Friday, 01 Nov, 2024

Tech

Palak visits S Korea to hoist ICT assistance

DHAKA: State minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak with his delegation completed his 3-day visit in South Korea to explore the potential of cooperation measures between the countries in the ICT sector. Both countries have been making efforts to upgrade the overall cooperation into ICT

3-m fans in US embassy Dhaka’s Facebook page

DHAKA: US embassy Dhaka’s Facebook page gained its three-millionth fan on May 13, making it the first US embassy Facebook page worldwide to reach this milestone. ‘Every day, we engage with thousands of Bangladeshis on our Facebook page and talk with them about women’s

Non-biometric SIM to go off from June 1

DHAKA: Non-biometric SIMs will be blocked permanently after May 31 midnight. State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim made the announcement after a meeting with mobile operator high-ups at her office in city on Sunday (May 15). Meanwhile, she also said,

Banglalink brings 3G smartphone at Tk3499

DHAKA: Banglalink, one of the largest telecom operators in Bangladesh, has launched 3G smartphone at Tk 3,499 with the joint venture of Micromax. Any existing or new Banglalink prepaid, call & control and postpaid customers are eligible for the exclusive offer to enjoy a lucrative

3-day summer laptop fair begins in city

FROM BICC PREMISES: A three-day ‘Summer Laptop Fair’ has begun at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in city on Friday (May 13). Science and technology minister Yeafesh Osman inaugurated the fair as chief guest at 4:00pm on the day. The fair, organized by EXPO

Apple invests in Chinese Uber rival

DHAKA: Apple has invested $1bn in Didi Chuxing, the car-hailing app that has a greater market share than US rival Uber in China. Tim Cook, chief executive, said that the move would help Apple to better understand the Chinese market, reports the BBC. Didi Chuxing, previously known as

Google bans ads from payday lenders

DHAKA: Google has announced plans to ban ads from so-called payday lenders, in a move the company hopes will limit what it calls a ‘harmful’ industry. The search giant plans to stop allowing ads for loans due within 60 days or with an interest rate of 36% or higher. Google's

Amazon launches YouTube rival

DHAKA: Online retail giant Amazon has launched an online video service to rival Google’s YouTube. Amazon Video Direct will allow users to post videos and earn royalties. Viewers can rent and buy content or watch it for free with adverts. An ad-free version is offered to Amazon

Symphony brings H300

DHAKA: Symphony Mobile the leading brand of Bangladesh has launched a new Smartphone name “Symphony H300”. This handset contains Android 5.1 Lollipop version with 1.4 GHz Octacore Processor, includes a 5-inch IPS HD display, Two GB of RAM and 16 GB of ROM, containing designs from a

Summer Laptop Fair from Friday

DHAKA: A three-day Summer Laptop Fair-2016 will kick off at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) at Agargaon in city on Friday (May 13). This is the 17th edition of laptop expo, says a press release issued on Monday (May 9). Local and International technology product

Facebook wins China trademark case

DHAKA: Beijing court has ruled in favour of Facebook and against a Chinese company which had registered ‘face book’ as a separate trademark. The court said the firm had ‘violated moral principles’ with ‘obvious intention to duplicate and copy from another high-profile

S Korea donates Bangladesh 130 computers

DHAKA: South Korea on Sunday (May 8) donated 130 computers for some rural areas of Bangladesh as contribution to latter’s overall ICT development. The donation came from a program, organized by the ICT Division, at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in city. The

Seminar on cyber defense held

DHAKA: A seminar on Cyber Security defense was held Thursday (May 5) at the auditorium of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) at Mirpur in the capital. The theme of the seminar was ‘Cyber Defense: Don’t wait to be breached, know your risks!”.  It was jointly

Have you ever expressed love to your mother?

DHAKA: Have you ever expressed love to your mother? Do you celebrate Mother’s Day?  To find out the answers to these questions of young Bangladeshi, UCWeb conducted a survey on April 29th among mobile netizens, on the occasion of International Mother’s Day, using its flagship

Robi-Aamra to promote Super-Fast Internet

DHAKA: Country’s mobile operator Robi decided to work with Internet provider Aamra Networks in a bid to provide better internet services to its subscribers. Robi’s managing director and CEO Supun Weerasinghe and Aamra Networks Limited’s CEO Syed Farhad Ahmed have recently signed

SIM re-registration time extended

DHAKA: The government has extended the time for re-registering mobile SIM and RIM cards through biometric system by one month to May 31 as more than four crores users are still to be re-registered. State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication Tarana Halim said the deadline was

‘SIMs not to be barred due to biometric error’

DHAKA: Posts and telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim said that cell phone SIMs will not be closed due to the biometric error. She made this assertion while visiting Grameenphone Service Center in city’s Farmgate area on Friday afternoon (April 29). According to her, so

Edotco to provide rooftop camouflage structured tower

DHAKA: The country’s first towerco, edotco Bangladesh Co. Ltd. recently introduced its first rooftop camouflaged tower structure, on the Chittagong Boat Club building. Edotco’s innovative camouflage designed tower structure protects the aesthetic look of the city and reduced the

Biometric SIM registration till 10pm Saturday

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said that the cell phone customers will be allowed to complete their biometric registration of SIMs by 10:00pm on Saturday (April 30). The unregistered SIMs will be closed for three hours as warning from May 1, she

Young Bangla, Microsoft for ‘Service Engineers’

DHAKA: Young Bangla along with Microsoft Bangladesh has taken an initiative to create ‘Service Engineers’ across the country. With the participation of Young Bangla volunteers from Moulavibazar and Sylhet, daylong ‘Service Engineering Training’ with Microsoft certification