With the online population shifting towards mobile devices, Facebook needs to have a strong presence that they can monetize and control, with unfettered access to the user that cannot be taken away or restricted by another company.

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Shifting the ownership of mobile devices has many complex implications for how a company does business.

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For example, he saw that people were shifting from PCs to mobile devices so ATI acquired a mobile application company that was having trouble getting customers.

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We all have been shifting to lighter, more mobile devices and platforms that allow us to connect in multiple ways from many kinds of settings.

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Digital reading is increasingly shifting from PC-based browsers to mobile devices, including tablets, and to apps designed specifically for those devices.

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The shifting trend is attributable to the ubiquity of handheld devices and tablets, and that Gen Y is willing to experiment and spend.

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As well as offering the benefit of being able to receive high-quality streamed video, the devices linked to these networks will be formidable business tools, capable of running advanced applications and shifting vast amounts of data securely on corporate intranets.

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