DHAKA: Banglalink, the 2nd largest mobile telecom operator in Bangladesh, has introduced unique internet packs, designed for lower wallet size, especially geared towards students.These data packs are available against each denomination within the range of BDT 1 to BDT 20, says a press

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics estimates that it would make a $6.1 billion operating profit in Q2 2015, which is 4 percent less than it made this time last year. Overall revenue, meanwhile, is down by 8.4 percent year-on-year, reports androidpit.comThese are just estimates for now, with the

DHAKA: A weeklong internet festival titled ‘Bangladesh Internet Week’ will be held across the country in August.Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and cell phone operator Grameenphone (GP) will jointly organize the festival.A Memorandum of

DHAKA: Second quarter earnings for the world’s biggest smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics, will likely miss expectations.The tech giant said, reports the BBC.The South Korean company forecast that its operating profit from April to June is likely to fall 4% from a year ago to 6.9tn

DHAKA: Google will soon be launching a new Android One smartphone in India on July 14, and will be priced almost double the original Android One’s price. It will be manufactured by India’s Lava International and will be priced at Rs 12,000, reports Deccan Chronicle.The Android One

DHAKA: Facebook is to start paying some video creators for uploading their clips to the platform.The company is launching a Suggested Videos feed that curates a sequence of clips, interspersed with adverts.Videos that keep people watching for longer will earn a greater share of the

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday summoned Dhaka Cyber Tribunal judge KM Shamsul Alam and UK-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce president Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury (Mahtab) on July 27 over a writ petition filed for public interest.The HC bench comprising Justice Qazi Rezaul Haque and

DHAKA: Matti Makkonen, widely considered the "father of SMS," has died from illness at the age of 63. The Finnish creator pitched the concept of text messaging over cellular networks in 1984 and helped get the ball rolling on the technology in its earliest days. He was quick to downplay

DHAKA: Lenovo has launched the anticipated K3 Note smartphone in India, priced at Rs. 9999, which will be available to buy via exclusive retail partner Flipkart in its first flash sale on July 8.This registration start from 25 June and till goes to 7 July, Midnight, reports NDTV.The

DHAKA: Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has taken a initiative to form a separate platform naming ‘BASIS Women’s Forum’ to provide adequate assistance to interested women for building carrier in Information Technology sector.On the occasion, an

DHAKA: State minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday categorically said Bangladesh will emerge as the top country in earning from outsourcing by 2021.The state minister also said the government has fixed USD 1 billion to earn

DHAKA: Ever sent an e-mail to a friend, colleague or boss on a rash moment of impulse, only to regret it later?That is set to be a thing of the past as Google - after years of testing - finally makes available its new ‘undo send’ feature on Gmail.The feature can be turned on in the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and Star Computer Systems Ltd will jointly organize an 8-day Workshop on Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.Registration is going on for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training. June 22 is the last date of admission while classes will begin on June 23.Aspirant

DHAKA: Intel Bangladesh has brought the much anticipated the ‘Intel Compute Stick’ at Bangladesh ICT Expo 2015 in the city on Thursday.The pen drive-like computer is being displayed at the stalls no. 9 and 10 of the three-day exposition at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre

DHAKA: Hardware is the key concern in the preliminary stage of the ICT industry to develop. Still its contribution comes first considering the growth of the industry.Considering the size and contribution of the industry and finding out the way to meet the challenges and growth, BCS

DHAKA: Facebook on Monday unveiled a new feature that allows smartphone users to privately share photos of friends, by sifting through images with facial recognition technology.The standalone app, called Moments, allows users to share photos with friends who are in them, and to get images

DHAKA: A three-day Bangladesh ICT Expo 2015 is set to kick off on Monday afternoon in a bid to highlight sustainable development and possibility of flourishing domestic technology industries.The exposition, with the title of ‘Meet Digital Bangladesh’, is being held at Bangabandhu

DHAKA: ICT state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that the additional bandwidth will be exported to India from September.He made the assertion at a press conference on upcoming Bangladesh ICT Expo-2015 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in city on Sunday afternoon.He

DHAKA: A three-day Bangladesh ICT Expo 2015 will kick off Monday to highlight sustainable development and possibility of flourishing domestic technology industries.The exposition, with the title of ‘Meet Digital Bangladesh’, will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre

DHAKA: Dick Costolo is stepping down as chief executive of Twitter, the company has announced.The social messaging service's co-founder Jack Dorsey will take over as interim chief on 1 July and stay until a replacement can be found. Costolo had been under pressure from investors unhappy