Apple also will enhance its maps with a real-time traffic application that will include anonymous, crowdsourced information from users.

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For the first time, users can view all computers, tablets, phones and other connected devices on the home's network-as well as the applications they are using, and the real-time bandwidth usage of each application and device-on one easy-to-use StreamBoost interface.

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Dr Wiley also helped to develop a new iPad application that gives real-time information on the location of whales across the entire East Coast of America so that ships can avoid the large gatherings of the cetaceans.

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Roundbox, a leading mobile software provider, is providing non-real time data services that power the Smartphone coupon application, as well as the Electronic Services Guide (ESG) for both innovative applications for ATSC MDTV.

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This information is transmitted real-time and can be presented as part of the live boxing telecast or through an online application.

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Mint.com has an iPhone application as well as a feature where users can text to receive real-time balances, and SmartyPig recently launched a mobile site.

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What if we could share the core technology of an application that combines geo-specific information, like a power outage, with real-time alerts?

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While users are working on an application on one or more tiles, other tiles can continue to receive data in real-time and update continuously a useful feature in finance.

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On the Start screen, dynamically updated "live tiles" show users real-time content directly, breaking the mold of static icons that serve as an intermediate step on the way to an application.

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