Google does not aspire to be just another platform like other platform players are, like: Microsoft on its PC software platform, Apple on its device platforms, Amazon on its retail platform, or Facebook on its social platform.
You have to take things on a case-by-case basis, but as time progresses, cloud computing platforms are eliminating many of the platform tradeoffs.
In writing the platform, he consulted the platforms of the Democrats and Republicans of the past 40 years on a University of California at Santa Barbara web site.
They can do so by focusing on the cross platform experience, embracing new distribution platforms and expanding revenue models.
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In the short term, the agency plans to try to convince customers to use caution on platforms, rather than speed the installation of platform barriers, said Thomas Prendergast, president of the MTA's transit division.
This will help integrate the two platforms closely, thereby making apps developed for either platform easier to port.
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Developers who want to hit it big are now being forced to write not for just one platform (Windows) but for many platforms like iOS 5.0, iOS 6.0, Linux, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean (not to mention Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispy Treats).
The company has been struggling to move off of its dependency on Facebook while building out its own gaming platform on Zynga.com and on mobile platforms.
The narrow ledge is balanced between two activities: directly infringing copyright (what some users do), and indirectly facilitating infringement by providing a platform that makes it easy (what P2P platforms do).
Target is working at creating a platform that would integrate its stores, online mobile platforms and social media.
Simply knowing what digital platforms people are using does not tell a brand how that platform can best be leveraged for the brand.
The PDK enables new functionality, including immersive 3D graphics, and gives developers who have built games for other platforms an easy way to bring their titles to the webOS platform.
Simply knowing what digital platforms people are using does not tell a brand how that platform can best be leveraged, linking the platform to the emotional and rational aspects that drive consumer engagement with a category.
There had been thousands of handheld apps for Palm and Windows Mobile platforms before, but it took Apple and its structured iOS platform to turn mobile app developer into a calling that one could not only be proud of but get rich from.
The third party may not adopt enhancements from one platform unless they are available on all of their supported platforms.
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But it would be really cool if we could get more cross-platform games that could be played seamlessly across all three platforms.
Apple's goals are to attract more applications to the Macintosh platform, spread the company's technology to other platforms, and improve Apple code by allowing developers to add capabilities and detect bugs, Bereskin said.
Tablets are taking off faster than any new technology since email, said TL Neff executive vice president at Verivo, which has developed a platform that allows users to deliver applications across multiple mobile platforms including iPad, Android and BlackBerry.
Right here is where the penny finally dropped for me: Flipboard made the intuitive leap that while print publications were struggling to develop digital platforms, a smart startup could make a splash by developing the platform independently and partnering with content providers.
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Platform doors can also allow for air-conditioning of train platforms and prevent litter from getting onto the tracks.
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All this resonates with the evolution of the Internet as a platform that to date has attracted less restriction than other media platforms.
This new platform delivers premium video and ad content consistently across all major platforms, including Apple iOS, Google Android, desktop operating systems and connected TVs.
Previously, Ford's product cadence has been uncoordinated, globally, with some regions of the world using one platform generation while other regions were limited to older and lesser platforms, with generational inferiorities baked in, as it were.
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The only way this is going to change is if there rises up a real competitor to Facebook (Google Plus anyone?) and even then, there has to be more that Spotify (or any of the other people based on these platforms, Zynga, Zuma, Pandora whatever) can offer to either platform than the platform can offer Spotify.
The company is starting with PC-based app store but will eventually seek to launch the service on other platforms such as Mac since it is HTML5 based it is all cross-platform.
Many people have invoked the famous drawings of Henry Moore of people sleeping on the platform, and now instead, we had body bags on the platforms, but it was quite extraordinary the level of calm on the street, thousands of people standing around in very subdued mood.
Unlike other e-commerce platforms, Rakuten offers a host of value-added services to merchants on its platform.
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"Phone makers can focus on building cooler hardware and new platforms, and save 10% of their software costs" with an open source platform, asserts Rubin.
We will continue to develop a broad range of services that complement our core search platform, including maps and personal services on the desktop and on mobile platforms, emphasizing collaboration with our strategic partners.
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