Even if we do, innovators can often replicate software functionality by designing hardware to incorporate the functionality directly.
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There's a slick guide to help you navigate but, most importantly, the slimmed down software sports DVR functionality.
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Word and the other Office programs can access an Office Store, which carries apps you can buy or get for free to extend the software's functionality.
It was cumbersome and not as elegant or efficient as the operating systems coming out of the traditional information technology sector, which had the experience of designing software for this functionality.
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Users are willing to sacrifice traditional Web functionality and software customization in exchange for a mobile device's ease of use, barebones presentation of relevant information and speed.
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Pratap says the company will continue to add features and functionality to the software.
Representatives for the UnCarrier first revealed to us back in January that a software update would enable LTE functionality, which is a position that it's maintained up through last week.
This is classic disruptive innovation where low end, good enough software and systems eat away at the functionality of existing high end scale-up architectures.
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Now, they just need the software to enable its self-balancing functionality.
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The software provides basically the same sort of functionality as the goods from ENXSuite or Hara, both of which appear to be going through a difficult time.
Also note that Apple is adding more functionality to Siri in which the software delivers real-world answers to questions that previously might have been answered via Web search.
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Software tools, sold on a subscription basis to developers looking to add more intelligence and functionality to a growing range of products, are an increasingly important part of its embedded-software business.
The keys are fully customizable with the Razer Synapse software, and you are able to tweak their functionality with whatever skills, keyboard commands or macros you care to assign for your favorite MMO.
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Lucky for us the CE companies are on to them, and are fighting to get bi-directional functionality and the ability to deploy their own software.
For devices that also include optical disc playback functionality, which will be enabled by independent software vendor (ISV) applications installed on devices running Windows 8, OEMs will be required to pay a higher per-unit rate.
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The company has yet to announce if the functionality will be available for those who purchased a software license versus those who subscribed to the Creative Cloud service.
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What has worked is focusing on the functionality of the service rather than the beauty of the software, Li shared.
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The traditional IT model requires system engineering that binds most software to the hardware and does not provide an enterprise suite of functionality or allow for increased flexibility and a governed lifecycle of services.
That functionality also comes in handy with the company's SimplyShare software, which lets you stream music and video content to other devices.
And you could argue that Google Drive offers the same functionality and storage space, albeit tied tightly to their document editing software.
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Hardware for a digital answering machine is also built in, although that functionality won't be available until later this summer via a software upgrade, available over the Internet.
For commoditized applications that require very little care and maintenance, and offer little business value beyond their basic functionality, the cheapest way to consume these applications is as a Software as a Service (SaaS), which of course can run in the cloud.
First, it has removed the physical impediment and refactored it with a combination of software and hardware that replicates the effect of the physical object at a higher level of functionality.
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The major CRM software vendors could then re-direct their efforts from building their own inferior Social CRM functionality inside of older architecture and instead apply their resources to updating and expanding their applications so that they can be used to capture all that social media data.
Jive Software, IBM Connections, Yammer and other social business suites offer APIs and frameworks for embedding its functionality or putting a collaborative chrome around other applications.
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The updates will introduce a wide range of functionality, such as Virtual Console capabilities and shortening the time it takes users to launch software or return to the menu screen.
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The functionality for receiving AmazonLocal deals on Kindle with Special Offers will be delivered as part of a software update for latest generation Kindles in the coming weeks.
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While the hardware was no longer your problem, setting up the software on a web server still involves a number of tedious steps that have little to do with the functionality of your website.
Today, thousands of designers, makers, hobbyists and engineers have adopted BeagleBone for its one-of-a-kind functionality as a credit-card-sized Linux computer that connects with the Internet and runs software such as Android 4.0 and Ubuntu.
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Equally important, software developers can engage with Android, or an Android-based system, to build new applications to add functionality.
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