Already, Chrome OS has some of the same features as Android, such as a touch interface on its latest high-end notebook, the Chromebook Pixel.
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As the name implies, it's all based around pressure: a light touch performs the usual commands, while squishing the thumb's wider surface area against the screen allows the equivalent of a multi-touch gesture, such as a pinch to zoom.
And Mr. Muse takes similar care to stage the scenes involving the chorus of plebeians in such a way as to give each one a welcome touch of individuality.
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Shifting call-centres to cheap-labour countries such as India seems to touch a particularly raw nerve.
Counties also would be able to use more advanced technologies -- such as systems in which voters touch a computer screen to make their choices -- once such technologies are certified by the state, which could happen within a few months.
These included games such as Scrabble and "Touch Hockey, " a database app, news services and more.
This device will offer smartphone-like features such as apps and touch control yet still create a TV-like experience.
Bible-centered churches, especially those with a leavening therapeutic touch, such as Saddleback and Willow Creek in suburban Chicago, are the country's fastest growing.
It is clear that the web will work best as one more touch point for existing retailers, such as Wal-Mart, rather than as a pure play, such as Buy.com.
Their vibe is masculine with a gray-and-brown palette and a surfeit of technology, such as the maddening touch-screen panel meant to control the suite's three TVs (one in the bathroom mirror), DVD player, radio, iPod dock, temperature, drapes, lights, and many other things I never got the hang of.
Tops among the eight announcements the company will make about its Marketing Cloud, which is what it calls its online collection of five major ad and marketing products such as social, analytics, and targeting, is a new touch-enabled user interface.
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Mr Houellebecq's unflattering vision of a contemporary France with a disaffected far-right and out-of-touch elites is shared by other young writers such as Virginie Despentes and Vincent Ravalec, who also employ a direct, corrosive style.
The reception shares space with the cafe-restaurant, serving coffee and homemade cakes all day, then stepping things up at night when traditional Icelandic ingredients such as lamb, langoustine, reindeer and fish come with a polished contemporary touch.
Arthur Zang, a 24 year-old Cameroonian engineer, has invented the Cardiopad, a touch screen medical tablet that enables heart examinations such as the electrocardiogram (ECG) to be performed at remote, rural locations while the results of the test are transferred wirelessly to specialists who can interpret them.
As a filmmaker working on a large canvas in a quasidocumentary style, Mr. Affleck rises to one challenge after another with a sure touch. (And with the help of such collaborators as the cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, the production designer Sharon Seymour, the editor William Goldenberg, and Alexandre Desplat, who did the original score.) Tony's crash program to teach his six frightened charges their assigned roles feels convincing and fresh.
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But Nokia stuck with Symbian OS, adding in new elements such as touch screen operation and (slightly) improved media handling, rather than make a switch to one of their in-house alternatives that were under development.
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New functions include live streaming over the Internet via services such as USTREAM, and One-Touch Auto Back-up instantly wirelessly transfers recorded video to a PC at the touch of a button.
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Connect or disconnect the power cable has been attention to detail such as the touch pad of the same ratio as the screen, operability magnet power jack, a simple three-point multi-touch enabled.
On a more personal note, promotions such as sending promotional gifts, birthday cards, or staying in touch over the holidays with business Christmas cards are additional ways to express appreciation and potentially increase customer retention.
We also recently launched the Latitude ST, a 10-inch Windows 7-based touch-screen tablet designed for vertical markets such as education, finance and healthcare in November of this year.
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It also provides maps and turn-by-turn directions and identifies other points of interest, such as hotels, restaurants and attractions, with the ability to call for lodging reservations at the touch of a button.
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Even the skeletonized movement with 648 components has been given a modern touch by pairing old-world finishing techniques, including beveling, with contemporary treatments such as sandblasting.
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Some are simple in their approach, such as the MotionCAPTCHA project that requires tracing a pattern with the mouse pointer or Capy, a service in beta for touch-based devices.
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The study uncovered lots of popular favours, such as putting an analyst in touch with executives at other firms, giving him career advice, recommending him for a job or offering to meet his clients.
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Yes, touch computing has been around for a little while now, and while that benefits companies such as Synaptics (SYNA), Silicon Labs (SLAB) and Cypress Semiconductor (CY), its some of the newer ones that caught my fancy.
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