Other standard goodies include adaptive remote start, rear park assist, Bose audio, rear-seat thorax airbags and Bluetooth.

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Standard features include leatherette seating, a 7-inch LED color-touch radio display, automatic climate control, remote start, power windows, steering wheel radio controls and no less than 10 air bags.

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An individual should not "go to some remote part of Malawi and start doing whatever because at the end of the day we must plan for teachers", Ms Kazembe said.

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Thanks to the 'My Media' quick-start button on the NeoTV PRIME remote control, you easily access the media player app with the mere push of a button.

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Once you start a clip, your smartphone becomes a remote control of sorts with volume and playback controls.

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Marc Musgrove, Cisco's global communications director, said Yahoo's announcement was unfortunately timed as it came just days ahead of the March 4 start of the third annual Telework Week, a Cisco-backed global initiative to encourage remote working.

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One Chicago based start-up, Retrofit, has emerged as a front runner in harnessing wireless and remote technology to help its busy clients lose weight, especially when they may be away from home while on vacation or business travel.

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The XStreamHD FAST Start package includes one HD Media Server with 1TB storage, one HD Media Receiver, RF One Remote Control, and all of the accessories, including one 3m High-Speed Cat2 certified HDMI cable and two 3m Cat5e Ethernet cables.

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What started as somewhat clunky keypads that required vehicle operators to punch in five digit codes to get a vehicle to start, a code given to them when their car payment was made, has moved to more sophisticated remote technology.

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