Wireless service operators typically subsidize the cost of smartphones, offering discounts to consumers to lock them into two-year service contracts.
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Entering Sunday, Ware was a fringe NBA prospect ranked 76th among all college sophomores by one service far from a lock to make that league, but likely to play professionally at some point.
Carriers are willing to offer a discount because they can lock customers into multi-year service agreements.
There are 139, 800 Philippine citizens working in the territory, mostly in domestic service, and they've had a lock on that industry for decades.
Like all Mobilicity devices, it does not come with a handset tab credit check, nor does it come with a contract to lock a customer into a multi-year service plan, as is often the case with Canada's incumbent carriers.
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The goal is to help organizations better secure smartphones and tablets in the workplace with a hosted service that allows the IT team to remotely locate, lock or wipe a lost or stolen device, as well as update software to protect against spyware and viruses.
Samsung's Find My Mobile Service ensures peace-of-mind by letting users remotely lock the phone at anytime, as well as trace the phone or remotely wipe its contents in case of loss or theft.
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The Delphi connectivity system's key fob service operates over the Verizon Wireless network or via Bluetooth to remotely lock or unlock doors, open the trunk, start or stop the engine and operate a panic horn on select vehicles.
Created by Leeds City Council's parks and countryside service, the garden features two 12ft (3.6m) high lock gates and a mock canal.
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The OpenTablet 10 integrates easily with OpenServices, OpenPeak's cloud services platform and device management system, to allow comprehensive device management to service providers, including the ability to push applications, perform firmware updates and lock devices.
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Do not ever provide a service over the web that controls something critical (house lights, surveillance cameras, bank accounts, car lock-out devices, street signs, traffic lights, bank accounts, stock trading accounts, etc.) without having at least rudimentary controls in place.
Lock in loyalty with steady deal-making From October through December, most retailers (and many service providers) have people crowding the aisles, or elevated traffic to websites.
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But after consulting with Federal Air Marshal Service leaders, the agency opted to continue excluding knives that most closely resemble weapons, specifically knives with blades that lock in place, or have molded hand grips.
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