"Social play is so important to PlayStation 4 that we've added in hardware to support it, in the form of dedicated, always-on video compression and decompression systems, " he said.
In order to make this vision real, we need to work as a company and an industry to continue innovating, improving and hopefully revolutionizing every major genre of games for social play.
Our With Friends franchise is defining social play on mobile where Zynga represents 3 of the top 5 most popular mobile games in terms of time spent in the U.S. according to Nielsen.
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The stock gives you a play on both the growth on online advertising in China, with upside from a hot social networking play.
Young carefully considers the bounds and roles that social media play in the face of traditional media.
This notion is related to how social technologies play a role in facilitating communications across the organization as well.
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Social factors play a crucial role in determining which technologies end up being adopted, and how they are used.
"In closed societies, the sheer value of being able to spread information quickly is going to be the reason why social networks play such a strong role, " Fowler said.
While there are multiple factors to consider, social media can play a critical role in increasing social quotient of the brand by making shopping a shared experience.
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We can expect Google to make more aggressive passes at pure play social media initiatives though.
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The whole Guardian Cross package is governed by an energy system common in free-to-play social games.
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Zynga made social gaming and play a worldwide phenomenon, and we remain the industry leader.
Social divisions also play a role in determining who within a society prefers greater redistributive taxation.
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Its members also act as social mediators and play key roles in festivals and many other occasions.
Videogame developers are taking the model of free-to-play social games supported by a virtual goods these days very seriously.
Especially in these days when social media can play such an important role, being discourteous to job applicants makes virtually no sense.
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Yammer is also a pure-play social platform built from ground up to leverage the converging trends of social, mobile, cloud, and real-time communication.
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Making activity streams work in a social network internal to a company is much easier than getting all the companies on the public social networks to play nicely together.
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Outside of the BBC, Sean is passionate about the role social enterprises can play in the regeneration of Blackpool and improving the aspirations, opportunities and health of young people in his home town.
But although cultural and social differences may play a role in the increase in attacks, defections by Afghan security, sometimes motivated by economic reasons, play a far more significant part in the green-on-blue attacks.
With immigration reform now back on the table after many years of stagnation, social entrepreneurs can play a critical role in making sure storytelling can be an outlet for personal healing and for sound politics.
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As I head to Lotusphere 2011 in Orlando, Florida next week, I intend to pay close attention to the Social Business Industry Symposium looking for where social business will play a role in the organization and in various industries.
The new study, published online in the journal Nature Biotechnology, represents an early example of how social networking could play a role in clinical trials, an area of medical science with strict procedures that many would consider especially difficult to apply in the online world.
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Just two years ago, 56% said they intended to play fewer social games in the subsequent 12 months, while 44% expected to play more.
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But if social networks are starting to play a bigger role in the buying process, why is a social presence missing on most websites?
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But do these oases for nomads actually play the social role of third places?
They are also social so people can play with friends or meet new players in the game.
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Of the survey group, 90% said they intend to play fewer social games in the next 12 months.
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But mobile, free-to-play and social are huge in gaming, and the next PlayStation needs to accommodate those sectors.
With this new social e-commerce play, Sina would also have another way to monetize the Weibo platform besides the plain display advertising.
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