NATORE: Ansarullah Bangla Team-11 issued death threat to 21 people, including Information and Communication Technology (ICT) state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.A letter with death threat was sent to Natore Press Club general secretary Dulal Sarkar on Thursday (January 21) in Natore

DHAKA: Computing giant Microsoft has pledged to provide $1bn-worth of cloud computing resources to organizations it deems to be working for the ‘public good’.The resources will be shared out over the next three years to about 70,000 non-profits and 900 university research projects.In

DHAKA: WhatsApp announced it will stop charging users an annual fee to access the messaging app.Jan Koum, co-founder of WahtsApp, made the announcement at the Digital-Life-Design Conference in Munich, reports telecompaper.com.Registered users were previously asked to pay EUR 1/USD 1 for

DHAKA: The Asus ZenFone Max, the latest ZenFone series smartphone, which was made available in India on Friday (January 16).This was unveiled in India earlier this month.The smartphone will be going on sale via online as well as offline retailers.Priced at Rs. 9,999 (Tk 11,574.94), the

DHAKA: The government is going to introduce mobile training centers to train people in rural areas in use of new information and communication technologies (ICT).ICT department will train the youths, including rural students, from this coming March through six specialized busses, said

DHAKA: A two-day Career Festival-2016 has started on the campus of Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in city’s Mirpur area on Wednesday (January 13). A score of 27 institutions have partaken in this festival, jointly organized by bdJobs and MIST. MIST commandant Major

CHITTAGONG: A three-day Digital Innovative Fair will kick off at the outer part of MA Aziz Stadium in port city on February 25.Chittagong District Administration will organize the fair.District administration sources told banglanews that the fair has been organized annually to showcase

DHAKA: Facebook authorities have appointed Bangla translator to filter offensive contents written in Bangla.The giant social media site took the initiative in response to Bangladesh government’s letter.State minister for the posts, telecommunications and Information Technology (IT)

DHAKA: Samsung is giving ‘dream come true offer’ in the 3-day Grameen Phone Smartphone and Tab Expo at Bangabandhu International Convention Center (BICC) in the city on Friday. Buying a Smartphone from the Samsung mega stall can charm the luck of the buyer with a car or LED television

DHAKA: Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver’s seat in developing self-driving, ‘autonomous’ cars, and Japan’s Toyota Motor is best positioned to lead the way, according to a new report on patents for the fast-evolving technology.As automakers enter agreements

DHAKA: The three-day Smartphone & Tab Expo-2016 will begin at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in city on Thursday.Leading mobile operator of the country Grameenphone is the title sponsor of the expo while co-sponsors are Elite, Huawei, Samsung and Symphony.State

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim on Wednesday said the waves for 4G network would be auctioned by this year.The state minister made the disclosure while addressing a press conference organized to observe second anniversary of the government and to

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim is set to hold a meeting with Facebook authorities in Singapore on January 12.She made this disclosure at a press conference at secretariat in city on Wednesday (January 6).‘We will discuss about cyber security,

DHAKA: Internet firm Yahoo has shut down its video hub Yahoo Screen after the website failed to attract viewers.The closure is part of the company’s efforts to cut costs as chief executive Marissa Mayer tries to make it profitable.Mayer redesigned Yahoo Screen 16 months ago to make it a

DHAKA: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work.In a Facebook post, he said his personal challenge this year would be to build a "simple AI" like Jarvis from Hollywood blockbuster film Iron Man,

TANGAIL: State minister for posts and telecommunications Advocate Tarana Halim said that four generation (4G) of telecommunications will be introduced in the country soon.She made this disclosure at an annual awards distribution program at Belayet Hossain Bahumukhi High School in Delduar

DHAKA: In tune with its tradition of following up on its New Year's eve doodle with a related New Year's Day doodle, Google has hatched the egg resting in between birds in the Google colours.But Google New Year 2016 egg has hatched not once, but three times. If you refresh the Google home

DHAKA: Users across the world reported issues connecting to WhatsApp on New Year's Eve, with services impacted for several hours before normalcy was restored."Earlier today, some people had trouble accessing WhatsApp. We investigated the problem and have restored access for everyone. We

DHAKA: Grameenphone (GP) STAR customers will enjoy attractive interest rates on all loan products of BRAC Bank under a joint promotion of GP and BRAC Bank.Grameenphone director of product Hasibul Haque and BRAC Bank acting head of retail banking division Abedur Rahman Sikder signed an

DHAKA: The New Year is around the corner and Google has come up with an interactive doodle to usher in the New Year. The doodle consists of a five colourful birds sitting on a branch depicting the word Google.The birds are waiting for an egg wearing a 2016 sash to hatch and mark the