Blogs went largely unchallenged until Facebook reshaped consumer behavior with its all-purpose hub for posting everything social.
Don Mattrick, president of the Microsoft division that oversees the product, has made it a priority to transform the Xbox from a game device into an all-purpose hub for video and other forms of entertainment.
Tablets will increasingly replace netbooks and other portable computers, and the all-purpose hub for storage, media, high-power processing, and so on, will be further marginalized (though it's still got plenty of life in it).
The addition of postproduction businesses would increase Greenpoint's utility as an all-purpose film hub, said Judah Lazarus, Mr. Lazarus's brother and partner in Highline Productions.
His grandfather, for example, never hunted for the one tool to serve as an all-purpose tool hub or for a tool that would eliminate the need for other tools.
Shut The Front Door's Olly Martin also loves The Lofthouse, an all-purpose creative hub whose gigs and club nights often come with a side-order of video art or a craft market: "You go up winding stairs to this long NY-style loft and it's a really cool space".
The DX1215 is an all-purpose entertainment hub offering superior audio with performance and technologies for HD entertainment and multitasking.
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Long-dormant manufacturing areas like the soap factories and breweries of Z?h West have blossomed into all-purpose urban hubs filled with design studios, restaurants, nightclubs and bike routes.
The Hanger structure was a multi-purpose hub that featured music from bands like New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band and an array of DJs.
Along with the musical options, the festival's Village stage is a multi-purpose hub for non musical events like speaker-led workshops, a "witches healing sanctuary," a chillout zone for kids and families, and yoga workshops from a variety of acclaimed downward doggers.
