The high tech, Internet-based companies that Hollywood most fears used their clout with America's most coveted customers, young Millennials, to stop a rush to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and its Senate twin, Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).
Today it has been melded into Thomson's Gale Group, a high-tech Internet-based academic publisher that cross-references its material with other Thomson products, including Boston-based financial information supplier First Call, another Thomson acquisition.
These use touch-screen technology to reduce queues at airlines' check-in points, and IBM has rolled out a series of prestigious new customers this year, including British Airways, US Airways and United.Not all new opportunities are high-tech and internet-basedNot all new opportunities, however, are high-tech and internet-based.
Our biggest "competitive ecosystems" tend to be tech and internet-based companies, but we also also slowly branching out naturally into other fields.
In her first speech after taking office, Varney followed up by signaling a more aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement generally, but particularly with respect to high-tech and Internet-based markets.
"Edmond is a seasoned technology expert, and has contributed to the growth of retail, high-tech and internet-based businesses for nearly three decades," said Blake Nordstrom, co-president of Nordstrom, in a statement.
The target for the capital is Southeast Asia, a region of more than 650 million consumers where rising internet access is creating new opportunities for tech startups and internet-based businesses.
And so, all around us there is growing evidence that the high-tech industry, especially the world of Internet-based business, will soon take flight again.
For travelers looking for inexpensive alternatives, there are several options: new Internet-based voice services, callback services and one of the most low-tech -- and low-cost options: prepaid calling cards.
Devices and Internet-based solutions are becoming available that allow caregivers to keep an unobtrusive, high-tech eye on their family members, ensuring that they're safe, healthy and well cared for.
