While political alliances are yet to firm up for 2014 polls, the Election Commission (EC) has already entered a key partnership with US-based internet giant, Google, to help it manage online voter registration and facilitation services ahead of the democratic exercise.Over the next six

DHAKA: Google’s former CEO and current executive chairman Eric Schmidt has revealed what he calls his biggest mistake at the company.In an interview with Bloomberg, Schmidt said, ‘At Google, the biggest mistake that I made was not anticipating the rise of the social networking

DHAKA: The 2013 has involved many significant scientific events and discoveries. The list sees Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, Atlas humanoid robot, Bounce Imaging Explorer, Google Glass and so on. CNN has made a list of top ten innovations. We present the list for our esteemed

DHAKA: While the South Korean giant hasn’t made an official announcement, a new Galaxy tablet has surfaced on US certification agency FCC’s website.The new tablet, bearing model number Samsung SM-T320, is expected to be called the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and positioned as a

DHAKA: Twitter shares tumbled after a brokerage analyst warned the popular messaging network was overvalued following a meteoric rise since its initial public offering in November.Twitter shares closed down 12.99 percent at US$63.79. But the stock has more than doubled from its offering

DHAKA: Apple has asked a federal judge to bar US sales of Samsung smartphones and tablet computers in the blockbuster patent case involving the two electronics giants.In a court filing in California, Apple said the smartphones and tablets were found to have violated patents in a jury

Rumours of new iPhone and iPad models with screen larger than current ones have been doing the rounds for a while now. The latest report indicates that the large screen iPhone 6 may launch sooner than expected.Digitimes reports citing their sources that the iPhone 6 release is planned for

The Third  Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT) was held.Luna Shamsuddoha, President of BWIT and Vice President Sonia Bashir Kabir, and Treasurer Rumessa Hussain are seen in the picture along with other executive committee members.For 2014, BWIT is coming

DHAKA: Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will sell 41.4 million shares worth about US$2.3 billion.It will be a part of an offering of 70 million Class A common shares of the social network, reports The Straits Times.Facebook shares were down 4 percent at US$53.54 before the

DHAKA: The succinct presence of Banglanews is not only in i phone, Nokia, Windows phone, i pad mini, Samsung, Sony and Symphony, now it can be easily visited as app in i phone and Google play store.Banglanews disclosed that instant download, five slides news in at a glance, two top news,

DHAKA: The European Commission has agreed to support an industry initiative to develop fifth-generation mobile technology.The public-private partnership with the 5G PPP Association is one of eight strategic research projects co-funded by the EU.Working with a range of industry players,

DHAKA: Microsoft Wednesday published a short blog post from John Thompson, a member of its board and the chair of its search committee for its next CEO.The entry stated that from an initial pool of 100 candidates, Microsoft narrowed to 20, a figure that has since shrunk, and that the

DHAKA: Google has acquired the engineering company that developed Cheetah, the world`s fastest-running robot and other animalistic mobile research machines.Boston Dynamics, which contracts for the US military, is the eighth robotics company snapped up by Google this year.Both the price

DHAKA: South Korea’s Samsung on Thursday lost its latest claim in a long-running global copyright battle against bitter rival Apple, a surprise blow to the electronics giant in its home market.A court rejected Samsung’s claims that some Apple products had infringed on three of its

Banglalink is the latest VimpelCom operating company to offer unlimited WhatsApp to its customers.This offer, which is the first of its kind in Bangladesh, will be exclusive to banglalink for two months from commercial launch date of 13th November, 2013.This launch is yet another

US technology companies on Monday called on President Barack Obama and members of Congress to limit surveillance of citizens.Companies, including Apple, Facebook and Google, called on US leaders to set an example for countries worldwide in the wake of revelations of broad surveillance by

Facebook`s `Like` button has been one of its biggest successes, but it is not rare to find posts which one may not actually like. In such cases users often write `dislike` in comments just to express their unhappiness about the topic of the post. While the `Dislike` button may still be

COX’S BAZAR: Private mobile operator GrameenPhone launched 3G (third generation) service formally in the district on Friday morning.Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Ruhul Amin inaugurated the 3G launching ceremony through cutting cake and releasing balloons.After the inaugural ceremony

DHAKA: The troubled mobile phone maker BlackBerry still has at least one very loyal customer like US President Barack Obama.At a meeting with youth to promote his landmark healthcare law, Obama said he is not allowed to have Apple`s smartphone, the iPhone, for "security reasons," though

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama admitted Wednesday he was not allowed to have an iPhone owing to security fears, explaining why he is sometimes seen with a bulky super secure Blackberry.‘I’m not allowed for security reasons to have an iPhone,’ Obama told a group of young people at