Friday, 01 Nov, 2024

Tech

Cut off SIMs to be activated within 450 days

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the disconnected SIMs can be activated within 450 days after biometric verification and paying fee. The unregistered SIMs will be disconnected on Tuesday (May 31) after 11:59pm. BTRC director (system and services)

Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case

DHAKA: Google has won a major US court scrap with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled, it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language. Oracle had argued that Google had infringed its copyright and had sought nearly $9bn in compensation, BBC reports on Friday

‘Symphony Bombastic Offer’ winner receives car

DHAKA: ‘Symphony Bombastic Offer’ winner received the key of the car from the organizers at the prize giving ceremony held at Basundhara City Shopping Mall in city. The winner Mohsin received the key of the car from Jakaria Shahid Managing Director of Edison Group, said a press

Xiaomi Mi Drone poses price challenge to DJI

DHAKA: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced its first drone, pricing it significantly lower than a comparable model by the market leader DJI. The Mi Drone can stay airborne for nearly half an hour and will be sold with a choice of stabilised cameras. The move gives Xiaomi

Huawei sues Samsung over patents

DHAKA: Huawei is suing its tech rival Samsung over claims that its patents have been infringed. The Chinese firm said it was pursuing its South Korean rival in two courts - one in California, the other in Shenzhen. According to Huawei, several of its cellular communications and

Twitter revamps 140-character tweet length rules

DHAKA: Twitter is overhauling some of its rules to try to make itself simpler to use and more attractive to newcomers. Members will be able to add multimedia to tweets - including pictures and videos - without eating into the 140-characters-a-post limit. The service is also changing

Digital Security Summit date shifts

DHAKA: The authorities of Digital Security Summit 2016 have shifted the date of the summit from May 28 to October 14. The two-day summit will be held at Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh (KIB) Auditorium in city. According to the organizers, the upcoming summit will provide a unique

Indian space shuttle makes first test flight

DHAKA: India’s space agency ISRO has launched a rocket from its facility north of Chennai carrying an experimental spacecraft it hopes will mark an important step towards the country’s first re-usable space shuttle. "We have successfully accomplished the RLV mission as a technology

Robi’s internet awareness program held at JU

DHAKA: Robi has organized an awareness session “Internet4U” to help the people with networking, learning and self-development those are lagging behind in leveraging this technology.   The session was organized with support of the Business Club of the Institute of Business

Re-register GP SIM, win smartphone

DHAKA: Country’s largest telecom operator Grameenphone (GP) is offering one smartphone every 20 minutes for the customers who are re-registering their SIMs to strengthen re-registration process. The offer will be available everyday from 10:00am to 8:00pm till May 31. According to

2-day BizTech B2B conference begins in city

DHAKA: A two-day BizTech B2B conference has begun in city on Saturday (May 21) with the aim of enhancing ICT service in domestic market and increasing abilities of local companies to compete international market. The conference, jointly organized by government’s ICT division and

OSS Solution “DataMiner” launched

DHAKA: Nextech Limited with partnership of technology vendor Skyline Communications, a European company based in Belgium, launched most advanced end-to-end multi-vendor Network Management and OSS Solution “DataMiner”. Nextech Limited has organized the product launch ceremony on

Zuckerberg meets US conservatives on reported bias

DHAKA: Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met with a group of conservative pundits and media personalities to defend the site against allegations of bias. The perspective practices at the world’s largest social network came under inquiry after a former Facebook contractor

Robi, Symphony launch cheapest smartphone

DHAKA: Robi and Symphony have recently launched the cheapest smartphone Symphony E12 and E58 at Tk 2,390 and Tk 2,590 respectively with Robi bundle offer. With purchase of either of these handsets, the Robi subscriber will enjoy 500 minutes free talk-time (any mobile operators’

Millions of hacked LinkedIn IDs advertised ‘for sale’

DHAKA: A hacker is advertising what he says is more than one hundred million LinkedIn logins for sale. The IDs were reportedly sourced from a breach four years ago, which had previously been thought to have included a fraction of that number. At the time, the business-focused social

Samsung, Robi bundle offer with J series handsets

DHAKA: Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has recently announced an exclusive bundle offer for its J series handsets in collaboration with telecom operator Robi. With this exclusive offer, Robi subscribers can enjoy bundle with Samsung Galaxy J1 Nxt, J1 Ace, and J2 handsets worth Tk 4,000,

Abdullah H Kafi to join Shanghai’s Canon expo

DHAKA: Abdullah H Kafi, CEO of JAN Associate, will attend the Canon Expo 2016 to start on May 19 in Shanghai. He will join the ribbon cutting ceremony which is a prestigious association for any participant joining the expo, a press release said on Tuesday (May 17). Last year

Vodafone grow for first time since 2008

DHAKA: Mobile phone giant Vodafone has said its underlying business is now growing for the first time since 2008, helped by a revival in Europe. Full-year earnings for the group grew 2.7% to £11.6bn, and it increased its dividend payout to shareholders by 2%, reports the BBC. Its

Telecommunication Day being marked

DHAKA: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is being marked in Bangladesh along with other countries. With the slogan of ‘ICT-based commercial initiatives are needed for social development’, the telecommunication ministry has chalked out different programs to mark

Twitter ‘to loosen character limit’

DHAKA: Microblogging site Twitter is to stop counting photographs and links in its 140-character limit for tweets. A report from Bloomberg said, according to the BBC. The change could be made within the next two weeks, Bloomberg quoted a source as saying. The company has not yet