This said, it does go to show what a powerful tool Kickstarter is, for better or worse.
Don't get me wrong, the iOS version is pretty good and the desktop clients are undeniably awesome, but the widget is what makes this a killer tool for capturing info.
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Sentiment analysis is a commonly used tool for measuring what people are saying about a particular company or brand, but it has issues.
Similar to a child who threatens to hold its breath until it gets what it wants, Quebec has found the threat of separation to be a wonderful tool to extract what it wants from the federal government.
But what happens when a social networking tool and a gaming convention get together?
Perhaps they intend to show the Chinese people what a wonderful communication and research tool the internet can be by using it themselves?
In the view of Americans concerned with privacy the Republicans have been unenthusiastic about restricting what is seen as a legitimate tool of business.
And of what use would a digital communication tool be in a town where ninety-eight per cent of the black community could be reached every Sunday morning at church?
This case could be hugely important, because it puts what was until now a research tool to use helping sick people directly into the middle of a medical success story.
Some of the topics discussed in the meeting were conflict transformation and intercultural dialogue studies in the Arab region, in what way is education a major tool for peace building and the international perspective on the integration of conflict transformation into the academic curriculum.
Dr Ward and Dr Kellis have thus created a powerful tool for investigating in detail just what it is that makes a human being human.
In the non-profit sector especially, knowing what one is getting out of a tool, tactic or strategy can be especially complex.
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The goal of this model is to give leaders and managers a tool to do what many people find very difficult: the ability to give developmental feedback both positively or negatively.
Blog Frog is precisely what it sounds like: a connective tool to link blogs and their communities, allowing users to jump from one to another to explore their interests and discover new sites.
In the face of airline consolidation and declining service, including the cancellation of routes at short notice and interrupted schedules, business aviation is now being seen for what it truly is: a significant tool for growth.
Stimpmeters languished until the 1970s, when turf-maintenance techniques began to push the limit of what grasses could tolerate and superintendents needed a tool to better monitor greens and to help keep them consistent across a course.
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Ron says what they came up with was "a working tool for drivers, with a whole series of aspects which made their working day more useful and effective".
What is new is a remarkably straight-forward sharing tool that creates a unique, private URL for any file or folder.
What can be done to make insurance a better policy tool and to avoid adverse side effects of the well-intentioned programs already in place?
Being mindful of what you are eating is a really powerful behavior change tool, but simplifying the ways people keep track of their intake is complicated.
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Heads of Nominating and Governance, lead directors and CEOs would have a much needed tool to finally do what needs to be done to improve board performance.
More importantly, however, they are a key tool in helping to understand what is going on within countries, why progress is rapid in some and slow or non-existent in others.
Most bulk mail programs used to manage mailing lists, promotions and other forms of electronic marketing have a test tool that will work out what chance the messages have of getting through industry-standard spam filters.
The newer crop of services aren't making the same type of claims as Startup Predictor, an automated tool that once promised to predict what a start-up's valuation would be at the end of three years.
"They can sit and review what happened in that incident and use it as a learning tool, " said Muth.
And what more could we make of social media as a predictive tool?
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What makes the business unique, Winebaum says, is a tool that lets price-sensitive users compare the rates that member dentists in their area charge for common procedures.
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Balsamiq, a self-funded and profitable Italian start up says their manifesto is what they live by in order to create a new wireframing tool is easy to use, affordable and gets the job done.
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