As an example, the Navy's newest communications satellite, the Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, is intended to provide more-reliable links for special-operations personnel and other military users than current Navy-operated satellites.

WSJ: U.S. to Trim Commercial-Satellite Use

Apple and Samsung, Software companies like Microsoft and Google, retailers like Amazon and Walmart, plus the broadcast networks, and cable and satellite companies, focused on improving the user experience of television.

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Cable, satellite and phone companies, notorious for high levels of customer dissatisfaction, could turn that around by improving the user experience.

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Toshiba's added a couple new Satellite laptops into the mix, with options for both the road warrior and the stay-at-home multimedia user.

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