Thursday, 28 Mar, 2024

Tech

Will it bend? iPhone 6 takes a turn for the worse

DHAKA: It's been on shelves for a matter of days, but some iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users are complaining of a major design flaw that sees the smartphone body bend under pressure. Photos have begun appearing online showing distinctly bent aluminium devices, with complaints that the new

Robi offers free Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT

DHAKA: Mobile operator Robi offers its users Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT free. The declaration came through a press conference held at a city hotel on Wednesday. Robi chief executive officer (CEO) Supun Weerasinghe, at the conference, said that they are offering the package being accompanied

Govt makes 25 apps available

DHAKA: The government has started facilitating services for the people through mobile applications (apps) formally from Wednesday.Among 100 useful mobile apps, in the morning, state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated 25 apps in a ceremony at city’s Bangladesh Computer

Fancy robotic pets

DHAKA: Robotics experts often look to nature for inspiration for mechanical systems. Different animals have evolved to walk, run, climb and scuttle in a variety of ways, and creating robots that mimic those creatures can be useful to help understand how animals’ bodies work while also

Apple breaks its earlier records

DHAKA: Apple announced it sold over 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in the first three days the new devices were available for sale. This means that the company continues its record-breaking streak of opening weekend sales, topping last year’s figure of nine million

Samsung introduces ‘Note-4’ with GP

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics Limited Bangladesh and country’s leading telecom operator Grameenphone (GP) announced to launch Samsung’s latest innovation ‘Note-4’ on Tuesday. GP Platinum and Platinum Plus customers will get the device at cost Tk 67,500 by pre-booking the offer while

Alibaba’s Jack Ma China’s richest person

DHAKA: The largest stock offer in history has made Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, China’s richest person with a fortune of US$25 billion. An annual wealth ranking for the country showed Tuesday, reports The Straits Times. Ma, who had to persuade friends to give him

Amazon releases new Fire tablets and e-readers

DHAKA: Amazon has released a new set of tablets and e-readers.A $79 Kindle and the Kindle Voyage are the company's new e-reader offerings, reports the CNN."This is our thinnest, highest resolution, highest contrast e-reader we've ever done," Amazon VP Peter Larsen said of the Kindle

Futurist claims 'digital twins by 2020'

DHAKA: By 2020, our day-to-day lives, relationships and even what to have for dinner could be controlled and run by digital versions of ourselves.According to futurist John Smart, within the next six years many of us could have so-called ‘digital twins’ that schedule our

4 smartphones that alternate iPhones

DHAKA: The persons, who have the excuses that iPhone 6 and 6 Plus aren't waterproof and don't have stronger screens or better sound, might use other smartphones available with these features and more.Some of the best smartphones, according to the Fox News, as a alternative of iPhones

Apple 'to launch new iPads on Oct 21'

DHAKA: Hot on the heels of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple is reportedly planning to unveil updated versions of its iPad and iPad Mini on October 21.A person familiar with the company's plans told Apple Insider that internal deadlines have been set for mid-October, ahead of the planned

PeopleNTech, new horizon in IT profession

DHAKA: The American based IT training institute ‘PeopleNTech’ introduced their activities in Bangladesh after the success in America, Canada and India.PeopleNTech has a target to make 10,000 IT graduates in Bangladesh. They will be trained in such a quality that they will be able

Joan Rivers posts from the grave

DHAKA: Comic legend Joan Rivers has been dead for over a week now, but apparently that hasn’t stopped the Fashion Show star being chuffed to bits with her new iPhone 6-feet-under.In a warning to PR companies everywhere, sponsored scheduled posts appeared on Rivers’ Facebook and

Android games players averaging 37 minutes a day

DHAKA: The average Android gamer spends 37 minutes a day playing on their smartphone or tablet, according to research from mobile analytics firm Flurry.Based on data from 60,000 Android devices, the company claims that Android gamers in the US are the keenest in the world, averaging

Bill Gates to boost charity amongst India’s rich

DHAKA: US billionaire Bill Gates will dine with some of India’s wealthiest people this weekend in a bid to encourage them to give more to charity, in a country where the rich are still seen as relatively tight-fisted. The gathering will be hosted by tycoon Azim Premji, founder of

New smartphone app gives sight to the blind

DHAKA: Jonathan Mosen, who has been blind since birth, spent his evening snapping photos of packages in the mail, his son’s school report and labels on bottles in the fridge. In seconds, he was listening to audio of the printed words the camera captured, courtesy of a new app on his

Get Dell laptops at home

FROM DELL CARNIVAL (BICC): Online selling in the country has recently been increased. Especially, the sale becomes encouraging during Eid celebrations.World famous laptop brand Dell’s dealer Business Automation Limited customer relation officer Mozammel Haque comments saying more

3 New Dell Laptops at Carnival

FROM DELL CARNIVAL: The Dell Company revealed three new laptops in two-day long Carnival at Bangabandhu International Conference centre on Friday. The new three laptops are Inspiron 14R (7437), Inspiron 15R (7537) and Inspiron 14R (5447)/15R (5547) of Inspiron 5000 series. Information

Govt prioritizes ICT sector, says Palak

DHAKA: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Affairs Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Friday said the government has been working by giving priority to the Information and Communication Technology.  He made the observation after inaugurating the first ever “Dell Carnival”

Grab iOS 8 for your iPhone, iPad, iPod

DHAKA: Apple just launched the eighth iteration of its operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.However, iOS 8 has already been available for free download from Wednesday.The download and update process itself is quite easy, but there are a few important things you should