Blackberry Passport Bundling Indosat and XL Axiata Rp9.6 Million

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Blackberry Passport officially rolled in Indonesia by offering a variety of advantages. Starting from the unique shape, the touch screen (touch-enabled screen) large box shaped 1:1 ratio and the latest operating system OS 10.3 BlackBerry.

To support the distribution of BlackBerry do bundling cooperation with the major telecom operators in Indonesia, namely Indosat and XL Axiata do a pre-order.

Senior Country Product Manager Blackberry Southeast Asia, Ardo Fadhola argued, for consumers who are already pre-order the BlackBerry Passport can be taken on November 14, 2014 Indosat and XL.

As for exclusively Indosat and XL customers who do not do pre-order, get a start 16 November could be available in the BlackBerry Lifestyle store and through authorized distributors in Telematics Artha Mandiri (TAM). "BlackBerry Passport is priced quite high due to the market targeting business professionals," he said on the sidelines of the launch of the Blackberry Passport in Jakarta Tuesday (11.11.2014). BlackBerry took Indosat and XL, where both carriers have to offer the same price of Rp9.6 million. "

Indosat give loyal customers / consumers with a new postpaid package Matrix Super Plan, while providing bundling XL but with the option to pre-order merchants through jeruknipis and elevania, "he said. Meanwhile, the CEO of PT Indosat, Alexander Rusli expressed Indosat Blackberry Passport very happy presence in Indonesia, in response to pre-order program Indosat's wonderful. "Many of our customers are BlackBerry cannot wait to have a Passport.

Indosat always supports the BlackBerry and are committed to providing the best experience and enterprise solutions to our customers, "he explained. Furthermore, the CEO of PT XL Axiata, Hasnul Suhaemi stated, XL congratulated on launching BlackBerry Blackberry Passport.

A blackberry device has become an important part of the portfolio XL devices since they are present in Indonesia. "The opening of the BlackBerry Passport will support us in providing data services to our customers. We will continue to support such innovative mobile solutions offered by BlackBerry, "he added.

 

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Blackberry to quit makin' Classic smartphone...

BlackBerry to Stop Making Classic Smartphone
July 05, 2016 — Smartphone pioneer BlackBerry Ltd. will stop making its Classic model, the company said Tuesday, 18 months after launching the device it had hoped would entice users who prefer a physical keyboard, rather than a touchscreen.

Blackberry's move shifted its focus further away from its money-losing handset business and toward its software. Still, shares in the Canadian technology company fell more than 3 percent after an executive confirmed the move in a company blog post. The Classic was launched early last year, with a physical keyboard in the vein of its Bold predecessor and powered by the company's own overhauled BlackBerry 10 operating system.

BlackBerry will continue to support the BlackBerry 10 operating system, but production of its Classic smartphone, shown at its launch in late 2014, will cease.​

BlackBerry has since launched a phone powered by Alphabet Inc.'s Android software and plans several more, and BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen last month expressed confidence the company's trimmed-down handset business could turn a profit by a self-imposed September deadline. BlackBerry has shifted focus from its once-dominant smartphones to the software that companies and governments need to manage their devices. Some analysts and investors have called on the Waterloo, Ontario-based company to jettison handsets entirely.

Carriers informed

Separately, an internal U.S. Senate memo sent by IT staff and obtained by Reuters on Tuesday said BlackBerry had told major U.S. carriers Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T that all BlackBerry devices running BlackBerry 10 had been discontinued. Asked specifically about the memo, a spokeswoman for BlackBerry said its device strategy was based on a cross-platform model and that it would continue to support BlackBerry 10.

The company will no longer manufacture the Classic as it updates its device lineup "to keep innovating and advancing our portfolio," Ralph Pini, who joined BlackBerry in May as its new chief operating officer and devices head, said in a blog post. BlackBerry shares have withered in recent quarters as the company's revenues have fallen sharply. Its Toronto-listed stock was last down 3.3 percent at C$8.57, while on the Nasdaq it was off 2.2 percent at $6.61.

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Report: 7 Countries Benefit Most from Technology Innovation
July 06, 2016 — The World Economic Forum says trends suggest individuals, not business or government, are driving the digital revolution and an already large gap in infrastructure between rich and developing countries is widening

The United States, Singapore, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Israel are getting the biggest bang for their buck in economic and digital innovation, according to a survey released Wednesday by the organizers of the Davos economic forum.

The Geneva-based World Economic Forum says in its new Global Information Technology Report that trends suggest individuals, not business or government, are driving the digital revolution and an already large gap in infrastructure between rich and developing countries is widening. "Governments or businesses are not leveraging digital technology sufficiently,'' said WEF competitiveness chief Margareta Drzeniek-Hanouz. Developing nations could benefit by providing affordable access to technology, she said, noting how some are exploring new business models to "leapfrog'' the Internet into mobile telephone payment systems, for example.

Pepper, an emotional Robot, greets conference attendees during the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California​

The 289-page report, whose authors also hail from France's Insead business school, Cornell University, and U.S.-based technology company Cisco Systems, said that Singapore topped the list in its Network Readiness Index, a gauge of countries' preparedness to tap into the benefits of emerging technologies. The United States and Japan joined seven European countries rounding out the top 10.
In that ranking, Russia remained 41st and China rose three places to 59th. South Africa jumped 10 spots to 65th.

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Robots Branch Out Across Workforce
July 05, 2016 - From parking cars to greeting patients, robots gradually becoming part of everyday life across the globe

Industrial robots started replacing humans long ago in tedious and dangerous jobs, such as welding thousands of identical parts for vehicles. Today, more sophisticated robots are capable of precisely lifting and moving huge loads, such as railway engines, or sorting merchandise for rapid shipment from massive warehouses. Skeptics say robots’ future as autonomous drivers might be a bit murky, but they can handle parallel parking like a pro. A robot valet named Geta can easily maneuver a car into a tight space that many drivers would bypass as too risky.

Marco Wu, head of Yeefung Automation Technology, the Chinese firm that developed Geta, says the robot can safely park a car in about two minutes. "The robot can go everywhere without tracks, which is free and versatile and will reform parking in the future," he said. Geta looks like a platform on wheels. Directed by a laser guidance system, it slides under a car, lifts it up and rolls it into an available parking space before lowering it and rolling away. Wu says that, besides saving maneuvering time, Geta needs up to 40 percent less space when it positions a car, which could be crucial — especially in big cities.

Another more human-like robot recently began working as receptionist at a hospital in Ostend, Belgium. Pepper, built by Zora Bots, can speak 19 languages and analyze voice tones and facial expressions. Its job is to greet patients, provide basic information and show them to appropriate rooms. With a full battery, the robot can work for up to 20 hours. Standing just over a meter high, Pepper is not considered intimidating to children, and it rolls along at a slow pace that allows even elderly patients to keep up. Developers say Pepper's main job is to make people feel better in a hospital setting.

Robots Branch Out Across Workforce