When he stood before Congress in April, following yet another scandal at Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg declared 'We don't sell data to anyone'.  That may technically be the case, but a new New York Times expose has revealed that Facebook gave 150 companies access to hundreds

What is hoverboard?   A self-balancing scooter otherwise known as hoverboard or self-balancing board is a self-balancing personal transporter consisting of two motorized wheels connected to a pair of articulated pads on which the rider places their feet. How to ride it? The

DHAKA:   The Ruling Awami League vowed, in its election manifesto revealed on Tuesday (December 18), to launch 5G as well as cheapen internet price if they are voted to power. ”We, if given the mandate to rule the state, will launch 5G by 2021-23. Internet price and mobile call

DHAKA: Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) gave an ultimatum of 48 hours to open 54 websites including many news portals which were blocked on security grounds. They came up with the ultimatum at a protest rally in front of

DHAKA: The country is set to observe December 12 as ‘Digital Bangladesh Day-2018.’ Theme of the day is ‘Digital Bangladesh will be golden Bangla of Bangabandhu.’ ICT division arranged various day-long programs at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC). The

DHAKA: Subscribers of number series-725 under Khilgaon Telephone Exchange will be switched into 8-digit format under series-4721.   The change will begin gradually from Dec 17. Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) General Manager (PR & Publications) Meer Morshed

Samsung kickstarted the death of the cutout with — no surprise — another type of display cutout on its newly announced Galaxy A8s.  Instead of the typical notch, the A8s sports an "Infinity-O" display with a "punch hole" cutout for the selfie camera located in the upper left

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has lifted its shutdown order hours after access to 58 websites including many news portals was blocked on security grounds.  The websites have begun to open following the fresh order on Monday evening (December 10).

DHAKA:  Seven more companies were allotted land at the industrial zone of Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in Gazipur. Bangabandhu Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) handed over the 20.41 acres of land to the companies for the next 40 years after signing the treaty. The contract was signed

The daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and deputy chair, was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December. Details of the arrest have not been

Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO's GSAT-11 satellite also called the "Big Bird” was successfully launched into space today from the French space port of Kourou in South America. The satellite, launched at 2.07 am (IST), will help provide satellite-based internet to

Dhaka: A vested quarter across the country are attempting to cheat people by alluring them winning luxuries flats-apartment and car in a lottery through phone call. Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) urged its users to be aware about the lottery trap through phone

Google has been accused of flouting European data protection laws when it tracks users' locations. A coalition of seven consumer organisations is filing complaints with local data protection regulators over Google's tracking system. The complaints draw on research by one

DHAKA: The 12th of December will be observed as ‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ instead of ‘National ICT Day’ from now on. The cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, made the approval in its regular meeting at the secretariat Monday (Nov 26). Cabinet Secretary Mohammad

DHAKA: The amount spent in buying and sending the Bangabandhu Sattelite-1 into orbit is expected to be realized within seven and a half years. “If everything moves ahead in planned ways, the whole amount invested for the satellite will be gained within half time of its term of

DHAKA:  Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Mustafa Jabbar said ICT lab and multimedia classrooms will be set up at every educational institution of the country within next two years. To implement this goal, it is necessary to train

DHAKA:  A campaign called ‘Valobasar Bangladesh’ (Bangladesh of Love) is going on to create positive Bangladesh content for social networking sites including Google-YouTube before celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh liberation. “Typing Bangladesh on YouTube, we don’t

DHAKA: Four government and non-government organizations of Bangladesh received honorary awards under four categories in ASOCIO Digital Summit 2018. The summit was organized by Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO), a grouping of ICT industry associations representing

DHAKA: A number of Bangladeshi youths are set to participate in various levels at Future Youth Summit 2018 at Sunway University in Malaysia. Some of the youths have been included in the organizing committee, speaker management department, human resource department, and sponsor and

DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Mustafa Jabbar said the government is developing software with Bengali language based ICT services for ‘differently-abled’ people. Those who are both deaf-mute but can see will be benefited by