DHAKA: Amazon stages a mystery unveiling, widely expected to be a smartphone, on Wednesday to delve into a super competitive market dominated by Apple and Samsung. The company has given a hint as to what is in store and invited a small group of media to the Seattle event to be hosted by

DHAKA: Facebook has launched a photo-messaging app one week after accidentally releasing it on Apple's app store on Wednesday. Known as Slingshot, the app's features include sharing photos and videos with friends and sending "reaction shots", reports the BBC. It uses an unlocking

DHAKA: Facebook users beware: The company has officially declared that it will be tracking your online consumption and behaviour on Facebook, and off Facebook too. Like Google, Facebook wants to leverage its understanding of your user behaviour to serve you more targeted ads. Facebook

DHAKA: Apple has reached an out-of-court settlement with plaintiffs that accused it of price-fixing on e-books. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, says The Straits Times. Apple and the plaintiffs, consumers and some US states, have reached an agreement in principle that must

DHAKA: Technology news is full of incremental developments, but few of them are true milestones. Here we’re citing 10 that are. These advances from the past year all solve thorny problems or create powerful new ways of using technology. They are breakthroughs that will matter for years

DHAKA: Twitter Chief Operating Officer Ali Rowghani resigned on Thursday. The former Pixar executive joined Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) in 2010 as chief financial officer and became COO in 2012, reports the CNN. "Goodbye Twitter. It's been an amazing ride, and I will cherish the memories,"

DHAKA: Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) urged the government to withdraw SIM tax and SIM replacement tax to keep the development of telecommunication sector in the country unhurt. The organization also urged to review high rated corporate taxes. AMTOB

DHAKA: The European Commission is to open a formal investigation into Apple, Starbucks and Fiat in relation to tax arrangements with three EU countries. The firms’ arrangements with Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will be investigated. Announcing the move, tax commissioner

DHAKA: Bangladesh has been awarded the prestigious ‘World Summit on Information Society 2014 Prize’ at the WSIS+10 High Level Event of ITU at Geneva before the Ministers, Heads of UN organizations and the civil societies. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak received the prize

DHAKA: Apple will commercially launch its smartwatch device in October. The company plans to initially produce 3-5 million smartwatches per month, the Nikkei reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reports telecompaper.com. According to the same source, Apple’s

DHAKA: Google has launched tests for Project Loon, a network of balloons designed to provide internet service in rural and remote areas, of Brazil. Brazil’s communications ministry said, telecompaper.com reports. Two balloons have been launched in Piaui providing internet, thanks to a

DHAKA: The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) has ruled in favor of local firm iFone’s rights to the ‘iFone’ name. IMPI said ads for Apple’s iPhone have encroach on the trademark, media reports, says telecompaper.com. Mexico’s iFone registered the name in 2003 for

FROM Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC): Eminent writer of Bangla language, physicist and educationist Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal once again imparted his magic through talking to children. He said, “We want to use technology at the same time we must be aware about

FROM Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC): Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim took photo with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Grameenphone Augment Reality Zone of Digital World-2014 in BICC on Saturday. State minister for Information and Communication

FROM BANGABANDHU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER: Access to Information (A2i) and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate of initiatives and innovations on Information technology. The MOU was signed at Hall of Fame of

DHAKA: ‘Digital World 2014’, a four-day expo on information technology, which was begin in the city on Wednesday to showcase potential and demonstrate development of ICT sector of Bangladesh will be ended on Saturday.  A lot of seminars and workshops were held in last three days in

DHAKA: In the next budget, mobile phone users will have to pay tax Tk 100 for re-registration the SIM card in case of damaging and losing old one.  The finance minister AMA Muhith made the assertion in an interview with a national daily. AMA Muhith is set to announce country’s 44th

DHAKA: Samsung Bangladesh declared Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd as their official distributor to distribute smart phones and tablet PC’s within the country. In this regard, Samsung Bangladesh and Smart Technologies recently signed am accord in this connection. Smart Technologies,

DHAKA: Self-educated inventors both in rural and urban areas are appreciable but due to lack of publicity their innovations cannot come under spot light. Poverty is the main cause of that, said information minister Hasanul Haq Inu. The information minister, as chief guest, made this

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics unveiled the Samsung Z, the first commercially available smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system.The phone will be on show at the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco from 3 June and launch first in Russia in Q3. Samsung said it plans to bring