The women send a text message or make a phone call or fill in a sheet, marking out how many pieces of which products they need.

FORBES: In Bangladesh Women Are Taking A Shopping Network To The Villages

Siddhartha, to the smaller but still brashly ambitious sorts who fill out many of our other pages--this is an Asian business buffet, both in text and photography. (All the food stories in this issue must be affecting me.) Add to this mix the best of FORBES in the U.S. and hungry readers get their fill.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The infantry is using smartphones to text message updates about their surroundings, send pictures with an attached GPS location, pull up maps, and quickly fill out regular reports.

CNN: U.S. Army may soon equip troops with smartphones