Meanwhile, Comcast said it was launching a test of use-based pricing in unspecified markets.
Sqwid makes it possible for business managers to monitor Facebook, Twitter, and Yelp in an easy-to-use web-based interface.
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One popular real-estate strategy, according to Anthony D'Andrea, UBS's head of securities-based lending: Use a stock-based loan to make an all cash bid for a property, then refinance into a traditional mortgage once the deal is closed.
The OEM business is expected to remain strong for the rest of the year, driven by new product cycles from manufacturers of smartphones, tablets, e-book readers and other mobile Internet devices that use flash-based storage solutions.
It's a shame that a society that can produce franchises like Jiffy Lube and Krispy Kreme, or big-box retailers like Wal-Mart and Home Depot, continues to have doctors' offices which still use paper-based medical records.
Faculty at the University of Georgia have invented an easy-to-use, GPS-based technology that allows farmers to more accurately target irrigation needs, reducing water consumption by an average of 15 percent.
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For example, employers might use lottery-based approaches to persuade workers to get their annual flu shots.
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Use alcohol-based hand sanitizers as an alternative to hand washing when soap and water aren't available.
Nearly two out of three businesses have no plans to use cloud-based productivity suites.
He therefore wondered if he could use EEG-based control to operate a set of mechanical legs.
They can also be caused or aggravated by long-term use of oil-based creams or cosmetics.
Most of the companies that use India-based workers to provide back-office and IT chores are, well, based in India.
The FDA warned consumers not to use zinc-based cold remedies in 2009.
Many products also use petroleum-based raw material inputs somewhere in the suppl chain.
Because evaluators at consulting firms often use case-based business questions, they link the hiring process more closely to skills.
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It confirms the need to use evidence-based knowledge to expand our research and prevention efforts, in particular, to underserved populations.
Because that means we will use Internet-based information for many more purposes, which will have a bigger role in society.
The project will use supercomputer-based models and simulations to reconstruct a virtual human brain to develop new treatments for neurological conditions.
Schlesinger thinks banks will have to use cloud-based systems providing applications as a service because just adding cores is growing too expensive.
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According to the NETendances 2010 survey conducted by CEFRIO, 2.9 million Quebecers use Web-based social networks, 1.4 million on a daily basis.
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To determine whether a deposit has enough of a mineral to merit mining, companies use air-based geological mapping and drill for core samples.
If schools are going to monitor public streams, they might be wise to use word-based alert systems to flag particular posts rather than having administrators looking at ever single public tweet.
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NGOs such as Effectius, a global justice nonprofit based out of Brussels and Berlin, and MoveOn.org, one of the largest Political Action Committees in the country, both use home-based models.
Finally, the report concluded that clients between the ages of 40 and 64 have the highest propensity to use fee-based accounts, and less experienced advisors tended to be more enthusiastic about fee-based accounts.
We live in time that has moved well beyond competency driven models, yet organizations still primarily use competency-based interviews, competency-based development, competency-based performance reviews, and competency-based rewards as their framework for doing business.
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If you run IT, use cloud-based solutions.
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One relatively recent survey of 550 startups from BestVendor found a majority use cloud-based resources: QuickBooks (71%) for accounting, Google Analytics (70%) for BI, Salesforce.com (59%) for customer relationship management, and Dropbox (39%) for storage and backup.
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Linaro's outputs will accelerate the abundance of new consumer products that use Linux-based distributions such as Android, LiMo, MeeGo, Ubuntu and webOS in conjunction with advanced semiconductor SoCs to provide the new features consumers desire at the lowest possible power consumption.
Others go further and use target-based crowd-funding websites such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo to launch fundraising campaigns that offer donor rewards, which can range from something as simple as a thank-you postcard to copies of creative products such as books or documentaries.
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