will be disinclined to do so.
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Forecasting the future of eyewear is not only about product familiarity.
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The lesson Google and Apple are teaching us is that companies must have a good idea of the future, and then send their product development and marketing in that direction.
Apple, of course, says very little about its future product plans.
But an important by-product will be that researchers working on the psychiatric drugs of the future will be able to test them in genetically engineered animal models that more closely resemble human reality.
The partnership would also provide a return on investment for the American taxpayer by securing the long-term viability of Chrysler brands in the marketplace, sustaining future product and technology development for our country and building renewed consumer confidence, while preserving American jobs.
But it indicates a demand (the majority of backers invested at a level which would get them a lamp, at a cost well over the average Kickstarter donation), and could yet be parlayed into the future development plans of the right kind of product.
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This, combined with the Tory legacy of more flexible labour and product markets, was supposed to prevent future booms and busts.
His departure comes just weeks after Microsoft launched Windows 8, the latest edition of its flagship product, seen as key to the firm's future.
As a hint to where the future lies, consider that approximately 75% of the product-life gross margins for a typical PC are earned within its first 90 days of sales.
Perhaps our leaders in Washington take air transportation for granted, simply assuming that a technology that has served our nation well in the past and is responsible for nearly 10 percent of our gross domestic product today will continue to evolve suitably in the future.
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With such a large exit opportunity on the table, investors will now demand a better product roadmap and specific plans to generate profits upwards of these acquisition offers in the future.
Much of Agilent's risk management, and future investment, rests in product and geographic diversification.
As a digital product, U.S. News has the opportunity to become an important part of future journalism.
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That last piece is a bit of a bummer, for sure, but for what it's worth Microsoft has said a new Mac product is in the works, and that subscribers will get it as part of a future software update.
Home to two of the most innovative labs and research in the high-tech industry, Intel and McAfee will also jointly explore future product concepts to further strengthen security in the cloud network and myriad of computers and devices people use in their everyday lives.
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