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The object-oriented applications programming language that is Java was once the cool kid on the block, a base from which a new generation of applications would be launched, taking over our desktops.

To keep things going, Winter's business partner, Kristie Melnik, who had been consulting as Chief Operating Officer since the company's launch, took over as interim CEO a post she still holds and Winter tapped her OSU-allotted 20% consulting time, typical of faculty appointments at many academic institutions.

He was the editor of Popular Mechanics when Photoplay was first launched, but took over the editorship in time for the January 1916 issue.

When the iPhone 5 launched, Apple took over 2 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours available.

Trivia Crack, a game-show style quiz app that launched in Argentina, is swiftly taking over schools and college campuses around the world.

In early 2012, Tuareg separatists launched an offensive in the north, taking over large swaths of the country.

Icahn was in the news for an entirely different reason, as the market waits to see if he will launch a proxy fight aimed at taking over Yahoo! 's board.

Simon Cowell returned to chair the X Factor judges, taking over from Gary Barlow, having launched the show back in 2004.

Soon after taking over in early 2004, Van der Veer launched a push to improve Shell's project management.

– He, at one time, planned to launch "Project Reith" – a clandestine board of investors intent on taking over the BBC.

A new charity taking over responsibility for canals and rivers in England and Wales is to be officially launched later.