DHAKA: State Minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim wants to facilitate smartphone for the farmers in lower price and easy installment.The farmers and the root-level populace will get the chance to buy smartphones in Tk 25 to 30 per installment, she added. The state

DHAKA: Shares of Twitter fell in after-hours trading as the company’s quarterly results showed user growth faltering.Twitter reported a net loss of $90m for the last three months of 2015 versus a loss of $125m a year ago, reports the BBC.The social media site saw its user growth stall,

DHAKA: Mobile teams of posts and telecommunications ministry and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will monitor biometric system SIM registration to stop harassment of customers.Posts and telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim disclosed the matter while

DHAKA: The chief executive of Google, Sundar Pichai, has been awarded $199m in shares, a regulatory filing has revealed.It makes him the highest-paid chief executive in the US, reports the BBC.Pichai became chief executive of the search engine giant following the creation of its parent,

DHAKA: India’s telecoms regulator has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics internet service as part of a ruling in favor of net neutrality.The scheme offered free access to a limited number of websites.However, it was opposed by supporters of net neutrality who argued that data providers

Dhaka: Posts and telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim wants to facilitate smartphone and high-speed internet service to the users living in country’s rural area with a minimum price.In her Facebook post, the minister said that she has already discussed with many international

DHAKA: University students, for the first time in the country, will get the opportunity to pursue internship in the world’s leading software company Microsoft.  Initially to be continued between March and April, as many as 50 students from science and technology faculty; engineering

DHAKA: The latest software update for iPhone 6 handsets is allegedly rendering the devices useless if it detects repairs not carried out by Apple.The problem is known as ‘error 53’ and has appeared in Apple products before.The Guardian reports that users’ phones were disabled after

DHAKA: Twitter says it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 "for threatening or promoting terrorist acts".In a blog, the US-based firm said the accounts "primarily related to ISIS" (the so-called Islamic State group), reports the BBC. "We condemn the use of Twitter to

DHAKA: Gionee has finally launched its metal-clad S6 smartphone in India, priced at Rs. 19,999 (Tk 23168.06). It is mentioning that the company had launched the handset in China in November last year.Running Amigo 3.1 OS based on Android 5.1 Lollipop, the Gionee S6 comes with dual-SIM

DHAKA: It appears Facebook-owned WhatsApp has silently pushed a server-side update to its app on Android that increases the number of users included in a group chat. Until now, a WhatsApp group chat could include up to 100 users, reports the NDTV.However, the update now pushes the limit

DHAKA: Yahoo is cutting 15% of its workforce as the company pursues an ‘aggressive strategic plan’ to return to profitability.The job cuts will reduce the number of its employees to about 9,000 by the end of 2016.The announcement came as Yahoo reported a $4.3bn loss for the year,

DHAKA: Phones made by China’s Xiaomi, the world’s third biggest smartphone maker, are going on sale in the US for the first time, albeit with some caveats.The carrier US Mobile said it would be importing a range of Xiaomi handsets from China and selling them online from this

DHAKA: Mobile messaging service WhatsApp is now used by a billion people every month, Facebook has reported.The Facebook-owned app now outperforms the social network’s own Messenger mobile app, which has 800 million monthly users, reports the BBC.The company said 42 billion messages and

DHAKA: Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable company after its latest earnings report.The company made a profit of $4.9bn for the fourth quarter, an increase from $4.7bn a year ago.The announcement sent its share price up as much as 9% in

DHAKA: The CTO Forum will arrange the 2nd summit in March after being inspired by the success of the first tech summit that held past year in Dhaka.‘This time we have all the SAARC countries with us so it will be larger than earlier one,’ said CTO Forum president Tapan Kanti

DHAKA: Two popular telecommunication companies, Robi and Aircel, have decided to merge their operations in the country to become the 2nd largest operator with 4-crore subscribers.Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata)-Indian Airtel Limited and Bangladesh Robi Axiata Limited (Robi)-Airtel Bangladesh

DHAKA: Electric Asset Register has been inaugurated aiming to make all information of disaster management and relief ministry available.Disaster management and relief minister Mofazzel Hossian Chowdhury Maya inaugurated the software at the District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer (DRRO)

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics has been hit by falling sales for its smartphones and semiconductors.The ‘difficult business environment and slowing IT demand’ sent net profit for the fourth quarter to December down by 40% to 3.2tn won ($2.7bn), reports the BBC.The South Korean giant

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics has been hit by falling sales for its smartphones and semiconductors.The ‘difficult business environment and slowing IT demand’ sent net profit for the fourth quarter to December down by 40% to 3.2tn won ($2.7bn), reports the BBC.The South Korean giant