Sentences with phrase «of big advances»

He says other apps (like Snapchat) have been keeping their augmented reality experience creation tools to themselves, but «building an open platform I think is going to be one of the big advances that pushes this forward... all developers can work on [the open platform] so that way you don't just have 10 or 20 effects but you have thousands.»

The independent press McSweeney's Books led the move away from the corporate publishing model of big advances and blockbuster books.

It is a ego thing; we grew up dreaming of big advances, prizes, and calls from Penguin to tell us how awesome we were as writers.

Even if you get a traditional publishing deal, the days of big advances for first time writers are largely gone (unless you are extremely lucky), and you will still be expected to do a significant amount of marketing work on your own.

I'm afraid the days of big advances for first - time authors are behind us and you're right, even authors who publish the traditional way are expected to do much of the marketing themselves, too.

It's no longer the world of big advances and national book tours.

One of the biggest advances in the science of clothes - making in recent years has been tech that generates warmth beyond what the fabric alone provides.

One of the biggest advances in clean label ingredient technology comes from the use of functional native starches replacing chemically modified starches.

City Councilmember Mark Levine said the Fight for 15 was «one of the biggest advances for economic justice that we've achieved in decades,» but it left out important sectors of the workforce.

Genetic modification — the ability to take genes from one species and splice them into another to create organisms with new properties — could be one of the biggest advances in recent science.

One of the biggest advances in recent years is the Coyote drone, a 7 - pound unmanned aerial vehicle packed with sensors and a GPS device.

One of the biggest advances of the past 20 years has been the development of functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI.

Although learning scientists have far more to learn — and some of the biggest advances I believe will occur in the field instead of the lab given the rise of adaptive learning products — not having products informed by what's known about learning as a starting point is often a big miss for students.

«Today, we stand on the cusp of the biggest advances in assessment in a generation, with assessments that are more useful and less intrusive, thanks in part to advances in education technology.»

Although the luxury automakers» models have their charms, some of the biggest advances in technology today are happening in the compact crossover segment.

Authors dream of being picked up by large publishing house with visions of a big advance on royalties.

Self - Publishing Route For writers taking the road less traveled along the self - pub route, it can be frightening to deviate from the «established» path, especially if the dream of a big advance from a large publisher has been a long cherished one.

From his perspective, Turner sees the advent of biological sludge reducers as one of the biggest advances in the market.

In this stage, I got to see one of the biggest advances, in graphics, in the game, thanks to the use of flashlights, Joel's listening ability, and the random debris that floats within the air quite often.

For those not paying attention, Watson is considered one of the biggest advances in computer science since the field of study began some sixty years ago.

LEED sets the bar One of the biggest advances in sustainable development has been the movement toward a universal standard that quantifies green building with the LEED rating system.

Not exact matches

The company has been a big proponent of the benefits of technology advances since it launched its business 30 years ago from a garage in Tempe, Arizona.

Novo is advancing its clinical study of its next big hope in treating obesity: semaglutide, a new drug in the so - called GLP - 1 category which imitates an intestinal hormone that stimulates the production of insulin.

State - owned ChemChina's US$ 43 billion purchase of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, Beijing's biggest overseas sale to date, has deepened concerns in Europe that the bloc is ceding control of its advanced technology, EU diplomats said.

You'll see a lot of similarities, such as the grid fins, obviously clustering a lot of engines at the base, and the big difference really being that the primary structure is an advanced form a carbon - fiber, as opposed to aluminum - lithium.

Katie Rae, The Engine CEO talks about «taking bets» and opportunities in big areas of tech innovation such as aerospace, advanced materials and biotech.

Exports of goods and services were the biggest contributor to growth, advancing 2.3 percent from the previous quarter, the biggest increase in three years.

If the funder is selling directly to merchants, given today's sky - high marketing costs, acquisition can take a bigger chunk out of the 40 percent — more like 12 to 15 points (the industry average cost of acquisition for a $ 30,000 advance is $ 2,600).

The price of oil dropped Tuesday after a big jump a day earlier over jitters that Russia's military advance into Ukraine could result in economic sanctions against one of the world's major energy suppliers.

Buckman also sees big advances already being implemented in load balancing, using new mathematical algorithms to figure out optimal distributions of passenger and cargo weight within the plane for a better flight trim and therefore a more efficient flight.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly advanced and more widely adopted, we'll start to see a lot of companies - big and small - turning to AI in order to come up with better data strategies and win customer adoption, and to better compete against their competition.

Advances in user interfaces, automation and cognitive computing are removing the barriers to adoption of big - data tools and they are now at costs that small businesses can afford.

Reputation and image are becoming more and more important to big brands, so stay tuned for plenty more impressive stunts in the future, particularly as advancing technology allows us to extend further than the confines of the ground!

Bob Johnson, director of photovoltaics at research firm Strategies Unlimited, in Mountain View, Calif., says PV cells may drop below their current price by 30 % or more by 2010, even without big technological advances, making the cost of solar energy competitive with conventional sources.

One of Hollywood's biggest talent agents has told CNBC that the sexual advances of studio boss Harvey Weinstein were «disgusting.»

Still, HPE faces stiff competition from big cloud computing vendors like Amazon (amzn), Microsoft (msft), and Google (goog), which continue to roll out advanced data analytics services and could undercut the need for businesses buy this type of powerful hardware.

Big data benefits patients beyond research advances, of course.

FEB. 24: Drops by the Today show and makes up with weatherman Al Roker, who had slammed him for not closing the schools in advance of one of the winter's biggest storms, then joins the rest of the cast for a ribbon - cutting that opens the show's new plaza at Rockefeller Center.

It's a major factor behind China's biggest - ever foreign corporate acquisition: ChemChina's planned takeover, for $ 43 billion in cash, of Syngenta (syt), the Swiss - based world leader in advanced insecticides, herbicides, and other crop - protection products and the No. 3 producer of seeds.

Big games that are fairly likely to be released this year include Destiny, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Battlefield: Hardline and Assassin's Creed: Unity (I'm willing to bet Far Cry 4, currently scheduled for a fall launch, gets delayed).

From advancing controversial pipeline projects to abandoning the Paris climate agreement, here is a list of Trump's biggest power plays — and where they stand now.

The American Jobs Project calls global demand for advanced energy and enabling solutions for «the biggest market opportunity of our era.»

«Innovation's a big part of our whole corporate culture and part of what helps differentiate us,» says Carlson, pointing out that oil and gas companies can be risk - averse and sometimes late to exploit opportunities presented by technical advances.

The result has been falling share prices for some of the nation's biggest parts retailers, including AutoZone and Advance Auto Parts.

Wolfgang Schaeuble of Germany, the biggest contributor to Greece's 240 billion - euro ($ 1.7 billion) bailout, said the groundwork was still «not sufficiently far advanced» to get an accord.

In advance of the Fortune Innovation Awards presentation, global business leaders share their views on the most transformative technologies on the horizon — and where they are placing their own big bets.

The GS folks take a unique and informative approach: they compare a spate of economic indicators in the US to the «Big Five» advanced economy financial crises (taken from the work of Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff) as well as to the 2008 European crisis economies.

Whereas now, Mulcair is getting out a year in advance of the election saying where he clearly stands on big - ticket items like the minimum wage.»

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of mainland companies listed in Hong Kong advanced 0.3 percent, after losing 1.6 percent yesterday, its biggest decline in two weeks.

Along with advanced manufacturing and international trade, the energy sector — which includes oil refineries and petrochemical plants — is a big part of the economy in New Orleans, according to the Greater New Orleans Regional Economic Development.