DHAKA: Every year could be described as the year of the hack but 2014 saw some pretty significant ones, not least the Heartbleed bug which put security experts into a tailspin in April.According to the BBC, privacy, bugs and naked selfies - just part of a day's work for the technology

DHAKA: Gamers in Bangladesh now can enjoy a new fun on the eve of 2015 as a new game has been released which is set in Bangla language.Bangladesh-based studio TapStar Interactive last week rolled out its first game to support Bangla language, titled ‘Ludo Friends’, Tech in Asia

DHAKA: All of us know that Samsung is the biggest smartphone maker in the world, and Apple is in number two. But do you have any idea who the third largest is? Lenovo? LG? Nokia? Sony? No, no, no and no. It's a Chinese company called Xiaomi. If you've never heard of Xiaomi, you will

DHAKA: The Chinese government appears to have blocked the ability of people in China to gain access to Google’s email service through third-party email clients, which many Chinese and foreigners had been relying on to use their Gmail accounts after an earlier blocking effort by

DHAKA: Ever wonder what the future will look like with the current state of technology and trends? Here are the predictions, according to the Breadnbeyond which has worked closely with startups and technology experts, to a better 2015.What you wear will be monitoring your

DHAKA: An Electronic Cash Register (ECR) is an electronic device for registering and calculating transactions. It is usually attached to a drawer for storing cash and other valuables.Moreover, an ECR machine is useful for every sales center, including food stores and super shops, to do

DHAKA: Unique Business System Limited (UBSL) has introduced two new models of Hitachi Multimedia Projectors in Bangladesh recently.The Hitachi CP-RX250 and CP-ED27 Multimedia Projectors have the capacity of outstanding performance by combining exceptional brightness and widescreen

DHAKA: A three-day exposition of Asus tablet computer has kicked off on Sunday at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. Asus will display its latest high-tech products including Fonepad 7 (FE375CG and FE170CG), Transformer Book T100TA and Transformer Pad TF103CG.

DHAKA: State minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan said that the government is monitoring popular social media websites Facebook and Twitter to find out militant activities and their financial sources.“We are checking all activities of civil society organizations (CSO) on

DHAKA: Technology news is full of incremental developments, but few of them are true milestones. Here we’re citing 10 that are.These advances from the past year all solve thorny problems or create powerful new ways of using technology, according to technology review. They are

DHAKA: Banglalink, as the first mobile operator of the country, on Sunday has introduced a Google Android One smartphone in partnership with country's one of the largest handset company, Symphony. Irum Iqbal, the head of Value Added Services (VAS) and Data & Devices of Banglalink along

DHAKA: Before welcoming 2015, let’s take a few moments to look back at 2014’s top gadgets.According to a review by ‘iDigitalTimes’ Google Cardboard  is the top gadget of 2014 followed by Moto 360, iPhone 6, Nest Learning Thermostat, Project Ara, Selfie Stick, 3D Printers, New

Regarding Bangladesh’s joining to the second submarine cable, Professor M Mahbubul Alam Joarder of Institute of Information Technology (IIT) at Dhaka University, told banglanews that the country is connected to a cable only. If anyhow it gets disconnected minimum seven to 10 days

DHAKA: Bangladesh is expected to be connected to the second submarine cable by June, 2016 in ensuring an uninterrupted internet network and to increase speed across the country.The country will get a 300 gigabyte bandwidth internet connection. Construction of a landing station beside

DHAKA: Google is set to launch affordable smartphone ‘Android One’ for Bangladesh with latest features next week. Sources told banglanews that in a bid to improve the latest technology experience in emerging markets, Google is expanding its Android One program to cover Bangladesh

DHAKA: The countrywide ‘Digital Public Innovation Fair’ kicked off on Wednesday in a bid to make people aware about e-services to engage them in the digital activities.In collaboration with ICT ministry and Access to Information (A2I) project of Prime Minister’s Office, public

DHAKA: Last year, Facebook introduced ‘yearinreview’ to its users which presented a quick overview of their past year in virtual life by a short video.But, this year, the largest social connecting website is doing something a little different.A new ‘yearinreview’ is showing

DHAKA: Facebook is no longer as cool a place for teenagers to hang out, according to a new report.The percentage of teens ages 13 to 17 who use Facebook in the United States fell to 88 percent this year, says a report based on a survey conducted by research firm Frank N. Magid

DHAKA: Facebook is no more a way of ‘passing time’ for the teenagers or just a website to visit once in a month. Now-a-days people are gathering there to find old or new friends or to be connected with soul mates in home and abroad. As you can ‘share’ anything with your nearest

DHAKA: Those who have the opportunities to migrate to the USA will be most benefited. They can prepare themselves before going to the dream country which will make them the fortunate five percent migrants who enjoy high salary. They, otherwise, will belong to those 95 percent of