Sentences with phrase «surprised by a platform»

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While Twitter could surprise us all by solidifying its leadership team, developing ad platforms that energize brands and investors and stave off Facebook Live, I believe the most likely outcome for Twitter is to go the route of MySpace — relegated to irrelevance.

Given the recent developments, «it is not surprising that the platform has become more paranoid in the interpretation of parodic content,» said Severine Arsene, managing editor of AsiaGlobal Online, a digital journal published by the University of Hong Kong.

«The biggest surprise coming out of the quarter was the ability to accelerate advertising revenue growth,» said analyst James Cakmak of Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co. «That is a testament to the demand for their platform by advertisers.»

However, one element of Facebook Ads that consistently takes newcomers by surprise is the potential return on investment that advertising on Facebook offers, and how far savvy advertisers can stretch a limited ad budget on the platform.

It's not that anyone was surprised that the presumed Republican presidential candidate would be given an evangelical platform or the support of Liberty University's president; they were surprised by the tweet that Falwell used to mark the event.

TD: I was surprised by the amount of waste generated when planning my own wedding, and I felt that there should be more resource - sharing platforms for brides.

Dear Lindsey, I am also amazed by the number 2, but not surprised at all... I had a blog (same name, another platform) where I posted quite a lot, but travelling and doing things — it means, living — started to prevent me to post like before.

Companies have clearly understood the value of the marketing platform «blog» and thus no blogger should really be surprised by getting another mail from PR girl XY asking when to expect a posting with the products she sent you;).

Our platform for Tampa dating is filled with successful professionals and you'll be surprised by who you meet.

Some leading dating software platforms have been caught by surprise, left without a current mobile app or mobile web version.

With the game's premise having been influenced by some of the most popular platform games of the 90s, it's not surprising to see how the actual Rad Rodgers: World One gameplay experience is no different in this regard.

Anyone that has already played the game will have long since started taking this for granted, but Nintendo's ability to take the shooter genre and infuse it with platforming elements, thanks to the genius mechanic of shooting and swimming through your own ink — up the sides of platforms, around obstacles to take foes by surprise — it's a simple mechanic, that can be used in a shocking variety of ways.

While some games have had a tendency to sell better on Nintendo's handheld than other platforms, likely due in part to less competition from the smaller overall game library, Team Meat was still surprised by the numbers it saw.

Even though the action platform puzzler has pretty much been done to death, every now and then we see something storm through and take us all by surprise.

If you find the right training platform that accommodates audio, video, rich text, documents, presentations, forms, and all sorts of other content, you'll be surprised by the amount of documentation your company probably already has that will fit the bill.

CARS.COM — The Chevrolet Equinox has surprised us in the past, most recently by taking second place out of seven models in 2015's $ 28,000 Compact SUV Challenge despite being five years past a significant update — and based on the same platform since 2004 (still in use for the 2017 version).

Since the majority of the models underpinned by the MQB will wear the VW badge, it comes as little surprise to anyone that Volkswagen's engineering team has the lead on platform development here.

This week, Automotive News Europe reported that VW will unveil a unibody pickup truck based off the MQB / Atlas platform as a «surprise» debut at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, though if given the green light for production in Chattanooga, it would compete in a very low - volume segment defined by just one model, the Honda Ridgeline.

It's certainly possible we'll be surprised by something other than Ford's D3 front - drive platform underpinning the 2017 Continental, though it's unlikely given the timeline.

Although its styling will be influenced by the sexy GT, under the skin, don't be surprised if the concept is based on the Mercedes MRA platform that is also used by the new E-Class.

Even though certain American crossovers may look to be the same size when parked side - by - side, their respective interior arrangements can sometimes have a surprising impact on cargo room - even for vehicles that share the same platform.

This is not surprising at all, given the convenience offered to avid readers by the audio book platform.

In 2013, eSentral introduced Digimag, a cross platform interactive magazine block which took South East Asia by surprise and received thousands of downloads.

One of the major surprises, though, was that many publishers are still not tapping into the wealth of their back list titles; this could be one of the reason more and more authors are attempting to regain control of the rights to their older — and often out of print — works in an effort to revitalize interest in the author and in the works by self - publishing them to electronic platforms.

You will be pleasantly surprised by how fast we reply and how easy it is for you to self - published on all platforms.

However, the platform stays strong and even manages to surprise, by scoring a growth of 60 % in Australia for example.

I'm still surprised by how many people who want to get traditionally published won't take the steps to be proactive about building their platform first.

To our surprise, the handset is powered by by octa - core (2.35 GHz Kryo 280 x 4 + 1.9 GHz Kryo 280 x 4) Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU.

While it bears the marks of a game that has been brought onto a platform larger than that which it was intended for (the sound quality really is fucking awful, guys), it manages to fill the space left by the lacklustre presentation with fun, punchy gameplay and a surprising amount of depth.

«We don't have numbers from remaining platforms yet, but «Owlboy» turned a profit within 24h of it's launch on the Switch alone, taking us by complete surprise!

Considering the way destiny was promoted on the ps4 this is no surprise but a superb performance by the platform!

Comparing the console market to a «walled garden», the reviled industry figure surprised many pundits (including this one) by stating that Activision would make a lot more money by backing PC developers and developing for open platforms.

Anyone that has already played the game will have long since started taking this for granted, but Nintendo's ability to take the shooter genre and infuse it with platforming elements, thanks to the genius mechanic of shooting and swimming through your own ink — up the sides of platforms, around obstacles to take foes by surprise — it's a simple mechanic, that can be used in a shocking variety of ways.

A surprise launch title from Oculus VR, Farlands comes from Oculus Studio as a free videogame experience inspired by some of the most popular casual titles on console platforms.

Granted, only consoles no - one bought that sank pretty quickly, but you may still be surprised by the breadth and depth of these mobile platforms» console game libraries.

I wasn't expecting much when I went into Celeste and I came out pleasantly surprised by the touching story and top tier platforming level design.

I'm surprised by the claim that Rare «faltered» on the N64, considering that they were pretty much the only company other than Nintendo itself to be very successful on the platform.

In a surprising move, Campo Santo, the developer behind indie hit Firewatch, has recently been acquired by Valve, the monolithic game company behind the digital distribution platform Steam and critically acclaimed titles such as Half - Life and Portal.

The release of the Super Mario Run only on the iOS platform has taken many Android users by surprise.

Being invited by Turner Contemporary to show a piece of my work as part of their Platform Graduate Scheme was a complete surprise — an opportunity to show a work made specifically for the Clore Learning space.

These findings may be surprising, as this more «traditional» form of digital marketing is increasingly overshadowed by sexier social platforms.

Of the top 200 law firms, 53 have blogs — but what surprised me is that 24 firms, a near - majority, use Blogger as a platform, followed by 16 using Lexblog and the remainder split between other platforms.

As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we enjoy a close working relationship with Microsoft, specifically in enterprise software, and our customers benefit with the knowledge that updates to mission - critical Microsoft platforms will not take us by surprise.

It's impossible to look at Windows 8 and not conclude that Microsoft was inspired by mobile platforms and the web — not surprising, considering that Windows 8 is the first version of Windows that's actually designed for tablets.

So today's announcement by Belkin — that its WeMo line of smart home products will work with Google Home and Google Assistant — might not be surprising, but it is a critical early step for the platform.

It seems like every month since the Nintendo Switch launched, we have been continuously surprised by what games are being announced for the hybrid platform.

For example, PayPal handles backend and fraud risks of payments on its platform, and while Apple has yet to fully detail how its Apple Pay payments platform will work, it wouldn't be surprising if Apple would rather have the backend risk handled by financial institutions.

So little surprise that rival messaging platform Telegram has taken the opportunity to remind people it launched its own bot platform back in June 2015 — by announcing a 2.0 update to said platform today, the biggest update since launch it says.

Coinbase is currently willing to play it completely safe especially after the cryptocurrency exchange facing multiple lawsuits from its customers with alleged charges of insider trading by Coinbase during the surprise launch of Bitcoin Cash on its platform on December 19, 2017.

BlackBerry has a pleasant surprise for Android users: a partnership with Samsung will bring better Android security by coupling its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 12 mobility management platform with Samsung's business - centered Knox security system.