Finally, while some lawyers have been considering developing apps for their law firms to accommodate smartphone and tablet users, I don't
see much utility for those apps, unless you're talking about an app that gives existing clients access to a secure client portal to get information on their individual case.
Not exact matches
Sure, you can use online applications like Google Docs or Zoho Office (
see Life Without Desktop Software for more on these), but a flash drive lets you carry a
much wider variety of the applications,
utilities, and other fun doodads you've come to depend on.
I know there are some great deals in the REITs and
utilities, but
seeing some of my favorite staples on sale might be too
much for me to ignore.
As you can
see, I paired them with a bright sweater and
utility jacket which was purchased from Nordstrom Rack last year [did you know they have an online store?!!], but these jeans go with so
much.
We
see why teachers feel that
much of their education is of low
utility:
much of it is.
Still, with all the new sport -
utilities on the market and more coming - including another one from Chrysler, the all - new Dodge Durango compact sport -
utility due this fall - it's hard to
see how the Cherokee could have
much life left in it.
«What we
see now is more of the sport
utility vehicle [and] crossover vehicles are built on car platforms, and they get
much better vehicle economy, in fact there isn't
much penalty between a midsize sedan and a compact sport
utility,» Michelle Krebs, senior analyst with Autotrader, told Automotive News.
The base XL edition of the 2011 Ford Ranger is equipped
much like most of the other vehicles we have
seen so far, with
utility - focused vinyl seating, a basic radio, and 15 - inch steel wheels.
As you can
see in my video walkthrough there is a web browser on the Kobo eReader, but I doubt I will ever use it since I don't find
much utility in having a web browser on an eInk device.
VantageScore, however, gives more weight to late mortgage payments — if you pay every
utility bill on time but you are late on your mortgage, you will
see a
much bigger dip on VantageScore.
While prisons can be
seen as having similar economics of a regulated
utility company with faster earnings growth, the inability to predict long - term shifts in the business model leads me to favor relatively pricier
utilities, which provide roughly the same yield as CXW would if it converted to a REIT with
much more predictability going forward.
See how
much you can afford, factoring in such things like taxes, homeowners insurance and
utilities.
Button bloat refers to the habit of certain MMOs — especially older and more traditional titles like World of Warcraft, Rift, and Star Wars: The Old Republic — to cover the action bars of every class and every character with dozens of different abilities, many of them niche
utility skills that are rarely used, as opposed to the
much smaller sets of abilities
seen in games like Elder Scrolls Online, Neverwinter, or The Secret World.
If a new administration immediately places a moratorium on new coal - fired plants until CCS works, and if it begins a carbon cap - and - trade system or carbon tax, and if it's serious about the problem, then we will finally
see (I hope) the coal and
utility industries begin to act
much more quickly to develop CCS and work to address the problem in all ways possible.
I don't
see the
utility of focusing so
much attention on arguing the quantification / estimation of extinction rates as a result solely of habitat loss.
But with the very real prospect of electricity replacing oil for
much of our transportation fuel, and efficiency and renewables squeezing the traditional
utility model hard, it doesn't take divine insight to start
seeing that forward - thinking investors would be wise to factor in climate exposure to every investment they make.
As with any new technology, we have
seen a lot of build up over the past few years, with
much speculation about when the
utility - scale market will take off, and how big it will be.
It is now
seeing utility - scale solar coming down — and from Xcel's point of view — building large - scale solar, with single - axis tracking, would be a
much cheaper option than rooftop solar.
Customers served by the
utilities will
see their monthly power bill increase by about 5 percent, although some will
see their rates go up by as
much as 10 percent.
One of the biggest reasons that rooftop solar panels have become
much more than green status symbols for wealthy customers is net metering, a policy which allows solar panel - owning homeowners to
see their electric meters spin backwards — and their
utility bills shrink — as they generate their own electricity.
A majority of respondents in every region except one expect
utility - scale wind to grow, as
utility officials
see it as «at grid parity with fossil fuels across
much of the nation,» the survey notes.
«We are very
much in the middle of an existential fight over the future of customer - sited solar in the U.S. and, as the state with by far the biggest solar industry and over a quarter million solar roofs already, all eyes are on the CPUC to
see whether the agency will continue to stand for solar progress and customer choice, or cave to that
utility pressure.»
As the chief of business development at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy explained, «it's staggering to think that in not
much more than five years, we could have turned a technology
seen as prohibitively expensive into the lowest cost,
utility - scale technology available.»
A typical modern,
utility - scale, wind turbine will generate about as
much clean electricity as 2000 average roof - top solar installations (around 2012,
see here), so you would think that people who want action on climate change would support wind power.
Now, if we could only
see more of this type of longer - term thinking in more cities and countries worldwide, with partnerships between electric car companies, solar installers, and
utility companies that would make it
much simpler (and cheaper up - front) to buy and fuel a solar - charged electric vehicle.
«In the past legal technology has been
seen as a
utility, not so
much as something that can move the business,» he said.
However, I can't
see how the existence of other smartphone - related patents (
utility patents as well as design patents) would not have probative value: the single strongest argument for a narrowly - defined article of manufacture (just the casing) simply is that there is so
much more in and on a smartphone than just a very few, narrow designs.
For example, compared to Seattle, eastern cities Atlanta and Philadelphia
see lower costs on food, transportation,
utilities, and pretty
much every other necessity.
Dimiceli personally investigates most cases to ensure the need is legitimate, from visiting people's homes to
see how
much food they need in their pantries to talking to
utility companies and landlords to confirm and rectify outstanding bills.