The big question though is, well, how do you make such a service profitable?
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Another important facet of the story is the potential demand for such a service.
Offering such a service, or not offering it, could enable airlines to differentiate themselves on particular routes.
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They're apparently the first company to offer such a service in North America.
Such a service could even help with recruiting, a particularly lucrative market.
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Such a service will probably prove increasingly sought after and popular given the upswing among older Americans in volunteering.
NC4 Corporation, a ten-year old company that has turned security into a profit center by providing such a service.
The Obama administration decided in 2011 that contraception counted as such a service, citing the health benefits of planned pregnancies for women.
The challenges in offering such a service are less technical than administrative.
Now, the entrepreneur may truly believe that he can deliver such a service and make billions of dollars for investors while doing so.
Google is not the only company offering such a service and has come late to a market pioneered by a company called Overture.
My friend disagreed arguing that the demand for such a service would be low as corporations usually had that sort of thing under control.
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Such a service would go a long way in eliminating infection spread within aircraft. iReport.com: Have swine flu fears altered your travel plans?
On the other hand, those who would ordinarily be the most aggressive adopters of such a service are more likely to become Netflix subscribers.
Perhaps you should start a company to provide such a service?
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Such a service would appeal to the many phone users who prefer to text rather than exchange emails as well as people with less sophisticated cellphones.
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Such a service has been announced by Nokia in the United Kingdom, where subscribers can get a year of unlimited access to the Nokia Music Store catalogue.
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It is unclear when Apple might launch such a service, but most of the technical work has been complete for months, according to people familiar with the matter.
Especially for such a service that embodies and champions flexibility.
Moore thought the Internet could streamline the process so he started asking companies like Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS), where he was interviewing, how they would like such a service.
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But believe me, if such a service was actually causing people to cancel their TV service, the companies who own the lines that the service ran over would do whatever it could to preserve its revenue stream.
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Almost half (49%) said there should be a fee for helping islanders get access to buildings or vehicles after they had locked themselves out, while a further 16% said such a service should not be offered at all.
According to Bloomberg, Intel is getting close to offering such a service and is reportedly closing in on deals with Time Warner, Viacom and NBC that would allow them to offer both live and on-demand content over the internet.
Google faced a similar battle when its founders made the tough decision to layer an agnostic search service with paid ads, and balancing such a service for a consumer market has remained an algorithmic challenge for Google ever since.
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Good move as I see that such a simple service that can be completed in such a short period of time is ideal for mobile.
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Look for a reliable source of assistance, such as a service provided through a credit union or other financial institution, the military, or a university.
Some MobileMe features, such as a service that locates lost or stolen iPads and iPhones, already are free.
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