The phrase
"closed platform" refers to a system or technology that restricts or limits access, control, or modifications by external parties. It means that only the creators or authorized individuals have the authority to make changes or additions, while others cannot freely participate or customize the platform.
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Is it based on principles of openness, or is it driven by business rules and data - structures which
favor closed platforms?
Checker clothing always make clothing so much cooler — plus the addition
of closed platform heels, a coat - inspired jacket, a branded handbag, and a pair of gorgeous studs will be your catchiest outfit for a movie date.
The tools were only available to select developers on what was then an otherwise
closed platform for Facebook's gaming partners.
Additionally, one company has elected to just
close its platform as it was announced that Chinese mining pool operator ViaBTC will close its newly started up exchange launched back in May.
iOS has no real technological advantages, Apple can't match the product cadence of the collected Android handset developers, and in the long
run closed platforms tend to end up being niche players.
At best these brokers can attempt to
close their platform sale with a client at their offered rates, but ANY sophisticated trader will simply counter offer what they are willing to pay and the broker that meets those rates, secures the clients business.
XBLA is not a free - for - all, nor is it a
totally closed platform, but has been an outlet for creativity and innovation that was very hard to find on main stream devices, certainly console.
«The positive thing about the Vive is, in addition to making sure that nobody created an
iOS closed platform for it, was also that it gave us the opportunity to develop our in - house expertise in hardware design,» he said.
These fears are fully justified by the history of regulations and requirements that Microsoft has developed for Xbox Live Arcade, which is a
very closed platform.
Like many
other closed platforms, Microsoft allows sideloading, but only for developers (to test their own apps), and corporate networks (to use internal apps).
Like many others, it uses its
own closed platform and your home Wi - Fi network to deliver a seamless multi-room experience from TV and soundbar to speaker.
Internet Two is
closed platforms that increasingly dominate the market and own and control our content and us.
Why it matters to you: Facebook's new social discovery tool is
the closest the platform has ever come to offering something that resembles a dating service.
It looks like a lot in the cutaway because of how densely it's packaged, but the nose of this car is quite a bit more compact than that of a Chevrolet Trax, which is
its closest platform - mate.
Their closed platform is just too unappealing though, and there appstore has to be one of the worst.
In fact a blogger has no need of Amazon to publish, Amazon needs content for
its closed platform and so if anything the split should be the other way.
We also know that while Apple's attempt to control the ecosystem and maintain
a closed platform may be good for Apple, developers want more options and customers want to fully access the overwhelming majority of web sites that use Flash.
In the US, the debate between the Kindle and the Sony Reader is one of
closed platform versus open one.
If Amazon doesn't maintain
its closed platform on the Kindle Fire, and allows Netflix and other movies streaming apps, than Amazon kills its business model.
Moving against Amazon is mostly pointless, rather the focus should be on finding a way around Amazon using the web as a platform and not relying on
another closed platform.
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Close platform is protected with «SSL» certificates, which create a private, encrypted channel of communications, preventing access by unauthorized parties.
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the closest platform and use the rope to land on it.
But that's just one of the many drawbacks of
a closed platform.
«There's a strong temptation to
close the platform,» he said, «because they look at what they can accomplish when they limit the competitors» access to the platform, and they say, «That's really exciting.»»
But they are profitable in order to manipulate consumers to invest in
a closed platform where you pay several times more than you would if it was left open and full of choice.
You can also do a down attack by pressing square and down at the same time, but the only time I found this move effective was to access
the closed platforms that require an action to open.
The Xbox is
a closed platform and Microsoft make their money off of royalties on software, as well as subscriptions to their services.
Are we to expect that due to the Windows RT expansion onto tablet PCs, Windows 8 will become
a closed platform as well?
The World Ends With You iOS was priced at $ 20 and when you consider most games on Apple's
closed platform is priced at $ 1, questions will be raised.
You know, I'd love to use Instagram, but until they fix their technical issues, it's
a closed platform for me.
``... I designed a bed which was
a closed platform of one by twelves with a central, free - standing wall, also of one by twelves.
And despite a reputation for
closed platforms and walled gardens, Apple is the one that's open for business.
«Until now, social networks have been
closed platforms.
Windows 8's new Modern interface is
a closed platform.
That's not to say that
the closed platform aren't solving niche, specialized problems, around highly focused use cases but that the depth and breadth the open source community offers a competitive platform advantage.
This is especially critical for banks in network developments that are eager to accelerate blockchain projects without having to develop their own code or have unique access to
closed platforms.
Closed platforms have their business advantages.
As Android apps don't fundamentally shift the appeal of Chromebooks, it's easy to wonder why Google would open up
its closed platform to competition from third parties; it looks like giving up control and potential monetization to its rivals.
Alexa - enabled glasses would offer Amazon
a closed platform to showcase its voice assistant in a mobile setting.
The company is building an audio ecosystem with a unified feature set that can rival, if not surpass Apple's
closed platform.
Firstly the open web, where publishers and readers encounter one another freely, is being squeezed by
closed platforms - e.g. mobile apps, Facebook - which have become the dominant route to journalism.