Monday, 17 Jun, 2024

Tech

Windows 10 'Final' Build Released

DHAKA: Microsoft, as expected, has started rolling out Windows 10 Build 10240, which is said to be the RTM (release to manufacturing) build, to Windows 10 Insiders.The company was expected to finalise the Windows 10 build, bringing it to the RTM stage last week ahead of its official July

Samsung announces its slimmest phone

DHAKA: Samsung has unveiled its thinnest smartphone to date.The Galaxy A8 is 5.9mm (0.23in) thick, making it less than 85% the thickness of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S6 Edge.Despite this design constraint, engineers have still managed to fit in a relatively high capacity 3,050mAh battery

Apple Pay launches in Britain, with hiccups

DHAKA: Apple introduced mobile payments in Britain on Tuesday, hoping to make a splash with consumers familiar with using cards for tap-and-go purchases, as resistance from hold-out banks and stores appeared to evaporate.Starting Tuesday, Apple Pay is set to be available in 250,000 sites,

Google celebrates the New Horizons Pluto flyby

DHAKA: July 14 is Bastille Day in France, but the whole world will be watching and waiting to find out if the New Horizons spacecraft successfully makes its long-awaited flyby of Pluto.In honor of that interplanetary feat, Google has switched over to an adorable doodle that shows a

Astronomers find black hole close to our galaxy

DHAKA: Astronomers who trained their telescopes on a strange stellar blip were rewarded with a front-row seat to the spectacle of a black hole waking up to devour breakfast."The odds are pretty slim!" says Megan Argo of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for

Facebook, twitter stalkers to face action

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will now take action against facebook, twitter stalkers immediately after receiving such allegations.The regularity body declared to take action with 24 hours against those who harass people in social media by running

Banglalink introduces pocket internet packs

DHAKA: Banglalink, the 2nd largest mobile telecom operator in Bangladesh, has introduced unique internet packs, designed for lower wallet size, especially geared towards students.These data packs are available against each denomination within the range of BDT 1 to BDT 20, says a press

Samsung sales fall 8.4% in Q2

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics estimates that it would make a $6.1 billion operating profit in Q2 2015, which is 4 percent less than it made this time last year. Overall revenue, meanwhile, is down by 8.4 percent year-on-year, reports androidpit.comThese are just estimates for now, with the

Nationwide ‘Bangladesh Internet Week’ in August

DHAKA: A weeklong internet festival titled ‘Bangladesh Internet Week’ will be held across the country in August.Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and cell phone operator Grameenphone (GP) will jointly organize the festival.A Memorandum of

Samsung’s earnings guidance to miss forecasts

DHAKA: Second quarter earnings for the world’s biggest smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics, will likely miss expectations.The tech giant said, reports the BBC.The South Korean company forecast that its operating profit from April to June is likely to fall 4% from a year ago to 6.9tn

Google to launch Android One smartphone July 14

DHAKA: Google will soon be launching a new Android One smartphone in India on July 14, and will be priced almost double the original Android One’s price. It will be manufactured by India’s Lava International and will be priced at Rs 12,000, reports Deccan Chronicle.The Android One

Facebook to share advertising revenue with video creators

DHAKA: Facebook is to start paying some video creators for uploading their clips to the platform.The company is launching a Suggested Videos feed that curates a sequence of clips, interspersed with adverts.Videos that keep people watching for longer will earn a greater share of the

HC summons cyber tribunal judge

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday summoned Dhaka Cyber Tribunal judge KM Shamsul Alam and UK-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce president Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury (Mahtab) on July 27 over a writ petition filed for public interest.The HC bench comprising Justice Qazi Rezaul Haque and

Father of SMS Matti Makkonen dies

DHAKA: Matti Makkonen, widely considered the "father of SMS," has died from illness at the age of 63. The Finnish creator pitched the concept of text messaging over cellular networks in 1984 and helped get the ball rolling on the technology in its earliest days. He was quick to downplay

Lenovo K3 Note with 5.5-inch HD display launched

DHAKA: Lenovo has launched the anticipated K3 Note smartphone in India, priced at Rs. 9999, which will be available to buy via exclusive retail partner Flipkart in its first flash sale on July 8.This registration start from 25 June and till goes to 7 July, Midnight, reports NDTV.The

BASIS Women’s Forum opens Saturday

DHAKA: Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has taken a initiative to form a separate platform naming ‘BASIS Women’s Forum’ to provide adequate assistance to interested women for building carrier in Information Technology sector.On the occasion, an

‘Bangladesh to be top outsourcing destination by 2021’

DHAKA: State minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday categorically said Bangladesh will emerge as the top country in earning from outsourcing by 2021.The state minister also said the government has fixed USD 1 billion to earn

‘Undo send’ feature on Gmail

DHAKA: Ever sent an e-mail to a friend, colleague or boss on a rash moment of impulse, only to regret it later?That is set to be a thing of the past as Google - after years of testing - finally makes available its new ‘undo send’ feature on Gmail.The feature can be turned on in the

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training from June 23

DHAKA: Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and Star Computer Systems Ltd will jointly organize an 8-day Workshop on Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.Registration is going on for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training. June 22 is the last date of admission while classes will begin on June 23.Aspirant

Intel ‘Compute Stick’ at ICT Expo

DHAKA: Intel Bangladesh has brought the much anticipated the ‘Intel Compute Stick’ at Bangladesh ICT Expo 2015 in the city on Thursday.The pen drive-like computer is being displayed at the stalls no. 9 and 10 of the three-day exposition at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre