To improve technology access, Microsoft also announced the deployment of a pilot project with the Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communications and Kenyan Internet service provider Indigo Telecom Ltd. to deliver low-cost, high-speed, wireless broadband and create new opportunities for commerce, education, healthcare and delivery of government services across Kenya.
The new system uses sleeker, easier technology to access and share information, and in theory, get details to the appropriate responder faster.
Apple is also working on its own TV that relies on wireless-streaming technology to access shows, movies and other content, according to people briefed on the project.
Today's announcement extends Microsoft's global Shape the Future program, which has provided technology and access to over 10 million students around the world over the past five years.
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Existing viewing features of the DISH Anywhere mobile app include the ability to watch live TV channels in a user's programming package via Sling technology, access their personal DVR and view up to eight days of network programming via PrimeTime Anytime.
In some areas such as North Africa and the Middle East, more women than men are enrolled in tertiary education, but women have yet to catch up in political representation, technology, access to capital and management skills, to name but a few examples.
In previous years, this has been about getting access to technology in return for Chinese market access.
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We work closely with governments, policy makers, education leaders and many partners, including Intel, Dell, UNESCO and British Council, to transform teaching practices and education quality, deploy technology into more schools and get access to technology in the hands of more children around the world, including those in poverty-stricken communities.
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In exchange for Japanese access to F-16 technology, the U.S. government and industry will have access to valuable Japanese technology that would otherwise be unavailable.
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Iridian uses a 512-byte code to verify the identity of anyone seeking access to restricted areas and its technology has never allowed access to an unauthorized person, according to the company.
And we pledge to increase access to technology -- because in this digital century, access to information is a right that is universal.
Industry research overwhelmingly demonstrates that Wi-Fi is now the preferred free-access technology for mobile devices when on-the-go.
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In terms of cellular access technology, U.S. carriers can be divided into two basic camps: CDMA and GSM.
The SnapStore is a marketplace for Snaps, programs based on SnapLogic technology that provide access to data sources.
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As well as Spotify, the technology also includes access to thousands of radio stations from all over the world.
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Stanley Ng, an accountant at Marvell Technology, had access to financial (earnings) information while he worked for the high tech company.
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It also controlled the encryption and access technology in its set-top boxes.
Christoph Winkelmann of Swatch says the Access technology is making a big comeback in this year's product line, as the company targets new applications.
But for this to be a success the small producers will need low cost credit to modernise technology, and access to large, safe working environments.
The company's press release says the 3G network is the first widely available service in the world to use High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology.
Mr Davies said when completed the new library would have an "excellent collection of books, electronic resources", information technology, WiFI access and learning and meeting rooms.
These new sources can be within the current fields (think fracking in oil), as yet undiscovered fields (the Arctic), or previously known fields where technology now enables access (deep-sea extraction).
Sprint uses code division multiple access technology, or CDMA, in its cellular networks, while Nextel uses Motorola 's (nyse: MOT - news - people ) iDEN hardware.
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In June, skobbler announced the beta release of GeOS, a new access technology platform that allows app developers and web service providers easy, yet powerful implementation of OpenStreetMap data into their products.
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Due to its strong patent position, it also collects fees from 195 licensees, spanning most of the cell-phone industry for code-division, multiple-access technology, which is the standard communications technology in cellular networks.
And that means competition is going to be much more fierce and the winners of this competition will be the countries that have the most educated workers, a serious commitment to research and technology, and access to quality infrastructure like roads and airports and high-speed rail and high-speed Internet.
The increasing sophistication of filters that can send brand-love messages exactly to that special consumer-someone in the mood for a little emotional bonding promised a land of sales on the other side, with technology enabling advertisers access to ever-more sophisticated profiles built from searches and social pages, selling this to brands as a way in.
"It is clear that technology to allow for scholarship access to large data sets is lagging behind technology for creating and distributing such data, " library executives wrote last week in a government white paper updating their progress.
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