Apple, since its 1970s launch, has enjoyed special favor and even worship from the open source community, free thinkers and supporters
of open standards.
Apple's mobile devices all ship with high performance, low power implementations
of these open standards.
... Apple's opposition to Adobe's Flash isn't an attack on a popular plugin to limit choice, but really an effort to restore the use
of open standards on the web, which creates a real marketplace for consumer choice.
The world is going the way
of open standards.
The short answer is that the copyright system designed in the 18th century simply doesn't work in the era
of open standards, high - speed and low - cost data communications, and ever - cheaper and more powerful devices to store, transmit and play digital content.
OASIS * is a «nonprofit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption
of open standards for the global information society.»
which is not quite true... both are markup languages, but ePub is a much more modern filetype, and is a combination
of open standards (XHMTL for content, XML for structured metadata and such).
Kent Freeman (COO, VitalSource) will showcase how adoption
of open standards like HTML5 and EPUB 3 has helped the VitalSource platform and adopting institutions integrate e-textbooks with e-learning assessment standards and move accessibility into the mainstream.
They may also have an eventual advantage in their use
of open standards in the form of EPUB as opposed to Amazon's proprietary standard for ebooks.
Steve Jobs has been maintaining a safe distance from the Flash technology on the ground that the Flash has been at the center of many an application crashes on Mac PCs and has also been championing the cause
of open standards such as the HTML 5 and H. 264.
We have always been a big supporter
of open standards, as they are a driver for innovation.
Kobo «Kobo is a strong supporter
of open standards including EPUB 3 — enabling users everywhere to access the best content and experience possible.
As a key supporter
of open standards in the internet, non-profit Mozilla — the creators of the Firefox web browser, among other innovations — is working with The New York Times and The Washington Post on this initiative.
The development
of open standards has helped an alliance of corporate interests to grow the value of the overall data «pie» in order to grow the value of their market segment.
Baldwin explained that over recent months, he's been discussing the possibility
of an open standard for digital comics with his competitors in the market as well as some publishers, and that he understands why there's hesitancy on the part of all involved in a «one size fits all» format.
In honor of the occasion, Architecture 2030 is pleased to announce an important new project: the development
of an open standard EPD / EPD summary template.
Hyperledger Project, the developer
of an open standard for distributed ledgers that's backed by the likes of IBM and J.P. Morgan, has signed up American Express as a Premier member.
That embrace
of an open standard meant that any manufacturer could produce a bulb that would work with Hue, and you were free to use the bulbs of your choice with the Hue hub, regardless of who made them.
Not exact matches
U.S. stocks were expected to
open modestly lower after two days
of gains — Dow futures fell 0.2 percent to 11,003 while the broader
Standard & Poor's 500 futures fell 0.1 percent to 1,164.
The CEO
of Standard Chartered said tariffs could be an «effective»
opening gambit for trade negotiations, but ultimately would provide a negative if there were escalating tensions between China and the U.S.
Now owner
of Redpoint Marketing Consultants, which he
opened in 2012 in Farmville, Va., Jordan applies those same
standards to each project he accepts, even those involving chores he'd rather avoid — and chores that his clients may not even know about.
For instance, if you do the
standard «power pose»
of keeping your shoulders
open and arms wide, that will tell your hormone system to release the chemicals needed to make you look and feel more confident.
That's useful if you want to register a domain name in Chinese or Arabic script, or even just correctly spelled French or German - anything that can be represented with the Unicode
standard can be registered, even emoji - but it's also
opened up a whole new avenue
of misdirection for malicious actors to take advantage
of, by finding characters in other alphabets which look similar to Latin ones.
Siemens has assigned a security severity rating
of 9.8 out
of 10, using the
open industry
standard CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) risk assessment system, according to the U.S. security notice.
On the corporate side, Facebook, which is not known for being an
open platform, has developed such a reputation for privacy violations that the launch
of its Messenger app was met with a huge wave
of revulsion, even though the permissions being requested were really pretty
standard.
«I was already talking to a bunch
of publishers about an
open standard for this kind
of thing even before Google announced AMP,» Abrams said in an interview before the Google announcement.
Google launched its twist on Facebook's Instant Articles feature today — an
open standard for delivering mobile web pages faster for publishers
of all kinds, which the company is calling «Accelerated Mobile Pages» or AMP.
The best part about the Google project, the Nuzzel founder said, is that it is based on a completely
open standard that any publisher can implement — as opposed to the Facebook (FB) or Apple news platforms, which are only
open to a select group
of sites and are based on proprietary
standards.
A spokeswoman for Singapore's Ministry
of Trade and Industry appeared similarly
open to the U.S. rejoining, noting that the TPP was «designed to be an inclusive agreement, which is
open to like - minded countries willing and able to meet its high
standards.»
laments one
of the show's characters after having to sell his McLaren and give up the vehicle's upward -
opening dihedral doors, reverting back to
standard swing doors.
Fadell, whose vision
of the smart home was all about how intuitive such automation should be, doesn't seem to have accepted the fact that any kind
of intuitive home would require
open standards or sharing data among participants.
My method even outperformed the industry gold
standard of open seating, used by Southwest airlines.
As tight lending
standards continue to lock many would - be buyers out
of the market, one company plans to crack
open the door to homeownership by providing crowdfunded down payment assistance from investors in exchange for a slice
of a buyer's home equity.
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen
opening up 20 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers *
STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset
STANDARD CHARTERED:
Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset
Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months
of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset quality.
May 2 Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen
opening up 20 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers *
STANDARD CHARTERED: Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset
STANDARD CHARTERED:
Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset
Standard Chartered Plc posted a better - than - expected 20 percent rise in pretax profit for the first three months
of the year, helped by a surge in loan demand and improvement in asset quality.
Open the pages
of USA Today or turn on CNN and you get the
standard fare... death, destruction, mayhem.
The Tupolev Tu - 154 was in the area conducting a
standard scheduled overflight as part
of the Treaty on
Open Skies,
of which both the United States and Russia are parties.
In the spring
of 2001, to the surprise
of his colleagues, Seo left his big Wall Street firm and
opened a hedge fund — which, he announced, wouldn't charge its investors the
standard 2 percent
of assets and 20 percent
of returns but a lower, flat fee.
This argument, which seems more ideological than empirical, is based on
standard trade theory in which there is an implicit assumption that any intervention will drive trade performance away from its optimum, so that the United States always gains from the further
opening up
of its own market, even if trade partners don't reciprocate.
Some
of these agreements have resulted in significant market
opening; others have been
of lower
standard and have dodged the tough issues necessary to maximize income gains from trade; still others have resulted in trade diversion rather than trade creation and have created a so - called «noodle bowl»
of overlapping and sometimes contradictory agreements that have become a thicket
of regulations that businesses often find difficult to understand.
For example, if you have $ 10,000
of margin in your account and you
open one
standard lot
of USD / JPY (100,000 units
of the base currency) for $ 100,000, your leverage ratio is 10:1 ($ 100,000 / $ 10,000).
Starting with the calendar month following when you
open your Premiere Money Market account, and monthly thereafter, whether the account earns the variable
Standard or Relationship Rate for the entire calendar month will be determined on the first
of the month based upon the number
of qualifying transactions or direct deposit requirement from the previous calendar month.
Starting with the calendar month following when you
open your
Standard Savings account, and monthly thereafter, whether the account earns the variable
Standard or Relationship Rate for the entire calendar month will be determined on the first
of the month based upon the number
of qualifying transactions or direct deposit requirement from the previous calendar month.
R3, which
opened the first tranches
of the company's planned $ 200 million financing exclusively to members
of the consortium, is one
standard - bearer for the mainstreaming
of blockchain technology.
Intro purchase APR is 0 % for 14 months from date
of account
opening; then the
standard purchase APR applies.
Our government supports collaborative medical innovators, whose work leads to employment opportunities for thousands
of people,
opens up new opportunities in the global marketplace for our home - grown companies and helps people across our province receive the highest modern
standards of patient care.»
These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation
of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature
of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact
of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack
of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to
open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability
of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery
of food and other products; volatility in the market value
of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk
of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value
of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure
of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting
standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The only option was the one Gundotra lauded in 2010: an
open standard that no one controls, for better or, in the case
of the desire for end - to - end encryption, worse.3
«BBVA has been a great partner in helping us to overcome this, and we are already one
of the first examples
of open banking
standards in Europe.
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