Google also wanted the fcc to open up these 700-megahertz networks to resellers and allow any Internet service to connect with them.
The telecommunications giant is off to a good start, launching a low-cost, Internet-based voice service called Connect 'N Save just last month.
The service will connect to existing social networks, Sony said, as well as to mobile devices that will tap into many of the features offered on the PlayStation 4.
At that time, Verizon Wireless's terms of service required all customers who wanted to use their phones for tethering to subscribe to the company's Mobile Broadband Connect service, at an additional charge.
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Finally, Watson's new "Concepts Insight" service lets apps connect to deeper ideas, moving beyond the mere surface-level interpretations of text.
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Livescribe is making it easier to share content from its digital pen with a new service called LiveScribe Connect.
The iPod can download music only from iTunes, while the Network Walkman can take songs from the Sony Connect service, but not from iTunes.
Glam had recently launched a new content management service called Glam Create and a social service called Glam Connect, which will presumably connect with Ning.
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But more than 10, 000 Web sites now recognize a service called Facebook Connect, which enables users to use their Facebook ID and password to move fluidly among sites where registration is required.
However, some website owners who make use of the Facebook Connect service - which allows people to log into external sites by using their Facebook account - were left frustrated by the technical issues.
Facebook re-branded the technology behind Beacon as an opt-in service called Facebook Connect in fall 2008 and launched it as a tool that allows Facebook users to sign into third-party sites using their Facebook IDs.
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Health Vault, launched in October, is not just a place where people can store their medical details online, but a service that can connect to all sorts of monitoring devices, as well as software used by hospitals and doctors.
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices today operate in 555 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band, and are used for short range, high speed wireless connections including Wi-Fi enabled local area networks and fixed outdoor broadband transceivers used by wireless Internet service providers to connect smart phones, tablets and laptops to the broadband network.
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Users wanting to connect via a mobile service will have to link their tablets to a BlackBerry device and connect through that.
WattStation Network, a networked version of the charger, which will be available early in 2013, will work with the WattStation Connect online service.
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The application, called Genesys Connect for Service Cloud, will integrate with the Salesforce.com platform to allow for voice and multi-social network customer service capabilities.
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The company made no ambitious efforts to set up its own online music store to rival Apple's iTunes Store, as Microsoft did with its Zune Marketplace and Sony tried with its Connect Music Service, scheduled to be shuttered next year.
As part of its FunHub service, guests can connect for free online to see daily events across the ship, check out dinner menus and review their folios on their TV or laptops or via tablets and smartphones via a free downloadable app.
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Gogo says 80% of travelers that connect to its service do so via an iPod touch or iPhone.
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Egyptians quickly found ways around the blocks, and Google introduced a "speak-to-tweet" service which allowed people to connect to Twitter via the telephone.
Known initially as Facebook Connect, the service appears as a "login with Facebook" button on many sites and allows users to quickly sign in to those sites using their Facebook credentials.
Heathrow Connect said its service was also running normally.
On March 13th, Microsoft announced that it was joining forces with Deutsche Telekom to offer a service allowing corporate users to connect to their office networks with mobile phones and handheld devices.
Keen to capitalize on the ever-growing segment of landline cutters, US Cellular appears to be launching a home phone service similar to the Home Connect offerings by Verizon and Sprint.
Time Warner Cable is staffing call centers with experts who have specialized training designed to cut down on the number of disconnects, and customers have greater flexibility in choosing how to connect with customer service.
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In addition to Investments Connect, the online service, clients can work with advisors in call centers or a licensed banker at a branch.
Merloni can connect machines to a service centre via a phone line, making possible off-site billing, testing and the dispatch of an engineer who knows what needs fixing in advance.
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