First, is the slowing user growth in the U.S. indicative of slowing user growth globally?
On its face, the slowing U.S. user growth does not look good.
To compensate every user in the U.S. would be overly burdensome, writes Infante.
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Members using the Wii U GamePad controller benefit from an improved user experience, including the ability to view video content on both the TV and GamePad, or access details of films or TV shows (such as casting or episode lists) when browsing the LOVEFiLM Instant library.
State Farm, the biggest U.S. auto insurer, offers user-based auto plans in four technology formats.
In 2009, Google began disclosing the volume of requests for user data it received from the U.S. government.
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The U.S. military is the most extensive user of privatized military services in the world.
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To what degree the French ruling will apply to Google and Dailymotion's operations isn't clear: User-generated video sites in the U.S. are protected by the "safe harbor" provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1999.
The current user base, including those located in the U.S., tends to be heavily dominated by soccer fans.
Most of this revenue is generated by in-game spending on virtual goods, an area which is just beginning to take off in the U.S. Online gaming is all about owning the user experience, and traditional display advertising is viewed as something which takes away from the game experience.
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"It's a shame we can't see the U.S. presidential debates broadcast live, " said another user.
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But in coming years, these services probably will become more user-friendly for typical non-tech-savvy U.S. consumers.
In an attempt to draw bookings from third-party distributors, U.S. airlines have been revamping their websites with more user-friendly interfaces and adding additional features like luggage pick-up, specialty snacks (at a price) and choices beyond the traditional seating options.
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Although the growth of IT jobs in the United States is slow, the growth picture is better outside the U.S. The overall number of IT positions in end-user organizations globally will grow at a 4.3% compound annual growth rate between 2011 and 2015 and reach 29.3 million in 2015, according to IDC.
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Unlike in the U.S., in China online video monetizes roughly the same on user-generated videos and premium licensed videos, Wang says.
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One measure is provided by Google, which reports that the U.S. government agencies make close to 1, 000 requests for user information every month.
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The app has since launched for both iOS and Android in the U.S., UK and Canada, receiving high critical acclaim, outstanding user reviews, and generating huge demand for the productivity app across the globe.
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Toward the end of the two days, one Samsung executive joked that perhaps once Samsung obtains government approval for its new devices, the NSA could get U.S. President Barack Obama, well known as a BlackBerry and iPad user, to take up a Samsung device.
Most recently, critics, including some federal regulators and U.S. Congress members, objected to a revamped Google privacy policy that pulls user-activity data from the company's multiple products together to create a single user profile.
Despite having posted user growth of 300% and 132% in Brazil and India respectively last year, the U.S. accounts for over 50% of revenue.
In August this year, the company secured a U.S. patent, dubbed by the company as the "Zen Patent, " for a user interface for MP3 players.
And 65% of its users are outside the U.S. As a measure of how much its users like the product Rockmelt says the average user spends 6.5 hours per day using the product.
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