DHAKA: Lenovo has silently introduced the successor to the A7000 smartphone, the A7000 Plus, in the Philippines. The new smartphone will be going on sale Tuesday via Lazada, a local e-commerce website.Priced at PHP 7,999 (approximately Tk 13388.05), the company is yet to reveal

DHAKA: Facebook is to add a "dislike" button to its social network, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said.In a Q+A session held at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, the 31-year-old said the button would be a way for people to express empathy.He said Facebook was "very close"

DHAKA: Inter-city train passengers will get connected with the world at free of cost! A single click will make available updated information of the world.Moreover, they can browse all social communication networks including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!Bangladesh Railway has taken the

DHAKA: Apple’s new $99 stylus accessory, the Apple Pencil, has a lot more going than it looks at first blush.The Pencil is an active stylus, with a battery that needs to be charged, and it is pressure sensitive - press harder to draw thicker lines, for example - but it isn't actually

DHAKA: Mobile operators Robi Axiata and Airtel Bangladesh are in talks to merge their operations in Bangladesh.Airtel said in a statement that Malaysia-based Axiata and India-based Bharti Airtel were in exclusive discussions on the merger in Bangladesh, which would create the country's

DHAKA: Apple has unveiled the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus - described by CEO Tim Cook as the "most advanced phones ever" - at a special event in San Francisco on Wednesday. Pre-orders for the new iPhone models begin this Saturday and they have a launch date (start shipping) in twelve

DHAKA: Xiaomi has announced an upgraded variant of its Redmi 2A smartphone in China. This phone was originally launched back in March with 1 GB RAM included 8GB of storage. The new upgraded version of the Xiaomi Redmi 2A has gone on sale starting Tuesday in the company's home country,

DHAKA: The University IT Forum workshop on Campus Network Design & Data Center Solutions, sponsored by Aamra companies, was held on Saturday at the Gardenia Grand Hall in Gulshan-2.University IT Forum, an independent and non-profit organization comprising members of all private university

DHAKA: Banglalink has unveiled a new mobile named “Banglalink Aamra A10B”. Priced at Taka 5,400 only, it will come with attractive Banglalink bundle offers.Country’s one on the leading Mobile phone operators, launched its flagship smartphone through a ceremony at their headquarters

DHAKA: Post and Telecommunication ministry declared one lakh reward for each person who will provide information about illegal use of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).The ministry’s public relations officer (PRO) Enayet Hossain informed the matter to the media on Thursday

DHAKA: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday said that it is possible to promote the amount of annual income to $50 billion from the IT sector by 2041 from the current 300m.He was addressing a daylong workshop in a city hotel on

DHAKA: The search giant on Tuesday unveiled a new logo a few weeks after surprising the world with a massive restructuring that would put Google under a holding company called Alphabet.Among the changes: Its hues are flatter, and it closely resembles Alphabet's logo, particularly with

DHAKA: The total number of country's internet users reached 5.7 crore at the end of July this year with over 4 crore 95 lakh 41 thousnads mobile internet users.The country's telecom regulator Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) showed the statistics on Tuesday

DHAKA: Indian authorities have accused internet giant Google of abusing its dominance in search advertising.The three year inquiry centers on complaints filed by several websites which claimed Google had been unfairly highlighting its own services.The accusations are similar to other

DHAKA: The government has taken decision on Monday to reduce the cost of internet from September 1 to access the global network easily.The users will get 1 MBPS (Megabyte per second) in a reduced price of Tk 625 from the previous rate Tk 1,068.However, the price will be applicable for

DHAKA: Techsolutions, a concern of the monthly Techworld Bangladesh, and E=Qualz, a team of programmers and web designers joined hands to provide better web and software services to their customers.TechSolutions managing director Naznin Nahar and E=Qualz managing director Rakib signed the

DHAKA: The Turing Phone, which was unveiled as the 'unhackable, unbreakable, and waterproof' in July this year, now finally has a shipping date - December 18.The secure Android smartphone would start shipping on the same day when the Star Wars: The Force Awakens releases and the company

DHAKA: Apple has sent out invitations for what is all but certain to be the launch of its next-generation smartphone, likely to be called either the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7, on September 9.The date had been widely anticipated – as has the feature list for the new iPhone, which has left

DHAKA: For the first time over a billion people used Facebook on a single day, according to company founder Mark Zuckerberg.The "milestone" was reached on Monday, when "1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family", he said in a post.Facebook has nearly

DHAKA: CTO Forum Bangladesh and BIBM in association with Visa organized a seminar on IT security in city on Thursday.The seminar titled ‘IT Security and Fraud Detection – Securing the Digital Payments in Bangladesh’ was held on BIBM premises.The seminar was inaugurated by Nazneen