Wednesday, 25 Dec, 2024

Tech

Apple posts revenue increase

DHAKA: Apple’s second-quarter revenue rose year-over-year to USD 45.6 billion from USD 43.6 billion.Net profit for the three months to March was up to USD 10.2 billion or USD 11.62 per diluted share, from USD 9.5 billion or USD 10.09 per share a year earlier.Gross margin in the quarter

Laptop fair at BICC from May 15

DHAKA: With slogan ‘Laptop for all’, a 3-day long Laptop fair will begin from May 15 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).    Expo Maker will organize the fair which will start from May 15 and will continue till May 17.          Many companies will take

Nokia handsets to be renamed Microsoft Mobile

DHAKA: When Microsoft`s acquisition of Nokia`s devices and services business closes, the software giant plans to rename Nokia Oyj to Microsoft Mobile Oy.The disclosure came from a letter sent to suppliers and seen by the site Nokiapoweruser.The new wholly-owned subsidiary will serve as

Think twice about records!

DHAKA: Bought a gleaming new mobile phone recently? And is the joy of being able to drive a hard bargain on the exchange of your old phone (whose software had all but collapsed) multiplying your happiness?Pause a while, said The Hindu.They told, ‘Did you remember to keep a record of the

Why adoption rate rising in Asia Pacific

What is a “Biometric National ID Card?”A biometric national identity card is a portable document, typically a plasticized card with digitally-embedded information such as full name, age, birth date, address, religion, citizenship status along with a unique number and biometric

Facebook rolls out `Nearby Friends` feature

DHAKA: World largest social network website Facebook introduced a new feature that lets mobile users locate find nearby friendsm reports USAToday.The Nearby Friends feature is optional, which will send notifications whenever a friend is near the users’ location and will help users "meet

19-year-old hacker detained

DHAKA: A nineteen-year-old alleged Heartbleed hacker has been detained at his Ontario residence in London on Tuesday.The Washington Post publishes this report on Thursday.The detainee was identified as Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes and he was arrested by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.Police

Sony’s PlayStation 4 hits 7m sales

DHAKA: Japanese Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. on Wednesday announced it sold more than 7 million PlayStation 4 (PS4) videogame consoles in just over four months to April 6, reports USAToday.This is a double the number of the older version, PlayStation 3, sold in about the same time

Galaxy S5 to outsell S4

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics’ new Galaxy S5 smartphone should outsell its predecessor and defy predictions that the South Korean titan’s latest model will struggle in a tough market for high-end handsets.A top executive said, reports The Straits Times.The world’s biggest smartphone

Mozilla names interim CEO

DHAKA: Mozilla announced the appointment of Chris Beard as its interim CEO and a new member of the board of directors.At Mozilla since before Firefox 1.0, he was most recently CMO of the company and previously worked as head of the Mozilla product, marketing and innovation teams.The

Google to acquire drone maker Titan Aerospace

DHAKA: Search-engine giant Google likely to acquire Titan Aerospace, a 2-year-old start-up maker of high-altitude solar-powered drones.USAToday reports on Tuesday.Though the company did not disclose how much it would pay for Titan.Google’s gain came at the expense of Facebook, who

US users experience 7% rise in 6 months

DHAKA: A new study shows that 18 percent of US online adults have their personal information stolen, such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and bank account data, some 7 percent higher than that of July 2013, CNET reports.Pew Research Center carried out the study on 1,002

Google spells out email scanning practices

DHAKA: Google updated its terms of service, informing users that their incoming and outgoing emails are automatically analyzed by software to create targeted ads.The revisions more explicitly spell out the manner in which Google software scans users’ emails, both when messages are

Android OS 4.1.1 run device poses vulnerability

DHAKA: Millions of smartphones and tablets running Google’s Android operating system 4.1.1 have the Heartbleed software bug, reports Bloomberg on Saturday.A post on Google Online Security Blog said, “All versions of Android are immune to CVE-2014-0160 (with the limited exception of

KUET students make SmartWatch

KHULNA: Nowadays, almost everyone has a smart-phone and people have to take their phone out of their pockets to receive a call or to check messages but this can cause disturbances while attending a meeting or in a bus full of passengers. How it would have been if even one could receive

Download ‘Dhaka International Airport’

DHAKA: Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport, widely known as Dhaka International Airport or formerly known as Zia International Airport and Dacca International Airport, is the largest gateway to come in or go out from Bangladesh.The airport handles more than 5.6 million passengers and

Microsoft sued over browser error

DHAKA: Microsoft Corp`s board faces a lawsuit over the way it handled an error with its Internet Explorer browser that ended up costing the company a record-breaking $731 million fine by European antitrust regulators.The lawsuit, brought by shareholder Kim Barovic in federal court in

Apple’s iWatch coming in Q3!

Here’s the rumor; Apple will release its iWatch in Q3 (sometime this fall). Apple is supposedly so confident that its iWatch will be a hit that it has ordered 65 million units from factories in Southeast Asia, including from regular supplier Samsung. Here’s how likely it is that this

Google Glass on sale next week

DHAKA: Google will make it controversial internet-linked Glass eyewear available for purchase for a limited time in the United States beginning on April 15.Anyone in the United States with $US1,500 to spend on Glass will be able to join the ranks of ‘explorers’ who have gotten to test

China interested in BD info, tech sector

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s advancement in the information and technological sector drew attention of the people around the globe and institutions from around the world want to participate in the sector.This is why the country needs to exploit its information and technological potentiality to