Now, Internet companies can, and do, deliver upgrades with a flip of a virtual switch — not always to the delight of their customers.
Today, that whole cycle can take only months, as cloud providers deliver upgrades multiple times a year.
Over-the-air updates will deliver upgrades to the infotainment system as well as the overall vehicle firmware.
Further, Lockheed recently delivered upgrades to other equipment used at air traffic centers on time and under budget.
Rail Minister Norman Baker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that while Network Rail was "delivering upgrades and new infrastructure well", it had taken its "eye off the ball" when it comes to day-to-day maintenance of the network.
They'll be able to proactively engage customers by delivering upgrades, maintenance services, new features and incentives for upcoming models straight to every dashboard.
Intuit is perfectly capable of simply restoring the old functionality to Deluxe by delivering upgrades online--as all TurboTax users know, the program automatically checks for and downloads forms and functions that have changed since the last time it was opened.
The latest projections call for delivering the upgraded ship in March 2009, says Rodey Batiza, head of NSF's marine geosciences section.
It also delivered an upgraded feature set to Roku devices, gaming consoles and Blu-ray players.
WatchOS 2.2 also delivers an upgraded Core Text framework, which allows for complex text layout and rendering graphics contexts, and includes an upgrade to the HealthKit framework, which now includes a summary of the user's activity for the day (e.g. stand hours, time spent exercising, active energy burned).
