Apple acquired several companies to construct its mapping technology, as well as using information from third parties, such as navigation system maker Tom Tom NV, before it was ready to boot Google Maps.
For example, it is unlikely that a start-up will succeed in taking on Wal-Mart (WMT) directly in the retailing business with an everyday low price strategy nor will a start-up office operating system maker make much headway against Microsoft (MSFT).
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Nihon Leisure Card System is a maker of prepaid pachinko card systems in which Mitsubishi is the largest shareholder.
In December, the company sold a system to electric truck maker Balgon to be used with its trucks in the Port of Los Angeles, which mandates that on-site equipment be electric powered.
Because people inside companies are accessing their data from so many different devices, Box has focused on building a Web-based system that is agnostic and not tied to any one operating system or device-maker.
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"So instead of building a phone, which seems like a desperate move, Facebook should partner with every operating system and carrier and hardware maker it can to try to embed this social platform within every mobile platform, " Blodget said.
Boeing did some of the safety testing on the 787 battery system, but much of the testing was done by a subcontractor, Thales of France, which made the 787's electrical system, and by battery maker GS Yuasa of Japan, according to a previously released NTSB report.
ProBugs, a yogurtlike beverage for kids, is tasty, fun and good for a child's digestive system, if claims from its maker, Lifeway Foods, near Chicago, are to be believed.
Mera has invested money in causes dear to her heart: a marine fish farming group, a company that looks for cancer treatments in products from the ocean, and a maker of a fingerprinting system for newborns.
The investigation has now shifted from the battery maker to the manufacturer of the system that monitors the battery's voltage and temperature, Ishii said.
The maker of the ubiquitous Windows operating system tried to put a positive spin on the announcement, including a hiring pitch in its press release.
Hewlett-Packard is said to have killed the Slate, which was to be based on Microsoft's Windows, and is now reportedly working on a tablet using an operating system from Palm, the smart-phone maker that HP recently bought.
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ISE's system eliminates the fees that a market-maker would charge and doesn't place size limits on trade blocks, making it appealing to the growing number of hedge funds and proprietary trading desks that use computer algorithms to send orders through an exchange.
This month Cohen will add the City of Boston, which is launching a 600-bike system (sponsored in part by athletic-shoe maker New Balance).
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Office furniture maker Steelcase asked RWD to design a system that could help even computer-illiterate salesmen configure and price a suite of office furniture using a laptop.
The secretive Apple chief executive, who is known to have spent some of his early days hacking the phone system, took a jab at rival smart-phone maker Research In Motion as Apple unveiled new business-friendly features for the iPhone on Thursday.
Michael Cross, who heads up emissions solutions at diesel engine maker Cummins, says they will need help from an exhaust treatment system.
It is a software maker largely known for function, but has also built a gaming system ideal as a TV streaming device.
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That video focus has increasingly shifted to include consumers: Last year the company acquired cheap camcorder Flip maker PureDigital, and plans to release a TV-based videoconferencing system sometime later this year.
Japanese and U.S. investigators looking into the Boeing 787's battery problems shifted their attention this week from the battery-maker, GS Yuasa of Kyoto, Japan, to the manufacturer of a monitoring system.
The Swedish arms maker's stall at the Singapore Airshow has a full size simulator of their anti-aircraft defense system, the prosaically named RBS70 NG.
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