But, given the majority of potential customers in markets like the UK are already using a smartphone, the big question is whether there is space for a third platform.
In my discussion with Steve Levy before the announcement, we discussed the need to minimize the chaos of a multi-vendor landscape by bringing partnerships, acquisitions and a mobile application platform into space.
"This partnership is our first move into the Connected TVs space and supports our platform agnostic strategy, allowing consumers to access their music on the platform of their choice" comments Ben Drury, CEO at 7digital.
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Apotheker says they are already in the private cloud space, and will offer platform-as-a-service, including some vertical market applications.
But with many laboratory tasks being automated, there should also be scope to begin new activities, and the partners believe one key role for the ISS going forward will be as a development platform for deep space exploration.
President Obama declined to keep the shuttles going, canceled the planned replacement platform for manned space flight and thereby condemned this country for the foreseeable future to reliance on Russian and perhaps, in due course, Chinese rockets to deliver our astronauts to the space station.
The restoration work included reinstating the 40ft (12m) lantern, restoring the exterior, strengthening the building with a new steel core, and installing new staircases and an exhibition space with access to a viewing platform.
Over the last year those predictions have increasingly focused on the Social Media Management Platform (SMMP) space, specifically about how I expected consolidation as demand increased from marketers, and big tech players realized the necessity and potential of these platforms.
The majority of the Replicator's internal space is wide open, save for a build platform that can be adjusted up and down by turning a threaded screw and the gantry atop the space that houses the Stepstruder MK8, whose front is monopolized by a large pair of fans.
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Sometimes the platform is aimed at a space like content management or creating new sites.
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This means that no male-born or male-identified person is given a platform to speak in this space.
Streetline originally developed the sensors used in the parking space, but has now built a platform for managing information about parking spaces.
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The International Olympic Committee facilitates sharing of lessons learned and best practices from Games to Games, but in 2008, the iPhone was only a year old, My Space was the most visited social media platform, Twitter was still in its first year, and it would be two years before the iPad would even be launched.
They also retrieved space station experiments and moved a stowage-platform attachment device.
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It has a viewing platform, a cafe, a space which acts a community hub and a bike hire scheme run by a local charity.
New tracts of land were created to establish the district of Fontvieille, by effectively building a platform over the sea, with space for new harbor facilities, a stadium, a hotel and a park dedicated to Princess Grace.
TripAdvisor has been investing heavily in its mobile platform to leverage increasing opportunities in the mobile space.
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The space truck, which docked to the rear of the platform this month, fired its thrusters for a 740-second burn, raising the ISS orbit by 4.5km.
As my colleague James McQuivey summed it up recently, this platform war is also expanding into the TV space even though Apple did not make any specific announcement on this topic yet.
This frees them to explore the full space of what modern browsers can do, making apps for the platform more powerful and compelling.
Further into this space, wide, bleached-wood steps lead to a flat platform level that can be topped with cushions and used as beds.
The Watson system developed by IBM Research is a key innovation in this space, and over a hundred partners have adopted its Big Data platform already.
The UrtheCast web platform will allow Users to constantly track the location of the Space Station, anticipating when it will pass over a particular geographic location.
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Since communities are a key platform for accelerated learning and performance improvement, interactions in physical space help to amplify our ability to pursue these important quests.
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News organizations must tackle a new and growing set of technical and financial challenges in the mobile space as well as the prospect of forever ceding a share of revenue to platform providers such as Google or Apple.
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The company has partly backtracked on its platform-only model by acquiring land in major cities to build warehouse space for distributors.
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As a nonprofit, it takes no equity in its portfolio companies and gives companies a platform that promotes corporate development by providing resources such as stipends, office space, legal support and direct mentorship.
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While Google had been making money in the mobile space from their typical search ads when users Googled something, AdMob brought them a platform to make money from web display ads and app display ads.
Another early innovator in the cloud space, and one of the people who inspired the first generation of my Enomaly IaaS platform back in 2004 is Kate Keahey.
We are in a big transitional space, especially for agencies with social and mobile who have to decide how to build across platform strategies, how to build a campaign that is meaningful and respectful.
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