Recently, for a consulting client, I did a rough comparison between their customer base (which tended to be young, information-intensive companies) and a benchmark comparison set from the mainstream economy.
He also says that Apple (AAPL) has set the stage for mainstream adoption of Flash in SSD applications, a reference to the lack of a hard drive in both the iPad tablet and the new versions of the MacBook Air notebooks.
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Currently 61% of the wearable tech market is attributed to sport and activity trackers, the research firm adds, but that looks set to change over the coming years to include more mainstream uses.
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In the past, ultra-orthodox and national-religious Jews in Israel have felt so estranged from the judiciary's largely liberal mainstream that they have set up their own arbitration courts, applying laws from the Torah, Judaism's basic text, sometimes with the tacit sanction of the state.
And since some of Mr Sadr's followers do not make much distinction between takfiris and mainstream Sunnis, this set the scene for a new round of revenge killings.
As enthusiasts set the trend, I've little doubt that demand for Nexus handsets will soon break into the mainstream.
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In fact, Microsoft has extended its mainstream support of the server OS -- previously set to expire on July 9th, 2013 -- through January 15th, 2015.
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Here's some positive news from the ideological battlespace: Iraq's mainstream Sunni clerics have set up a fatwa council to issue unified religious edicts against Islamist extremism, and particularly al Qaeda.
Khalifa now has his sights set on the low-to-mid-six-figure payouts received by mainstream rock and pop acts.
Bountiful was set up in 1946 after half-a-dozen men were excommunicated from the mainstream Mormon church, which banned polygamy in 1890.
The early-adopter set has been playing with home networking for a few years, but now the technology is spreading to mainstream consumers, who want to split the fast Internet connection of a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL) among several PCs, and also share computer files and peripherals such as printers and scanners.
If Disney's enthusiasm for mainstream America explains his popularity during his lifetime, it also explains the sharp reaction that set in against him after his death.
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