Advanced streaming and downloading options let users save storage space, play music when offline, and cut down on mobile data usage.
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When Chatroulette went offline for a week last month, many expected a new version that would clean up the service.
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AIDS. There was also a lot of dangerous curiosity, as players who were offline when the plague began started logging on only in order to find out what was happening, and thus risked the deaths of their characters.
Apple says it does this for smooth playback, and for playback when you're offline.
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You can also download maps and call them up later when you're offline.
That means you're not losing most of the program's functionality when you're offline.
Looking to get the jump on Apple, Google announced new features to Google Maps on Wednesday, including more 3-D images and the ability to use the product even when you're offline.
When we interact with people offline, our physical presence is the key marker of our identity.
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To get around the always-on requirement, some players have tinkered with the game's computer code to trick it into thinking it is connected when it is being played offline.
Designed to be intuitive and easy-to-use, a key feature of the app allows subscribers both to stream and download shows for offline viewing for when Wi-Fi or 3G connectivity is unavailable.
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Second, nuclear reactors can only be run above maximum capacity for a short period before they begin experiencing complications, so each region maintains backup facilities to burn fuel oil or natural gas at peak periods or for when the nuclear reactors are offline.
All that juice comes at the price of redundant network links, though -- which means the whole thing got taken offline last night when a homeless man threw a cigarette onto a mattress under Boston's Longfellow Bridge, starting a blaze that eventually melted the fiber-optic link between Boston and New York.
If and when the promised power is taken offline, Enernoc gets paid again, at a market rate per kilowatt-hour, sharing that with clients, too.
Companies must have an organized plan in place so they can react quickly when this happens, both online and offline.
Historically, January is the month when tour operators, both online and offline, run the greatest number of deeply discounted holiday packages, where flights are sold along with hotels.
It went offline again to avoid the attack and when it re-started, bitcoins continued to fall in value.
Even though you increase single-computer power usage when consolidating, net power decreases as you take other systems offline.
Android users will be able to take maps offline from more than 100 countries and access them when they're out of Wi-Fi range or on the subway, for example.
And if you're going to save money by taking services online, that will mean ending some "offline" services - so prepare for the backlash when taxpayers are told they can no longer file their returns via the post, or get a road tax disc at the Post Office.
Last year, when a Web site launched by infamous hacker group LulzSec was knocked offline by a massive DDoS attack it turned to CloudFlare, a 30-person San Franicisco start-up for protection.
Eventually we either grow the economy to utilize that capacity or it will be taken offline through bankruptcy, a reduction in capacity (as when businesses lay off employees), or businesses simply exiting their industries.
Good news is you can see for yourself by applying to the limited beta -- 10, 000 lucky folks will be granted entry ahead of the early January public launch (the beta application process appears to be offline thus far, but we'll let you know when it's live).
Unlike traditional offline games, the online world allows the industry to earn revenue even when people play the same game repeatedly.
When Hurricane Sandy flooded massive data centers in New York, knocking the Huffington Post, Gawker and BuzzFeed offline, all three gravitated to Tumblr as their temporary publishing platform.
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