DHAKA: The government is going to provide multimedia projector and laptop including internet connections to a total of 23,331 institutions that have power connections, said an official of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education.The initiative has been taken under the “ICT for

DHAKA: Twitter, second giant social media is going to get ‘Facebook flavor’ following the leading social connector.It has already begun revamping profile pages to let users display more of their online personalities, giving the popular service a Facebook-like feel from Wednesday.Zee

DHAKA: Country’s one of the largest mobile phone operators Banglalink has introduced 3G service in Sylhet.The company launched the service through a press conference at Rose View Hotel in Sylhet on Tuesday.Banglalink regional commercial head Sheikh Nur-ul-Alam said: “Banglalink always

DHAKA: Information minister Hasanul Haque Inu said computer education will be made compulsory in secondary levels of the schools from next year.He came up with disclosure on Wednesday noon at a seven-day computer and mobile fair in Eastern Plus Shopping Centre in city’s Shantinagar

DHAKA: Six of the biggest movie studios have sued Megaupload and its key operators, including founder Kim Dotcom.They have alleged the site and its operators ‘facilitated, encouraged, and profited’ from copyright infringement.Megaupload was one of the largest file-sharing sites before

DHAKA: Samsung expects to report flat sales and lower operating profit for the first quarter.The company said it expects revenue at KRW 53 trillion, little changed from the year-earlier period, and operating profit of KRW 8.4 trillion, down from KRW 8.8 trillion in Q1 2013.This would be

DHAKA: Nokia announced that the planned sale of its mobile phone business to Microsoft has received regulatory clearance in China.This was the final major country to approve the deal and the last condition to completing the acquisition.Nokia and Microsoft expect the transaction to close

DHAKA: Though Samsung is yet to officially announce the price of Galaxy S5, the company’s flagship Android phone, retailers are jumping the gun ahead of April 11, the day when the device will go on sale.Manish Khatri, a retailer in Mumbai, on Monday revealed that Galaxy S5 carries a

DHAKA: Bangladesh Internet Exchange Ltd (BIEL) has shown first LTE FDD network trial to Bangladeshi telecom community and journalists.Upon receiving BWA license and fulfilling their financial obligations, BIEL is starting LTE 4G network rollout. BIEL started LTE trial network in Dhaka

DHAKA: The personal data gathering abilities of Google, Facebook and other tech companies has sparked growing unease among Americans, with a majority worried that internet companies are encroaching too much upon their lives.A new poll showed.Google and Facebook generally topped lists of

DHAKA: Customers will enjoy some five percent discount on market price, if they book Nokia Lumia 630 model handset at the Robi Smartphone and Tab Expo-2014 in the city.The handset is yet to avail at the local markets and the discount will be given first come first served basis.Nokia

DHAKA: A new atomic clock unveiled Thursday (April 3) is three times more accurate than the one previously used to keep official time in the United States, making it the most precise timekeeper yet developed.The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S.

DHAKA: A new mobile messaging application called FireChat is empowering nearby smartphone users to stay in touch even when there`s no cellular service or Internet connection.In just two weeks since its release on the iPhone, FireChat already has provided a flicker of hope for people

DHAKA: The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday voted to end mobile phone roaming charges by late December of 2015, reports the Euronews.It will also stop telecoms operators from prioritising some internet traffic over others, doing things like blocking the free VOIP calling service

DHAKA: A mobile phone with 16.0 MP Auto Focus Rear Camera and 8.0 MP Front Camera, made with the world’s best technology, can surely be used by professional photographers.Reality has no true definition as it is beyond to define. But Walton Primo ZX brings an answer to this. Primo ZX is

DHAKA: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that 24 percent people of the country are now using internet.He came up with the assertion while inaugurating a fair “Robi Smartphone and Tab Expo-2014” at Bangabandhu International Conference

DHAKA: Amazon has unveiled Fire TV, a small box that plugs into an HDTV to provide instant access to Netflix, Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, WatchESPN, Showtime and low-cost video rentals, among other content. The new Amazon streaming device measures 0.7 inches thin and comes equipped

DHAKA: Microsoft on Wednesday took on Apple’s Siri and Google Now with a smartphone personal assistant dubbed ‘Cortana’, gleaned from a character in the hit Xbox video game ‘Halo’.Windows Phone vice president Joe Belfiore introduced Cortana on stage at the technology titan’s

DHAKA: A 3-day long “Robi Smartphone and Tab Expo-2014” has started at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital on Thursday.State Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Junaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the fair.BASIS president Shamim Ahsan, Robi

DHAKA: The billionaire chairman of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has been ordered to appear before an Indian court next month in a long-running US$1.4-million payment dispute.At a sitting in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said Lee Kun-Hee must ‘surrender’ before