DHAKA: Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will on Thursday attend the two-day long Internet.org summit that aims to make internet access affordable for people who do not have it globally. Zuckerberg is also likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to sources. His visit

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics said on Monday that it will invest 15.6 trillion won to build a new semiconductor production facility in South Korea. The world’s biggest memory chip maker said in a statement that construction of the facility, to be built in Pyeongtaek, will begin in the

DHAKA: Microsoft is demanding US$6.9 million interest from Samsung Electronics in a dispute over smartphone patent royalties.A lawsuit unsealed by a New York federal court said on Friday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday.Microsoft is asking the court to rule that it

DHAKA: DISTREE Asia Pacific (APAC) 2014 has extended its regional coverage to include leading volume distributors, retailers and e-tailers of technology and consumer electronics (CE) products from more than 25 countries across the region.DISTREE APAC 2014 will be taken place from

DHAKA: "selfie fever" is gripping this year's Hajj, with pilgrims snapping pictures of themselves walking around the Kaaba and kissing the black stone.According to a report by the Arab News, Islamic clerics are becoming concerned about the number of pilgrims taking pictures of

DHAKA: Bangladesh ended August with 40.83 million internet subscribers, compared with 39.35 million at the end of July.The mobile internet base reached 39.32 million, up from 37.84 million in July, according to figures from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC),

DHAKA: Corporate, industrial and commercial institutions are becoming interested about online news portals as the people are becoming more interested and dependent on it.The banglanews24.com is also refurbishing itself in the form of creating Android and iPhone versions to reach the

DHAKA: Corporate, industrial and commercial institutions are becoming interested about online news portals as the people are becoming more interested and dependent on it.The banglanews24.com is also refurbishing itself in the form of creating Android and iPhone versions to reach the

DHAKA: Google Inc is planning new and revamped streaming-music services in coming weeks, searching for a way to stand out in an increasingly crowded field of rivals from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc to Spotify.Nailing music is one way for Google to raise chances of continued success

DHAKA: Is it often needed to mute YouTube or did you ever think to mute any other background music while browsing despite of computer sound? Chrome has added a developer feature that will let you mute tabs natively. This means you don't need a third-party extension to get this feature,

DHAKA: Bangladesh honored with the ‘Global ICT Excellence Award’ in the category of ‘Public Sector Excellence’ for its extraordinary contribution in social development using Information Technology. State minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak

DHAKA: Painting, one of an artistic ways to show creativity. But, what it could be said if anyone uses electrical discharge from a battery to do it? Phil Hansen is a multimedia artist "who specializes in representative portraiture using media that connect to the subject matter." This

DHAKA: Microsoft just said no to 9. The follow-on to the current Windows 8 operating system will be known as Windows 10.Originally codenamed Windows Threshold, the new operating system essentially does away with the dependency on the tiled "Metro" user interface that Microsoft had

DHAKA: American multinational information technology corporation HP (Hewlett-Packard) has announced two new Windows tablets launching for the year-end holidays.The Stream 7 and Stream 8 are Intel-powered 7- and 8-inch tablets that come with a full Windows 8.1 experience, reports

DHAKA: Apple has announced the official launch date for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in China.On October 10, customers will be able to pre-order the devices from Apple’s site, according to techcrunch.com’s report published on Tuesday.On October 14, they’ll be able to put earlier

DHAKA: Ebay has just announced that it's to split PayPal off as an independent, publicly traded company in 2015.The separation—which will see PayPal spun off, tax-free, naturally—means that Ebay's e-commerce business will be distinct from its PayPal payments unit. Devin Wenig,

DHAKA: Apple has made it well known that its Watch is more than a piece of technology: it's a thoroughbred fashion item, too, which has received critical acclaim from watch experts as well as tech journalists. This explains why it’s showing the device off at Paris Fashion Week.For

DHAKA: At some point, speculating about what will become quickly obvious is difficult. Still, on the cusp as we are of the release of the first preview of what may be called Windows 9, it’s reasonable to take a few notes of the latest rumor cycle: Will Windows 9 be free? Current gossip

DHAKA: Remember the sci-fi thriller GATTACA? For those who never saw the film and/or eschewed all pop culture in the late 90’s for some reason, it was a popular movie that came out in 1997 about genetically modified human beings.Now some literally genetically modified human babies

DHAKA: Facebook is going to start using app and website data from your browsing habits to provide more targeted ads—and you'll have to opt out if you don't like it.The feature will provide advertisers with the information required to target Facebook ads more directly, reports the