Social will lag the growth of the other channels, but only because social programs tend to be less costly.
Social will be an option for those who make use of it, and will likely open the door for an increased use of the PS4 as an eSports device.
Eventually the winners in social will start to rise.
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Social will provide the next underpinning for the web.
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Social will be an essential component of the internet, wherever the Internet goes and, as we are about to explain, the Internet is going to a great many places most of us never pictured before.
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"SimCity Social will entice a new generation of urban planners with its easy-to-use tools that allow anyone to expand and grow their own unique sprawling metropolises and watch as it comes to life in fun and unexpected ways, " said Jami Laes, Vice President of Global Studios for Playfish.
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He also believes how they will take advantage of social networks will be key.
The economy will boom, and Social Security will take care of itself.
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And by 2032, the trust fund will be exhausted, and Social Security will be unable to pay out the full benefits older Americans have been promised.
Or perhaps it is simply the hope that the plot will improve, that some redeeming social value will become apparent.
Now, Social Key will unite the best context from social networks with the business framework of traditional data, enabling enterprises to build even stronger relationships with customers and close more deals, faster.
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Those social entrepreneurs will be looking for people who already demonstrate social consciousness through volunteer work.
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The companies that thrive and win as social enterprises will be those that do the most with their social connections.
The Department of Social Security will also be able to exchange information with overseas social security departments to combat international fraud rings.
It will be interesting to see how this level of social engagement will influence the number of transactions and the revenue that companies like Spotify will achieve in 2013.
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New initiatives that will help cohesion of family, community and collective social units will be integral in enabling those unable to find a life-partner to cope and have other life-meanings to pursue.
Down the road, aging baby boomers will steadily drain the surplus in the current fund, and Social Security will need some help to stay afloat.
Isolated pockets of applying social collaboration will not only limit scope but can severely limit the impact of social business.
At Niko we believe that client-based MMOGs will continue to generate the majority of revenue in China but webgames and social games will comprise an increasing market share.
Oh and thanks because this will make a great blog posting showing our point on how Alive and Well Social Media will be in the future.
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While some may scoff at the notion that increasing revenue should always be the top priority, many will see the forest through the trees and realize that better customer engagement via social media will lead to increased revenue when done correctly of course.
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But the -- one of the things that they bring up -- and I heard this same argument in 1965 -- that with providing Medicare -- at this point, we may not be concerned with this at our ages but our children may be -- that we will soon, with the program the way it is, that Medicare and Social Security will soon run out of money.
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The merits of the Stockholm reforms will be a key issue in Sweden's general election campaign in the autumn: the Social Democrats will accuse the Moderates (as Britain's Labour habitually accuses the Conservatives) of intending to dismantle public health-care.
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But, in the meantime, microfinance projects that rely on social cohesion will struggle to succeed.
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The government's commitment to reform social care will require greater investment, ministers have been told.
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