And Facebook upped the ante last week, giving developers the ability to run their Facebook-friendly applications outside its site.
Opposition to Mr Summers had strengthened and the Corporation was losing confidence in its president's ability to run the university.
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He says the ability to run the games on the phone will make them "richer and faster, " with features like 3-D animation.
One of Oak Trail's biggest selling points is likely to be its ability to run a number of different tablet operating systems.
Indeed, since he returned from his last medical leave, in mid-2009, Jobs has appeared determined to demonstrate his ability to run the show.
In fighting to restore faith in Labour's ability to run the health service, Mr Brown has named a fresh team, led by Alan Johnson.
It launched its Vietnamese website last September, its first foreign foray and a test for its ability to run logistics and marketing outside China.
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Further productivity boosts include the ability to run S Note -- now called Pop-up Note -- on top of other apps, as a resizable window.
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Windows 8 introduces a new user interface model, but it retains the ability to run applications written for Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, and so on.
Rather than simply riding the cable under the the influence of physics, it features an RF remote with speed control and the ability to run in reverse.
BB10 also provides users with personal and work profiles, and has the ability to run apps from both simultaneously while keeping the data from each profile separate.
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Mr. Musharraf's ability to run also could be complicated by the treason allegations against him, though it remains to be seen whether he will actually be charged and convicted.
The impression they give is a mixture of awe at China's ambition and technical skill and a far more qualified assessment of Chinese companies' ability to run international businesses.
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Trained in the U.S. by English-born Graham Motion, the Kentucky Derby winner from 2011 has shown a unique ability to run convincingly on all three surfaces: dirt, synthetic and turf.
The limits hamper their ability to run commercials in New York's expensive media market, preventing them from engaging in the extended advertising campaigns that are the norm on the federal level.
"We put a lot of hooks into it, the ability to run multiple processes and have enough storage and memory, " said Jayshree Ullal , senior vice president of Cisco's security and technology group.
Intel is pushing its mobile processor line, dubbed Atom, as a way to cram the ability to run a bite-sized, power-sipping version of the chips that power desktop computers into ever smaller devices.
Vague plans for a fiscal union seem to depend on a bargain in which Germany agrees to transfer money to debtor countries but the debtors agree to limits on their ability to run a deficit.
Although Ms Palin's youthfulness, she is 44, is an eye-catching contrast to the top of the ticket, questions will be raised about her ability to run the country if Mr McCain should ever be incapacitated.
The New York Times reported in the Tuesday edition of its newspaper that Tribune's board had lost confidence in Mr. Michaels ability to run the company and was expected to ask for his resignation at its board meeting.
Though touting the ability to run current-gen games like Mass Effect 3 and Arkham City is well and good, will they be able to do the same with the sequels to those titles in a year or two?
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On the software side of things, Samsung is taking advantage of its mobile devices' processing power to layer premium features on top of Android, such as the ability to run two apps at once in a split screen or separate window.
But put it on a new tablet PC and you have a paradigm shift, at least for Microsoft, as significant as what Apple did when it released the iPad, including the ability to run touch-screen apps designed specifically for mobile devices.
You know, we need better information and the ability to run computer models in near real-time so that we can give you better answers to say exactly whey there is warm conditions on the East Coast at North America at the moment.
This begs another question, which is that if the federal government is going to be severely hampered in its ability to run a prize that helps districts build capacity for innovation, why not instead run prizes that reward actual improvement in student learning after it has been done?
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It can only operate for 12 hours at a time, which will keep humans in the area, but its ability to run untethered below storms and cold Arctic winds should dramatically expand the territory that researchers can cover during their share of a larger five- to six-week journey.
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But he proved in the FA Cup run that he had the ability to score at the highest level.
The airline itself is able to run more efficiently from the ability to monitor engine performance and proactively perform maintenance at times when the plane is not scheduled to carry passengers and cause delays.
The group will make its decisions on whom to back based on research about candidates' positions, their fundraising power and their ability to organize and run an effective campaign.
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