Sunday, 24 Nov, 2024

Tech

Robi promotes trees on Environment Day

DHAKA: Robi observed the World Environment Day by organizing a session on “Green Dhaka” initiative at the company’s corporate office recently. Robi employees were urged, in the session, to plant trees to ensure a greener and cleaner environment as well as contributing in

No internet for Singapore public servants

DHAKA: Public servants in Singapore will be blocked from accessing the internet on work computers from May next year. The moves aim to plug ‘potential leaks from work e-mails and shared documents amid heightened security threats’, the Straits Times newspaper said, reports the BBC.

Zuckerberg’s social media accounts targeted

DHAKA: He might run the world’s biggest social networking site, but not even Mark Zuckerberg is immune to being hacked. The Facebook founder’s accounts on sites including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest appear to have been briefly compromised on Sunday, the BBC reports

11.6-cr SIMs biometrically re-registered

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said that as many as 11.6-crore SIMs have been re-registered biometrically till Saturday (June 4). However, over 11-crore SIMs have been re-registered by May 31 and over 38-lakh SIMs have been re-registered by the

Robi Tracker ensures vehicle security

DHAKA: The leading digital services provider, Robi has brought forth a new solution called Robi Tracker to help the owners about the safety of their vehicles. This service allows users to monitor their vehicles by simply logging in to the portal from their computer or smart phones.

Grameenphone thanks to customers for registering

DHAKA: Grameenphone, the largest telecommunications company of the country thanks its customer for voluntarily re-registering their SIM through the biometric process. Grameenphone has 51.7 million biometrically registered customers as of May 31, 2016 which is around 90 percent of the

Mobile phone users to pay more

DHAKA: The mobile phone users will have to pay more as the supplementary tax on service of SIM or RIM has been proposed to increase by five percent from three percent this year. Finance minister AMA Muhith came up with the disclosure while placing budget of 2016-17 fiscal year on

Facebook copy briefly surfaces in North Korea

DHAKA: A clone of the Facebook social media site has briefly appeared in North Korea before quickly going offline. Hosted on the StarCon.net.kp address in North Korea it had many of the features of other social networks. It is not clear who created StarCon but it is thought to be a

Robi brings special offer with Sigree

DHAKA: Robi customers under Dhonnobad programme can now avail special discounts while enjoying Indian delicacies at Sigree.   Robi’s General Manager (Loyalty & Winbacks) Tawfique Imam and Sigree’s Deputy General Manager M Emdadul Hoque have recently signed an agreement on behalf of

Cut off SIMs to be activated within 450 days

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the disconnected SIMs can be activated within 450 days after biometric verification and paying fee. The unregistered SIMs will be disconnected on Tuesday (May 31) after 11:59pm. BTRC director (system and services)

Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case

DHAKA: Google has won a major US court scrap with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled, it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language. Oracle had argued that Google had infringed its copyright and had sought nearly $9bn in compensation, BBC reports on Friday

‘Symphony Bombastic Offer’ winner receives car

DHAKA: ‘Symphony Bombastic Offer’ winner received the key of the car from the organizers at the prize giving ceremony held at Basundhara City Shopping Mall in city. The winner Mohsin received the key of the car from Jakaria Shahid Managing Director of Edison Group, said a press

Xiaomi Mi Drone poses price challenge to DJI

DHAKA: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced its first drone, pricing it significantly lower than a comparable model by the market leader DJI. The Mi Drone can stay airborne for nearly half an hour and will be sold with a choice of stabilised cameras. The move gives Xiaomi

Huawei sues Samsung over patents

DHAKA: Huawei is suing its tech rival Samsung over claims that its patents have been infringed. The Chinese firm said it was pursuing its South Korean rival in two courts - one in California, the other in Shenzhen. According to Huawei, several of its cellular communications and

Twitter revamps 140-character tweet length rules

DHAKA: Twitter is overhauling some of its rules to try to make itself simpler to use and more attractive to newcomers. Members will be able to add multimedia to tweets - including pictures and videos - without eating into the 140-characters-a-post limit. The service is also changing

Digital Security Summit date shifts

DHAKA: The authorities of Digital Security Summit 2016 have shifted the date of the summit from May 28 to October 14. The two-day summit will be held at Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh (KIB) Auditorium in city. According to the organizers, the upcoming summit will provide a unique

Indian space shuttle makes first test flight

DHAKA: India’s space agency ISRO has launched a rocket from its facility north of Chennai carrying an experimental spacecraft it hopes will mark an important step towards the country’s first re-usable space shuttle. "We have successfully accomplished the RLV mission as a technology

Robi’s internet awareness program held at JU

DHAKA: Robi has organized an awareness session “Internet4U” to help the people with networking, learning and self-development those are lagging behind in leveraging this technology.   The session was organized with support of the Business Club of the Institute of Business

Re-register GP SIM, win smartphone

DHAKA: Country’s largest telecom operator Grameenphone (GP) is offering one smartphone every 20 minutes for the customers who are re-registering their SIMs to strengthen re-registration process. The offer will be available everyday from 10:00am to 8:00pm till May 31. According to

2-day BizTech B2B conference begins in city

DHAKA: A two-day BizTech B2B conference has begun in city on Saturday (May 21) with the aim of enhancing ICT service in domestic market and increasing abilities of local companies to compete international market. The conference, jointly organized by government’s ICT division and