Sunday, 24 Nov, 2024

Tech

S Korea donates Bangladesh 130 computers

DHAKA: South Korea on Sunday (May 8) donated 130 computers for some rural areas of Bangladesh as contribution to latter’s overall ICT development. The donation came from a program, organized by the ICT Division, at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in city. The

Seminar on cyber defense held

DHAKA: A seminar on Cyber Security defense was held Thursday (May 5) at the auditorium of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) at Mirpur in the capital. The theme of the seminar was ‘Cyber Defense: Don’t wait to be breached, know your risks!”.  It was jointly

Have you ever expressed love to your mother?

DHAKA: Have you ever expressed love to your mother? Do you celebrate Mother’s Day?  To find out the answers to these questions of young Bangladeshi, UCWeb conducted a survey on April 29th among mobile netizens, on the occasion of International Mother’s Day, using its flagship

Robi-Aamra to promote Super-Fast Internet

DHAKA: Country’s mobile operator Robi decided to work with Internet provider Aamra Networks in a bid to provide better internet services to its subscribers. Robi’s managing director and CEO Supun Weerasinghe and Aamra Networks Limited’s CEO Syed Farhad Ahmed have recently signed

SIM re-registration time extended

DHAKA: The government has extended the time for re-registering mobile SIM and RIM cards through biometric system by one month to May 31 as more than four crores users are still to be re-registered. State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication Tarana Halim said the deadline was

‘SIMs not to be barred due to biometric error’

DHAKA: Posts and telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim said that cell phone SIMs will not be closed due to the biometric error. She made this assertion while visiting Grameenphone Service Center in city’s Farmgate area on Friday afternoon (April 29). According to her, so

Edotco to provide rooftop camouflage structured tower

DHAKA: The country’s first towerco, edotco Bangladesh Co. Ltd. recently introduced its first rooftop camouflaged tower structure, on the Chittagong Boat Club building. Edotco’s innovative camouflage designed tower structure protects the aesthetic look of the city and reduced the

Biometric SIM registration till 10pm Saturday

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said that the cell phone customers will be allowed to complete their biometric registration of SIMs by 10:00pm on Saturday (April 30). The unregistered SIMs will be closed for three hours as warning from May 1, she

Young Bangla, Microsoft for ‘Service Engineers’

DHAKA: Young Bangla along with Microsoft Bangladesh has taken an initiative to create ‘Service Engineers’ across the country. With the participation of Young Bangla volunteers from Moulavibazar and Sylhet, daylong ‘Service Engineering Training’ with Microsoft certification

Apple revenue falls for first time since 2003

DHAKA: Apple reported a 13% drop in its second quarter revenue on Tuesday as sales of iPhones slipped. The technology giant reported quarterly sales of $50.56bn down from $58bn last year - the first fall in sales for the company since 2003. Apple sold 51.2 million iPhones during the

Nokia to buy mHealth devicemaker Withings

DHAKA: Nokia is expanding in the healthcare market with the acquisition of Withings, a French provider of digital health devices and services. Healthcare is expected to be one of the largest vertical markets in the Internet of Things, a key growth area for Nokia. In particular

Deactivation of non-biometric SIMs soon

DHAKA: Posts and telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim categorically said that biometrically unregistered SIMs will be permanently deactivated soon after April 30. She made this assertion while taking part at a biometric SIM registration awareness program, organized by private

‘Apple should pay more tax’

DHAKA: All companies, including Apple, should pay a 50% tax rate, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has told the BBC. He said he doesn’t like the idea that Apple does not pay tax at the same rate he does personally. Apple, Google and Amazon have been criticized for not paying enough

Intel to cut 12,000 jobs globally

DHAKA: US tech giant Intel is shedding 12,000 jobs as it seeks to cut reliance on the declining personal computer market. The maker of computer chips will take a $1.2bn charge to cover restructuring costs. The job cuts, about 11% of Intel's workforce, will be made over the next

Banglalink, Opera introduce premium App store

DHAKA: Banglalink, Country's second-largest telecom operator has partnered with Opera, to introduce the largest premium app store, the 'Banglalink App Store', in Bangladesh. Aligned with a focus towards digitalization, Banglalink has created an exclusive opportunity for its

BASIS offers BB cyber-security

DHAKA: Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) expressed its eagerness to provide cyber-security for Bangladesh Bank (BB). This canopy organization will assist the central bank in implementing international-level security measures. A BASIS delegation, led

No time extension for SIM registration

DHAKA: The dateline of SIM registration through biometric system will be ended on April 30 and it won’t be further extended. State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim made the comment categorically after inaugurating a SIM registration point at secretariat in city

Internet users over 6-cr in country

DHAKA: The number of internet users in the country has cross six crores but the number of cell phone users has comparatively decreased in last three months. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in its March report said that the number of internet users is

Robi brings digital education platform 10 Minute School

DHAKA: Mobile operator Robi has extended its support towards 10 Minute School, an online platform that offers comprehensive study solutions anywhere, anytime “free of cost” for JSC, SSC and HSC students, university admission seekers, and university students. This is a part of

‘Local companies can and should makeup majority of our IT sector’

DHAKA: When our vision is sky-high, strategies should be most fitting as well to achieve the target. Dominance of local IT players is crucial for local market development, whereas multinational and transnational companies are dominating the Bangladeshi IT industry. Foreigners are given