Rather, it was a developer-oriented event to unveil an iPhone application development tool and the App Store.

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Essentially, the tool allows you to store messages and photos off-site but still use the network to share them.

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To get you started, ActiveShare offers a free desktop and Internet tool set used to store and share digital images.

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The web tool promises to download and store all of your social media content and provide meaningful analytics and discovery tools.

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The remote access tool, which has been widely available on the Play Store for ages, has finally received an update that makes it even more useful.

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The iPod and the iTunes Store began to change the computer from a tool into something personal, something that we became attached to because it reflected who we were, or wanted to be.

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Since the ARCHOS GamePad is effectively a portable gaming device and tablet hybrid, the company created a patented game recognition and mapping tool so that any game available on the Google Play store can be played using the GamePad.

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The number that pops out, however, is that shoppers who use smartphones as a tool during their showrooming experience are 14% more likely to make a purchase in the store than those who do not use a smartphone.

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The smartphone becomes the tool by which retailers can directly engage and influence purchase decisions while the customer is in the store and just before they make a purchase decision.

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