The Obama administration has increased the use of unmanned aerial drones against terrorism suspects.
After the 9/11 attack, most city hospitals increased the use of surveillance cameras in and around their facilities.
But the chronic shortage of dead donors has steadily increased the use of live transplants since the 1980's.
During this period, the Justice Department increased the use of deferred prosecutions or even nonprosecution agreements.
Smartphone apps have increased the use of delivery companies among younger travelers.
The Senate could not consider any legislation that increased the use of general revenue beyond that threshold unless 60 senators wanted to do so.
Similarly, Britain achieved significant cuts when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher essentially shut down the coal mines and greatly increased the use of cleaner natural gas.
The growing adoption of such phones, which include the Apple iPhone, has greatly increased the use of high-speed wireless data networks.
Obama sharply increased the use of armed drones (begun under George W Bush), which have conducted lethal strikes against alleged terrorists in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
It increased the use of data and analytics to inform spending decisions, adopted new technology and forged stronger relationships with commissioning staff and external partners.
By contrast, Nielsen found, Apple increased the use of its iTunes media players by 48percentt in 2006 for a 19percentt share of the market.
