My Razr Maxx is still fully functional without the Internet and maintains full DATA synchronization with Outlook 2007 on my desktop.

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Much still needs to be improved or invented, Gates reminded his listeners, including better mapping services, data synchronization and directories of friends.

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Focus areas listed in the jobs descriptions cover nearly every aspect of mobile development, including data synchronization, social networking, cloud services, search and maps, mobile commerce and improvements to the Windows Phone 7 applications platform.

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This is a real product, HomeCloud DHM (a consumer network appliance that facilitates sharing and synchronization of data among home devices such as computers, phones, tablets, network-compatible TVs, etc.) and WSTL should begin earning real money in mid-2011.

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ConnecTV uses a combination of content recognition algorithms, closed caption and a diverse mix of more than 100 data sources to drive the accuracy, relevancy and speed of synchronization with television programming.

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By contrast, conventional monitoring technologies like supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) measure every two to four seconds without precise time synchronization.

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With iOS 5.x Apple offers synchronization between your iPhone or iPad, your Mac or Windows PC, and a cloud archive of personal data, photos, and media (music, TV shows).

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