Sentences with phrase «by little devices»

«From our origins — harking back to the time when Audible commercialized the first digital audio player — we have believed the quality and character of daily life would be enhanced by little devices packed with the culture's most compelling and artfully performed spoken words.

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«But you need to make them aware by allowing them to use this device on the corporate network, they have to relinquish a little bit of control to the company.»

By July 8, just two days after its launch in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, Pokemon Go was installed on more than 5 % of all the Android devices in the U.S., surpassing popular mobile - dating app Tinder, which was running on a little over 2 % of all Android devices, Similarweb, an Internet - analysis company reported on Sunday.

But Canadian officials expressed skepticism, noting that the war had been grinding on and that «there may be little reliable evidence to gather» and that «organizers of whatever (improvised explosive device) cell (which) supported and directed the dead bomber have been killed» by special forces.

The handy little devices made by Fitbit prove, once and for all, that fitness comes not only from the big workouts and sweaty hours spent in the gym but also from the small choices that add up to meaningful differences: the extra steps taken to walk to a meeting instead of ride the subway or take a taxi, the escalator ignored in favor of the stairs, and the extra hour of sleep chosen over one more TV show or one more chapter of your book.

Whatever Mr Cameron's views on tax, you are a little bit harsh on Professor Laffer's theory, I think, which is far simpler and more eloquent than it is normally presented (including by the 1980s true believers, who largely hijacked it as a rhetorical device to justify tax cuts).

For example, building a useful invisibility cloak — the kind that could hide a person or a military tank — requires crafting many little devices that pick up a ray of light on the far side of an object, away from the observer, and then relay that ray, row by row, around the object.

With quiet wit, Owen tells the story of this little - known inventor, whose now - indispensable device was rejected by two dozen major corporations before Xerox built the first office - paper copier in 1960.

Led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, this study is a follow - up to a recent JAMA viewpoint suggesting that there's little evidence that wearable devices alone can change behavior and improve health for those that need it most.

By contrast, spintronic devices generate little heat and use relatively minuscule amounts of electricity.

Dr Yu explained, «There are excellent end - to - end encryption services out there, but by definition they rely on your device itself remaining secure; once a device has been compromised there's little we can do.

In the latest University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, a little more than half of those parents do try to set some limits by location: banning media devices from places like the bedroom or at mealtime.

Tamburini thinks that the bandwidth available to mobile phones and laptop computers could be increased by a factor of nine almost immediately, and at relatively little extra cost, by carefully positioning four antennas inside the devices.

This technology, the NuCress ™ scaffold, is a nanomaterial - based bone regeneration device pioneered by UA Little Rock's Dr. Alexandru S. Biris, Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust Nanotechnology chair, and director of the Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences.

Just start by taking a minute or two, turn off all your electronic devices, experience a little silence, do some deep breathing.

Pixar's best films are distinguished by strong openings (see also: Up and WALL - E), but Coco's opening is a little tortured, contorting through plot devices and contrivances to ensure Miguel ends up in the Land of the Dead.

Murphy, once sort of appealing as either her trademark tramp or hallmark mental patient (she's a little of both in Just Married), allows her desperation to save this project to transform her into a spastic homunculus, her manic transformations from Cheshire grin to howling lament not aided by eleventh - hour edits that sacrifice (again like Orange County) whole segments glimpsed in the promotional campaign in the hope that a reckless pace will mask its witless devices.

Both plot devices have a weighted build - up and serve little purpose by the end of the film.

If there was any doubt that Animal Crossing would not offer a proper Animal Crossing experience, going by everything we have seen so far, it seems series fans can lay their fears to rest when this delightful little pocket adventure for your mobile devices, launches on both iOS and Android devices late November.

Little known One of the more noteworthy ones is Little Empire by Camel Games, which surfaced on Android weeks before it debuted on iOS devices.

As Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) leaves his spotless, lonely high - rise Los Angeles apartment for work, he is surrounded by thousands of people doing the same thing — every one of them zoned into their own little bubble, talking to someone (or something) on devices that are networked into their home computers.

More, because of the framing device, there's also little tension, the idea that Frank is going to get seriously harmed by any of the underworld thugs he encounters in his quest to discover the truth close to nonexistent.

Okay, so the framing device of the plot is a little generic but thankfully this is alleviated somewhat by the often amusing script and quirky characters that populate it.

Perhaps with fuel prices currently low, respondents saw little need for tangential devices that kick up mpg by a tenth of a mile per gallon or so, such as active grille shutters or solar - panel glass roofs.

Specifications The Cotton Candy looks like a regular USB stick, however this little USB device is powered by a 1.2 GHZ Samsung Exynos ARM Central Processing...

Her current forecast calls for sales of 2 million digital reading devices this year; she said a little more than 1 million were sold by the end of 2008.

Losing over $ 100 million dollars in a little over a year (by the way, the dates in the article are one year off, should be final quarters of 2016, not 2017) on a device that should have blown away the competition is poor business.

To begin with, the Galaxy Tab 3 Kids device is the same Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, but with some hardware and software enhancements meted out to ensure parents find it safe for use by their little ones.

This elegant little device connects to either Sprint's 3G network or Clearwire's 4G WiMAX network (now in 27 cities; 80 by 2011), and then connects up to five other devices via Wi - Fi.

Despite slow development, we have been both impressed and, frankly, a little puzzled by the way Sports Illustrated has tackled each new device, churning out unique, richly interactive editions of its magazine not every month, but every single week.

By adding channels such as HBO GO and its 1,400 available titles for streaming or downloading, the Kindle Fire becomes more attractive as a consumption device, with little to no investment on Amazon's part.

Amazon's e-readers are in a class by themselves; its latest tablets are surprisingly adept little devices.

Having to link downloads to an Apple ID makes sense for devices being used by a single individual or family, but the requirement lead to the creation of generic accounts that offer little security while adding a lot of hassle.

Infinity Magazine: Edited by Russell Willis, who is also the guy behind the Panel Nine graphic novel apps and The Phoenix digital comic app, Infinity is a mix of digital comics news, reviews in - depth features, and comics; this issue includes a look at award - winning comics on digital devices, a Procreate tutorial, and a wistful little romance comic by the creator ILYA.

Let's sour the numbers a little by saying that even if the ebooks are purchased as cheaply as possible, at least 10 % overall will not read them over the course of their device's lifetime.

iStoryTime co-founder Graham Farrar has spoken publicly about the need to be able to amuse their kids by handing them a device — say, while waiting in a restaurant — but finding very little viable and easily accessible educational content, leading to the creation of the platform.

Having something a little larger makes sense and would allow them to compete with the bigger devices being offered by the likes of Samsung, LG, HTC, and Sony (but if there are more than 2 size options available, I'll be losing more than a few betting pools I'm participating in).

By now, I am sure you've heard that every device in the market has its own little quirks.

The new Android driven tablet by Pocketbook has just cleared the FCC and we gain a little bit of insight on the semantics of this new device.

And there's very little (if any) scope for creative layout and design options at present: these are dictated by the default options of the device.

Sure you could do this from your computer using iTunes already, but these days I am delighted by any feature that means I can boot that thing up a little less... Besides, I install my apps directly on my mobile device and I back - up to the cloud — so this next stage of independence is a good thing.

That said, the last bit might be too little to help prevent the Sharp tablet from being steam rolled in the markets by more capable devices from Samsung or Acer, let alone the Apple iPad 3.

or there are free books already downloaded?I mean do we have to by the Kindle device and then buy online ebooks?Please guide me on this regards as I know little about this device.

On the Nexus 7, however, it was a little hard to tell without having an Ice Cream Sandwich device side by side, and still didn't keep up with our swiping fingers as quickly as they do on a recent iPad.

I would expect people who are not familiar with the device to be a little freaked out by it - not just because of it's big square shape but in many places, particularly the U.S. it's not as common to see someone with a BlackBerry compared to the likes of the iPhone or a «Droid».

For their part, BlackBerry made it a little bit easier by placing the device on Amazon, which ships...

I did a little Googling (how ironic), and by piecing together information from several Web sites and videos, I've figured out how to install Google Play Store apps on my Kindle Fire without having another Android device to assist.

So far we're a little underwhelmed by the look of the device so lets hope what's under the hood impresses us.

The APK installer pack has been posted online for users to install by according to Android Police, the app works best on 10 - inch devices but looks a «little wonky» on smaller tablets.

The Sprint HTC Hero has been plagued by battery drain problems since it's release. We were experimenting with the device over the weekend and became very frustrated with the battery life on our handset. After a little research, we have found that battery drain on the HERO is well documented and confirmed by Sprint.