He said the new technology allows them to get updates more quickly.

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For now, the company will not be working with Google on search functions, Zuckerberg said, adding that Google is not able to process Facebook updates as quickly as Facebook users might like.

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Give that same sales person a smartphone for opportunity tracking, and updates will happen much more quickly.

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Totzke advises all smartphone users to enable a password, quickly download security updates from their phones operator system and carefully consider the source of any applications they download.

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Apple says constant fetching of hundreds of social-networking updates in the background would kill the battery too quickly.

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Updates on such things as changes to contracts come more quickly via Twitter although they are also posted on agency websites, as required by law.

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According to Adobe, the move was made to allow updates and new features to be passed to users are quickly as possible, rather than having to wait for a major release.

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Email alerts about status updates and notifications often contain a link that lets a user of the social network respond quickly by clicking it to log in in to their account.

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But he quickly brought Twitter to a momentary crash, while RIPs for him filled up Facebook status updates.

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The infantry is using smartphones to text message updates about their surroundings, send pictures with an attached GPS location, pull up maps, and quickly fill out regular reports.

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