The incident, of course, also shows that while many people have become dependent on Web-based services like Gmail, many alternative forms of communication have cropped up that work in parallel.

这次故障当然也说明了一个问题，当很多人都已经对以网络为基础的服务 例如Gmail，产生高度依赖性的时候，许多沟通方式都同时突然出现了。

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Many movie business confront the question how to use uniform communication base equipment to synthesize many operations.

许多运营商面临如何利用一个统一的通信基础设施，综合许多业务的问题。

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Through my communication with different people, I got to know that many people and many firms need the media to help have their needs met.

通过与人们的沟通，我知道很多人很多企业需要媒体来帮助自己完成他们的需求。

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In each case, questions were raised about nursing standards because many of the basic failings - communication, nutrition, pain relief and assistance going to the toilet - fell under their remit.

BBC: Nursing standards: PM aims to tackle 'care problem'

Put the two facts together, and the result is that many companies accept e-mail as an almost exclusive mode of communication between employees.

CNN: Test your e-mail etiquette

Smartphones and email-equipped feature phones have proliferated in even the most resource-dry areas of Asia, Europe and North America, but for many subscribers in Africa, SMS is the only option for text-based communication on the go.

ENGADGET: Google launches Gmail SMS for text-based email in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya