DHAKA: Social media giant Facebook said that profits more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2015.Net profit for the three months to December rose to $1.56bn, up from $701m.The company also said that 80% of its advertising revenue in that period came from mobile advertising, up from

DHAKA: Grameenphone (GP), the leading mobile operator in Bangladesh, will provide free Wi-Fi service for its users on several university campuses in Dhaka and Chittagong to ensure ceaseless internet facilities to students.Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

DHAKA: LG Electronics reported improved operating profit for the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, as better margins in TVs and home appliances helped offset losses at its mobile phone business.The company’s operating profit rose 27 percent year-on-year to KRW 349 billion.

DHAKA: The Chief Minister of India’s Meghalaya Mukul Sangma and an Indian business delegation participated in the Bangladesh Investment & Policy Summit 2016, held in Dhaka on January 24-25.The High Commission of India to Bangladesh issued a press release on Monday (January 25) regarding

DHAKA: Google India and Indian Railways' arm RailTel on Friday announced the availability of free high-speed public Wi-Fi service at the Mumbai Central station. To recall, the public Wi-Fi project for Indian Railways was announced back in September when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

KHULNA: Freelancing has steadily been growing for past several years as a popular choice of profession among the country’s young people.Khulna IT has arranged scores of training courses to help people build their career.Freelancers are now working from home after receiving the

DHAKA: The passengers of flight RX-786 returning from Bangkok on Thursday evening (January 21) were standing in front of immigration booth at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.As many as 120 passengers had MRP (Machine Readable Passport) and immigration form filled in own

DHAKA: Posts and Telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim stated that mobile phone subscribers will get one minute talk time as compensation for every call-drop. Tarana Halim, now visiting Malaysia and Singapore, posted this message on her official Facebook page on Friday (22

DHAKA: Ericsson signed a contract with Robi Axiata Limited to upgrade the latter’s network in Chittagong and Comilla regions.The agreement also makes way for the deployment substantial number of 3G/WCDMA sites in the same regions, said a press release on Thursday (January 21).According

DHAKA: Apple has announced that it will be opening its first iOS app development centre in Europe at a partner institution in Naples, Italy. The programme will be the first of many, said Apple, as the company seeks to give students practical skills and training on developing iOS apps,

NATORE: Ansarullah Bangla Team-11 issued death threat to 21 people, including Information and Communication Technology (ICT) state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.A letter with death threat was sent to Natore Press Club general secretary Dulal Sarkar on Thursday (January 21) in Natore

DHAKA: Computing giant Microsoft has pledged to provide $1bn-worth of cloud computing resources to organizations it deems to be working for the ‘public good’.The resources will be shared out over the next three years to about 70,000 non-profits and 900 university research projects.In

DHAKA: WhatsApp announced it will stop charging users an annual fee to access the messaging app.Jan Koum, co-founder of WahtsApp, made the announcement at the Digital-Life-Design Conference in Munich, reports telecompaper.com.Registered users were previously asked to pay EUR 1/USD 1 for

DHAKA: The Asus ZenFone Max, the latest ZenFone series smartphone, which was made available in India on Friday (January 16).This was unveiled in India earlier this month.The smartphone will be going on sale via online as well as offline retailers.Priced at Rs. 9,999 (Tk 11,574.94), the

DHAKA: The government is going to introduce mobile training centers to train people in rural areas in use of new information and communication technologies (ICT).ICT department will train the youths, including rural students, from this coming March through six specialized busses, said

DHAKA: A two-day Career Festival-2016 has started on the campus of Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in city’s Mirpur area on Wednesday (January 13). A score of 27 institutions have partaken in this festival, jointly organized by bdJobs and MIST. MIST commandant Major

CHITTAGONG: A three-day Digital Innovative Fair will kick off at the outer part of MA Aziz Stadium in port city on February 25.Chittagong District Administration will organize the fair.District administration sources told banglanews that the fair has been organized annually to showcase

DHAKA: Facebook authorities have appointed Bangla translator to filter offensive contents written in Bangla.The giant social media site took the initiative in response to Bangladesh government’s letter.State minister for the posts, telecommunications and Information Technology (IT)

DHAKA: Samsung is giving ‘dream come true offer’ in the 3-day Grameen Phone Smartphone and Tab Expo at Bangabandhu International Convention Center (BICC) in the city on Friday. Buying a Smartphone from the Samsung mega stall can charm the luck of the buyer with a car or LED television

DHAKA: Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver’s seat in developing self-driving, ‘autonomous’ cars, and Japan’s Toyota Motor is best positioned to lead the way, according to a new report on patents for the fast-evolving technology.As automakers enter agreements