Land-grant universities, teachers' colleges, two-year colleges, and so on were initially launched to serve those for whom a traditional four-year liberal arts education was out of reach or unnecessary.
Last year a group of Italian physicists claimed to have measured it within a margin of error of about 20percentt by analyzing data from the two Lageos satellites, spherical objects pocked with reflectors that were launched to serve as sort of geodetic markers in the sky.
Today, welcome the latest to join this crowd: a new on-demand app called Armarium is launching to serve those with slightly more expensive tastes.
Originally, Eden launched to serve the consumer market, charging folks $70/hour to do things like troubleshoot the Wi-Fi or install a printer.
The organization that was launched to serve public schools so poor or dysfunctional they couldn't attract qualified teachers now sends fully a third of its recruits to privately run charter schools, many with stellar academic reputations, flush budgets and wealthy donors.
However, a new telephone company and Internet Service Provider, a subsidiary of Dubai Internet City, has recently been launched to serve expatriates who have purchased freehold property within the UAE.
Launched specifically to serve the fast-growing automatic washing machine market, Tide is one of P&G's most revered, successful, and profitable brands.
On Thursday The Industry Standard magazine, launched three years ago to serve as the "newsweekly of the Internet economy," announced that it would cease publication and may have to seek bankruptcy protection.
Hubble, a new mobile application for private social networking created by the team that developed Flip Video, is launching today to serve as the secure hub (get it? Hubble?) for family communication.
Currently a small team of six working out of Science's L.A. offices, Fresh Dish is launching today to serve L.A., San Diego, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, with further expansion planned across the U.S. in the weeks and months ahead.
