DHAKA: It appears Facebook-owned WhatsApp has silently pushed a server-side update to its app on Android that increases the number of users included in a group chat. Until now, a WhatsApp group chat could include up to 100 users, reports the NDTV.However, the update now pushes the limit

DHAKA: Yahoo is cutting 15% of its workforce as the company pursues an ‘aggressive strategic plan’ to return to profitability.The job cuts will reduce the number of its employees to about 9,000 by the end of 2016.The announcement came as Yahoo reported a $4.3bn loss for the year,

DHAKA: Phones made by China’s Xiaomi, the world’s third biggest smartphone maker, are going on sale in the US for the first time, albeit with some caveats.The carrier US Mobile said it would be importing a range of Xiaomi handsets from China and selling them online from this

DHAKA: Mobile messaging service WhatsApp is now used by a billion people every month, Facebook has reported.The Facebook-owned app now outperforms the social network’s own Messenger mobile app, which has 800 million monthly users, reports the BBC.The company said 42 billion messages and

DHAKA: Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable company after its latest earnings report.The company made a profit of $4.9bn for the fourth quarter, an increase from $4.7bn a year ago.The announcement sent its share price up as much as 9% in

DHAKA: The CTO Forum will arrange the 2nd summit in March after being inspired by the success of the first tech summit that held past year in Dhaka.‘This time we have all the SAARC countries with us so it will be larger than earlier one,’ said CTO Forum president Tapan Kanti

DHAKA: Two popular telecommunication companies, Robi and Aircel, have decided to merge their operations in the country to become the 2nd largest operator with 4-crore subscribers.Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata)-Indian Airtel Limited and Bangladesh Robi Axiata Limited (Robi)-Airtel Bangladesh

DHAKA: Electric Asset Register has been inaugurated aiming to make all information of disaster management and relief ministry available.Disaster management and relief minister Mofazzel Hossian Chowdhury Maya inaugurated the software at the District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer (DRRO)

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics has been hit by falling sales for its smartphones and semiconductors.The ‘difficult business environment and slowing IT demand’ sent net profit for the fourth quarter to December down by 40% to 3.2tn won ($2.7bn), reports the BBC.The South Korean giant

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics has been hit by falling sales for its smartphones and semiconductors.The ‘difficult business environment and slowing IT demand’ sent net profit for the fourth quarter to December down by 40% to 3.2tn won ($2.7bn), reports the BBC.The South Korean giant

DHAKA: Social media giant Facebook said that profits more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2015.Net profit for the three months to December rose to $1.56bn, up from $701m.The company also said that 80% of its advertising revenue in that period came from mobile advertising, up from

DHAKA: Grameenphone (GP), the leading mobile operator in Bangladesh, will provide free Wi-Fi service for its users on several university campuses in Dhaka and Chittagong to ensure ceaseless internet facilities to students.Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

DHAKA: LG Electronics reported improved operating profit for the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, as better margins in TVs and home appliances helped offset losses at its mobile phone business.The company’s operating profit rose 27 percent year-on-year to KRW 349 billion.

DHAKA: The Chief Minister of India’s Meghalaya Mukul Sangma and an Indian business delegation participated in the Bangladesh Investment & Policy Summit 2016, held in Dhaka on January 24-25.The High Commission of India to Bangladesh issued a press release on Monday (January 25) regarding

DHAKA: Google India and Indian Railways' arm RailTel on Friday announced the availability of free high-speed public Wi-Fi service at the Mumbai Central station. To recall, the public Wi-Fi project for Indian Railways was announced back in September when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

KHULNA: Freelancing has steadily been growing for past several years as a popular choice of profession among the country’s young people.Khulna IT has arranged scores of training courses to help people build their career.Freelancers are now working from home after receiving the

DHAKA: The passengers of flight RX-786 returning from Bangkok on Thursday evening (January 21) were standing in front of immigration booth at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.As many as 120 passengers had MRP (Machine Readable Passport) and immigration form filled in own

DHAKA: Posts and Telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim stated that mobile phone subscribers will get one minute talk time as compensation for every call-drop. Tarana Halim, now visiting Malaysia and Singapore, posted this message on her official Facebook page on Friday (22

DHAKA: Ericsson signed a contract with Robi Axiata Limited to upgrade the latter’s network in Chittagong and Comilla regions.The agreement also makes way for the deployment substantial number of 3G/WCDMA sites in the same regions, said a press release on Thursday (January 21).According

DHAKA: Apple has announced that it will be opening its first iOS app development centre in Europe at a partner institution in Naples, Italy. The programme will be the first of many, said Apple, as the company seeks to give students practical skills and training on developing iOS apps,