DHAKA: Popular microblogging site Twitter can accurately predict a community's rate of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide, researchers, including those of Indian-origin, have found.Studies have identified many factors that contribute to the risk of heart

DHAKA: Xiaomi has announced that the Redmi Note 4G smartphone will go on sale starting Saturday via Flipkart without registration, lasting till Chinese Republic Day on Monday. The company has not announced exactly when the sale will begin and how many units will be available to buy.The

DHAKA: Bangladesh gets Google Street View. Initially Dhaka, Chittagong and Dhaka-Chittagong highway open for viewing. It has been a while since street view cars were here. Google Street View 360 degree imagery from Bangladesh has finally gone live on Google Maps! Google officially

DHAKA: The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook last year for nearly US$22 billion, unveiled a new service Wednesday for sending messages from a Web browser.WhatsApp, which claims some 500 million users, said its Web service will be a ‘mirror’ and would

DHAKA: Microsoft has revealed that Windows 10 will bring its voice-controlled assistant Cortana to PCs.It also unveiled a headset that it said would one day project the operating system over views of the real world.In addition, the firm announced that the OS upgrade would be offered free

DHAKA: Government has unblocked popular online voice and instant messaging services – Viber and WhatsApp – early Thursday. Users began receiving full services of Viber and WhatsApp around 12:15am. On January 17, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) blocked Viber

DHAKA: Please sit down. We need to have a talk. It seems some important points about computer safety and security have completely gone over the heads of a certain portion of the population.If you're one of those people whose passwords look like "9$RxkU#55zx!%winning1," you can go

DHAKA: Japan has the oldest population in the world and in the next 50 years it is set to shrink by 40 million, leading to its end-of-life industry booming.According to a report, published on abc.net, almost all Japanese people get cremated and have their ashes put into family crypts

DHAKA: Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) jointly organized a workshop for the stakeholders.The workshop, under Leveraging Information, Communication and Technology (LICT) for Growth project of BCC, was recently held

DHAKA: The next chapter in Microsoft's corporate history may be called Windows 10, but the name of the device should be "Once More, With Feeling”. However, Microsoft is going to host a Win 10 event at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters in USA on January 21, expected to focus on the

DHAKA: In addition to rolling out an updated version of the Skype for iPhone mobile application this week, Microsoft also announced the launch of a new testing program for Skype iOS users who are willing to download, use and give feedback on pre-release versions of the mobile calling and

DHAKA: The government has blocked Viber, the internet-based free voice calling and message services, in Bangladesh due to security reason.Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) issued letters to mobile-phone operators and internet gateway operators to this effect.A

DHAKA: Xiaomi on Thursday has announced its next-generation flagship phablet - called Mi Note - and said it is larger, thinner, lighter and cheaper than Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus. Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO, revealed the handset at an event in Beijing and stressed that smartphones are at the

DHAKA: "Don't use your phone while it's charging," "don't leave it plugged in overnight" and "always let it die completely" — these are just a few popular myths about smartphone batteries.When it comes to battery life, there are many little rules for what you can and can't do with

DHAKA: Bangladesh has got orbit for the Bangabandhu Satellite, which is set to be launched in December, 2017.The opportunity has come through an agreement inked between Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and Intersputnik International organization of Space

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics recently offered to buy BlackBerry for as much as USD 7.5 billion, media report citing a person familiar with the matter and documents seen.Samsung is interested in acquiring BlackBerry’s patents, as well as strengthening its position in the enterprise

DHAKA: A project has been taken to provide free internet service in every government office across the country in accelerating services.Sate minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak made the disclosure while addressing a seminar at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) auditorium in the city

DHAKA: Banglalink has brought an offer for using unlimited Viber, a mobile application for free call, text, picture and video sharing, at Tk 6 for whole day.The mobile phone operator, however, is the first in the country to introduce such an offer, a press release said Wednesday.According

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: The world has been developing day by day with the help of modern technologies, so do Bangladesh.Three students of Jahangirnagar University brought the country one-step ahead as they are waiting to participate in world largest competition of computer

DHAKA: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Monday said some 34,000 youths are being given training on information technology.Moreover, the training organizations will provide jobs for sixty percent of the trainees.Among the youths, some