DHAKA: Microsoft Corp is planning its biggest round of job cuts in five years as the software maker looks to integrate Nokia Oyj’s handset unit. Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the company’s plans, says The Times of India. The reductions, expected to be announced

DHAKA: Samsung has temporarily suspended business with one of its suppliers, Dongguan Shinyang Electronics, after conducting an investigation prompted by China Labor Watch report on 10 July accusing the Chinese supplier of employing children. Samsung’s investigation found evidence of

DHAKA: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to ensure superfast internet of 1 MBPS speed across the country.Joy, also ICT affairs adviser to the premier, came up with the plea while talking to the ISPs in a view-exchange

DHAKA: US technology giant Apple is fighting Chinese claims that the iPhone threatens national security through its ability to track and time-stamp a user’s location. The frequent locations function, which can be switched on or off by users, is available on iOS 7. The operating system

DHAKA: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has accused US technology giant Apple of threatening national security through its iPhone’s ability to track and time-stamp a user’s location. The ‘frequent locations’ function, which can be switched on or off by users, could be used to

DHAKA: The first-ever online Eid Fair organized by RallyRound has begun on Thursday with the theme ‘Something More Than Trade’ to do the eid shopping online, said a press release.Kaspersky Anti-Virus and esufiana.com are sponsoring the programme.Prominent e-commerce sites of the

DHAKA: One of the most popular mobile handset brand Symphony has recently launched a new modeled smart phone W130 in the market. The customers will get two extra a free back cover on every purchase. There are three colors of the covers-- black, blue and red. One can easily convert the

DHAKA: Emerging countries such as China, India and Bangladesh witnessed significant growth in the past 12 months, the Juniper study found. More than 1.75 billion mobile phone users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2019, compared to 800 million this year,

DHAKA: Japan's leading IT companies are showing interest to recruit the Bangladeshi Information Technology Engineers Examination (ITEE) graduates.Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Secretary Md. Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday said that chief executive officers of two

DHAKA: With the football madness in full swing, Opera Software on Thursday announced its partnership with Bangladesh’s second largest cellular operator Banglalink for delivering a special co-branded mobile web browser to its more than 29 million subscribers. The special co-branded

DHAKA: With the football madness in full swing, Opera Software was announced on Wednesday its partnership with Banglalink, one of the largest cellular operators in the country, for delivering a special co-branded mobile web browser to its more than 29 million subscribers. The special

DHAKA: Samsung has launched the Galaxy S5 mini, a mini-variant of the company's 2014 flagship smartphone. The South Korean giant has not revealed the pricing details of the handset; though it has announced that the Galaxy S5 mini will be available initially in Russia starting

DHAKA: The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected Google Inc’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of violating federal wiretap law when it accidentally collected emails and other personal data while building its popular Street View program. The justices left intact a September 2013

DHAKA: Facebook secretly manipulated the feelings of 700,000 users to understand ‘emotional contagion’ in a study that prompted anger and forced the social network giant on the defensive. For one week in 2012 – and without the explicit consent or knowledge of users – Facebook

DHAKA: A study detailing how Facebook secretly manipulated the news feed of some 700,000 users to study ‘emotional contagion’ has prompted anger on social media. For one week in 2012, Facebook tampered with the algorithm used to place posts into user news feeds to study how this

DHAKA: Some 116.24 million subscribers are using mobile phones in the country currently crossing 116 million at the end of May, with about three million new users in the first five months of this year. According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the total

DHAKA: Microsoft has unveiled its first ever smartphone powered by Google’s Android operating system. The Nokia X2 – the first handset produced under the Finnish brand’s name since Microsoft completed its acquisition of the company – is a budget device aimed at emerging markets

DHAKA: Enliven, a multidisciplinary private organization specialized in human capacity development, is organizing a series of workshop for business students to prepare them for the professional arena. On August 23, Enliven will organize a workshop titled “Soft War of Software” to

FROM PARLIAMENT: Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique said there are almost 46.17-lakh 3G-supported smart-phone users in the country. He made this remarks while replying a query of MP Bahauddin Nasim of Madaripur-3 in the parliament on

DHAKA: Google has released Glass in the UK, making it the second country to get the Android-powered eyewear after the US. The kit - which is still a prototype - costs £1,000 and is being targeted at developers, rather than consumers, who must be over 18 years old. The BBC has learned