Customers who have a computer with a Web browser can listen to their music.
The web is different because most of the code that runs public facing websites can be viewed by anyone with a web browser.
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Market research firm The Yankee Group predicts that 30 percent of all cell phones sold in the U.S. this year will be equipped with a Web browser.
Instead of purchasing e-books through a single online store to read only on compatible software (i.e. books bought from the Kindle Store can only be read on Kindle apps), Google lets consumers buy books either from its store or any other online vendor that sells books in EPUB and PDF formats, and read them on any device with a web browser.
By simply visiting the Parents Portal on MEEPTablet.com from any device with a web browser (computer, smart phone, tablet), parents can not only hand-pick ("whitelist") which websites or keywords their kids have or don't have access to, but they can add words to the tablet's built-in "bad word" list so their child will not be able to search for those words or use them in the chat feature.
Yahoo's hoping to hit the proverbial two birds tonight with Axis, which combines a desktop web browser extension (your choice of Chrome, Firefox or Safari) with a mobile app on the iPad and iPhone.
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With presentation software and a Web browser, Apple is stepping tenuously on more of Microsoft's toes.
"It was the first phone with a really good mobile Web browser, and we saw five times the average usage of things like Google Maps and YouTube" compared with online habits, says Vic Gundotra, Google's head of mobile developer relations.
My biggest problem was with the Web browser, a mobile version of Internet Explorer.
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The BDT220 features built-in Wi-Fi, 2D-3D conversion, a web browser with pointer cursor, and Panasonic's proprietary IPTV platform, VIERA Connect.
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Most significantly, the new version brings a web browser with HTML5 support.
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The Smart VIERA ZT60, VT60, ST60 Series models also include a web browser with built-in Wireless LAN and the VT60 will also feature Panasonic's first-ever built-in camera to enhance the home entertainment experience.
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The 3D-capable Blu-ray models also feature a Web Browser with pointer cursor for easy maneuvering, while all models in the 2013 lineup also feature external HDD Playback and personalized menu options on the Blu-ray lineup.
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One deal that has been rumoured for months is a takeover of UC Web, a Chinese mobile browser operator with 400 million users worldwide.
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This allows all posts - whether they are friends' updates or adverts - to take up a bigger proportion of the web browser with more prominence given to images and video rather than text describing a link.
With a flick, it opens up the entire Web page in a Safari browser.
The widgets work with cookies that Facebook places in a Web browser when a user creates an account or logs in to its site.
Users are simply too familiar with this Web search pattern on a desktop browser to be ready for radical changes in the product for mobile.
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All three large screen series (6-, 7-, 8-Series) in the 2013 AQUOS lineup will be smart, with a dual-core processor, Web browser and built-in Wi-Fi.
Natrium 42's homebrew kit is an open robot platform that lets you control your RoboDS (pictured right) with an NDS WiFi connection through a web browser interface.
When you purchase an iPhone for example, the unit comes with a Google Maps feature, built-in utilities, a standard Web browser, a stock tracker, a weather app, etc.
It can be immersed for up to 30 minutes in up to one meter of water and comes with essential apps including, email, a web browser and navigation.
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DocuSign, a firm in Seattle founded in 2003, thinks it has now cracked this nut with a new (and patented) process that requires no software except a normal web browser.
The XO comes with a word processor, PDF viewer, Firefox web browser, media player, drawing tools plus the usual set of utilities.
Jackson ruled Microsoft had engaged in illegal conduct by tying its Windows operating system--in which it had a clear monopoly--with its Explorer Web browser.
"Firefox is holding its own in the face of increased competition, with hundreds of millions of users worldwide choosing a web browser that answers only to them, " a Mozilla spokeswoman said in a statement.
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Any customer with a Kindle Fire, Android device, iPhone, iPod touch, or any web browser - and soon, a Roku streaming player or Sonos home entertainment system - can play their music anywhere.
The industry giants certainly know about and have products in this field, from Siemens to Honeywell, the latter notably with a 2005 acquisition of Tridium for its software that integrates diverse building systems and devices using a Web browser.
Worse, some airports insist on placing a "frame" around your Web browser window with airport-related ads, limiting valuable screen real estate.
The importance of the Web browser is that, combined with Java, a software language which can run on any platform and which was developed by another of Microsoft's rivals, Sun Microsystems, it may become a rival to the Windows operating system.
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