DHAKA: Nokia reported first-quarter sales from continuing operations down 15 percent from a year earlier to EUR 2.664 billion. Adjusted operating profit rose 20 percent to EUR 304 million, and the net result improved to a profit of EUR 0.03 per share from a loss of 3 cents a share a year

DHAKA: Samsung reported first-quarter revenues of KRW 53.68 trillion, up slightly from KRW 52.87 trillion a year earlier. The company’s operating profit dipped to KRW 8.49 trillion from KRW 8.78 trillion, while net profit rose to KRW 7.57 trillion from KRW 7.15 trillion a year ago.

DHAKA: LG Electronics announced a sharp improvement in first-quarter net profit, to KRW 93 billion from KRW 22 billion a year earlier. Operating profit rose to KRW 999 billion from KRW 806 billion, and the Korean company’s sales were up 1.2 percent year-on-year to KRW 14.3 trillion.

DHAKA: Microsoft in June will begin airing original television shows on Xbox consoles as it continues a quest to anchor the boxes at the heart of home entertainment. Xbox Originals programs ranging from dramas and comedies to documentaries and live events will air with interactive

JOYPURHAT:  Grameenphone, one of the leading mobile phone operators of the country, brought 3G internet service to provide maximum internet speed to the users of the district.   Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Yeasin officially inaugurated the service as chief guest at Grameenphone

DHAKA: Kaspersky Internet Security for Android earned top marks in the independent testing of mobile security products conducted by AV-Test in March 2014.   Kaspersky Lab’s solution successfully blocked all threats and its performance received the highest rating from the test lab.

DHAKA: Two courses of training programme on ‘Web and Data Security’ and ‘Software Design and Architecture’ organized by Basis Institute of Technology and Management (BITM) ended Sunday.      Bangladesh High Tech Park supervised the programme, says a press release.      

DHAKA: Google is reportedly planning to dismantle its social network, Google+. The Times of India publishes this report on Sunday. It said that Google will turn Google+ into a platform instead of a product, TechCrunch reports citing "multiple sources”. This means that it will no

DHAKA: The website of the cabinet division, (http://www.cabinet.gov.bd), which was hacked by ‘Bl@Ck Dr@GoN’ on Saturday, has been recovered.Bangladeshi hacker group Cyber71 recovered the site.Cyber71 informed the matter in their fan page.Earlier in the day, the homepage of the cabinet

DHAKA: The website of the cabinet division, (http://www.cabinet.gov.bd), has been hacked by ‘Bl@Ck Dr@GoN’ on Saturday.The homepage of the site is showing ‘Hacked BY Bl@Ck Dr@GoN’ while opening it.The site is showing Indian flag.It also warned Bangladeshi hackers saying, “It is

DHAKA: Bangladesh is at the second position in the world in piracy. Copyright holders in the country are facing serious economic crisis as a large number of dishonest businessmen are copying thousands of products and services without paying any royalty to them.The experts came up with

DHAKA: Microsoft has completed its purchase of Nokia’s mobile phone business for 5.44bn euros.The deal between the two firms should have been completed earlier this year but it was delayed by a hold-up in regulatory approvals.The sale will see the end of production of mobile phones by

DHAKA: Bad news for credit card hackers. Here comes a ‘remote control’ app that can help you turn your credit cards on and off with the click of a button, and control when, where, and how they are used.Run by two Indian American entrepreneurs, a San Jose-based start-up OnDot Systems

DHAKA: Internet subscribers in the country had reached to 36.86 million at the end of March, compared to 36.12 million at the end of the previous month. The mobile internet base reached 35.33 million, up from 34.60 million in February, according to figures from the Bangladesh

DHAKA: Microsoft Corp`s (MSFT.O) new chief executive got off to a winning start with Wall Street on Thursday as the world`s largest software company eased past analysts` profit estimates despite the pressure of falling computer sales.Its shares rose almost 3 percent in after-hours trading

DHAKA: Amazon.com Inc`s revenue grew more than expected for the first quarter, largely offset by a sharp increase in spending on technology, content and new warehouses as the e-commerce company branches into new businesses.Amazon`s international unit, which accounts for 40 percent of

DHAKA: Four major tech companies including Apple and Google have agreed to pay a total of $324 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to hold down salaries in Silicon Valley, sources familiar with the deal said, just weeks before a high profile trial had been scheduled to

DHAKA: Facebook has launched FB Newswire, the company announced Thursday, which is a product of a partnership with News Corp-owned Storyful and which promises to offer journalists a repository of verified, real-time content for use in covering breaking news stories. Storyful’s entire

DHAKA: Facebook reported first-quarter revenue of USD 2.50 billion, representing a significant year-on-year increase of 72 percent from USD 1.46 billion.Revenue from advertising rose 82 percent to USD 2.27 billion, with mobile representing approximately 59 percent of advertising revenue,

DHAKA: WhatsApp announced that it has passed the milestone of half a billion active users.This puts it well on track to meet the prediction of Facebook CEO Marck Zuckerberg, who said when Facebook bought the messaging app that it was set to be a billion-user service.At that time, in late