The commitment from Singapore Airlines marks a fresh vote of confidence for the 787 after the aircraft was plagued earlier this year by overheating problems with its lithium-ion batteries, resulting in a four-month grounding of the 50 787-8 jets in world-wide service.

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This will establish a truly meshed optical network, ensuring world-wide coverage at service levels and connectivity options previously unattainable by other satellite platforms.

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Twitter, where users can post comments of 140 characters or less, says more than 200 million people world-wide use the service at least twice a month.

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Today, the Department of Defense has some 2, 700 military dogs in service world-wide and about 600 in war zones.

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Android's rise has also meant Google's revenue-generating Web-search engine, YouTube video service and other apps are preinstalled on 750 million devices made by 60 manufacturers world-wide.

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