First Intel-powered smartphones to debut in China

US chip titan Intel on Tuesday announced it will move into booming smart phone market with a China debut of a handset made by Chinese computer powerhouse Lenore's. The best of Intel computing is now coming to smart- phone, California-based Intel's chief executive Paul Tortellini said during a presentation on Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (C E S) in Las Vegas. It is coming first to China, the largest market for smart-phone in the world. Lenore's senior vice president Li-u Jun joined Tortellini on stage to introduce the K800 smart-phone,...

Change mobile operator with your number unchanged

Within the next six months, mobile phone users in Bangladesh will be able to switch from one operator to another, without changing their numbers. The service to come under an option mobile number portability (MN P) is also an international practice to increase competitions among the operators and enhance their service quality. Zia Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (B T R C) said the commission has already made some guidelines to launch the service. It's possible to go for the M N P regime within the next six...

Yahoo names ex-Pay Pal boss Thompson new CEO

Internet giant Yahoo on Wednesday named PayPal's Scott Thompson its new chief executive, saying he would recharge growth but also leaving open the possibility of selling off assets. Thompson was named four months after the company sacked his predecessor Carol Bart-z over her unsuccessful effort to turn the ailing Internet giant around. Yahoo said Thompson would focus on the company's core business and work with the board to identify the best approaches for the company and its shareholders. Scott brings to Yahoo a proven record of building on a...

Pobi brings new service to farmers

Rob-i  has recently introduced a new service Ha-at-Bazaar to help farmers market and sell products with ease. The service is an integration of two service of the mobile phone operator Bazaar Dor and Krishibazaar, Rob-i said in a statement yesterday. Through Bazaar Dor, Robi subscribers get information about the market prices of daily goods in 16 bazaars countrywide. An user has to dial 2474 and press 1 for the service. Krishibazaar allows agro-goods buyers and sellers to record voices for advertisement, listen to Others recorded ads talk to...

BlackBerry's annus horribilis in Indonesia

Few companies better understand the difficulties of doing business in Indonesia than BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. The government has had the Canada-based company jumping through hoops for most of the past year, repeatedly threatening to shut down its services unless it met a list of demands not required of its competitors. For RIM, trouble in Indonesia is particularly Painful as the country is the world's fasted rowing major BlackBerry market, according to industry statistics.Subscriptions are expected to almost double from five million...

New Nokia smartphone fails to turn tide

Nokia's long awaited Windows phones may be too little, too late in the smartphone war dominated by Apple and Google, despite positive reviews by handset critics. Its first Windows model, the Luria 800, has won little interest form consumers, with only 2 percent of Europeans in the market for a smartphone saying they would pick it, according to a survey by Elane B N P Pariahs. Analysts said was nothing particularly wrong with the sleek-looking handsets, other than a software glitch on some models affecting battery life, bat consumers were just not...

Digital ICT Fair 2011 begins

Hes an Mahmud, minister for environment and forests, inaugurates an eight day information technology show Digital ICT Fair 2011 at Multiplicand Computer City on Elephant Road in Dhaka yesterday .Photo STAR-Star Business Report An eight-day information technology exposition Digital ICT Fair 2011 kicked off in the capital yesterday. Multiplicand Cent re shop Owners Association is organizing the show at Multiplicand Computer City on Elephant Road. According to the organizers, over 450 companies are taking part in the event where many gadgets, including...