Samsung mobile is going to launch its new smartphone Samsung Galaxy Pocket exclusively with Grameenphone this month. This mobile phone delivers a rich and smart mobile experience especially for youths and young professionals, who are highly conscious about brand and
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Brac boys take PC games to new height
A team of three students from Brac University has developed a massively multi-player online (MMO) game for PCs that can be played by body movements and voice command. They claim that this is the first ever such MMO PC game in the world. MMO is an internet multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting ... Read more
Changing the web forever?
Tech giants protest against two online anti-piracy US bills Those of you who visited Wikipedia’s English page, Google, Mozilla, WordPress or Reddit on January 18 might have thought that they have changed the outlook and black was the in thing in web designing, but these major websites censored their own sites to observe the “blackout” ... Read more
Huawei debuts mobile devices
Huawei, a leading global brand in the mobile broadband and convergence device field, on Wednesday for the first time unveiled a suite of world class mobile devices including Android smartphones, Android tablet, touch phones, messaging phones and music phones in the country, which are designed to give users a simple and enjoyable mobile
A bird’s ‘tech’ view of 2011
The world population hitting 7 billion, an old NASA satellite falling to Earth in pieces in September, the revolution in the Middle East, the growing concern of Bangladesh regarding climate change — these are few of the instances, among the other notable ones, that come to our mind while rewinding the year 2011. 2011 has ... Read more
Third Bangla Blog Day observed
The word Blog is one of the most spoken words of the year 2011 in the field of social media and communication. Blog has gained increased notice and exposure for their role in breaking, shaping, and spinning news around the world. It is being considered as one of the most alternative powerful tools of the ... Read more
Samsung to roll out Galaxy Note
Samsung rolls out Galaxy Note, latest addition to its Galaxy family, in the local market next week, says a press release. The Note is a combination of tablet and smartphone that reflects the South Korean tech giant’s continuous implementation of innovative ideas. Galaxy Note has been designed for the
Qubee gets 100,000 likes on FB
Qubee, a WiMax internet service provider, has crossed 100,000 fan base of Qubeezone, its Facebook page. The feat said to be the first for any corporate house in the country. Officials said in addition to traditional ways of promoting (press, radio and billboards), they chose Facebook as it is the perfect way to reach the ... Read more
Nokia brings entry-level smartphone
Nokia announced the introduction of Nokia 500, an entry level touchscreen smartphone, in the local market, said a press release. Despite being an entry level smarphone, Nokia 500 is said not to have compromised with quality or performance. It has the Nokia’s fastest processor to date, a 5MP camera, a music and entertainment
Galaxy Y to hit the market
Galaxy Y, the latest from Samsung’s Galaxy series, is set to be released in the local market from this week, says a press release. The world’s leading smartphone company has designed it especially for the young generation at an affordable price. With 3-inch QVGA display, the phone has an 832MHz processor and runs on Android’s
WiMax operators set to go aggressive
With the promise of high-speed internet connectivity at an affordable cost, the country’s two existing WiMax operators have geared up to secure greater market penetration in the years to come. Equipped with advanced 4G technology, the WiMax operators are determined to sustain their already achieved success and intensify service operation. “We are focusing to expand ... Read more
Nokia N9: All it takes is a swipe
Nokia N9, the much-anticipated smartphone from Nokia will hit the local market next week. Let’s have a look at the N9, the first ever pure touch phone with no buttons. So far this is the best-looking and slickest device from Nokia. Its awesome design, display and ease to use make it reasonable alternative to Android ... Read more
Google launches music service
Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label. Google Music, with more 13 million songs, will be integrated with Android Market, the company’s online store for smartphone apps ... Read more
Internet users kept at bay
Speed of Internet now as slow as a snail The absence of guidelines to ensure a fixed subscriber base under a certain bandwidth (Internet speed) has prompted internet service providers (ISPs) to provide too many connections, which has resulted in decreased speed at the subscriber’s end. Officials of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said they ... Read more
‘Sky is the limit for Banglalink’
Orascom Telecom Group CEO reflects his thoughts on Bangladesh market The view from Orascom Telecom Holding’s group CEO’s office is breathtaking. You can see the mighty river Nile flowing right through the Egyptian capital Cairo. You can tell why they call this longest river in the world the lifeline of the country and watch the ... Read more
150 software firms await 3G boon
Dhaka: About 150 software firms have been waiting for more than a year for the launch of the 3G technology. The government launch of the 3G technology will not only prove to be good news for telecom operators, a number of firms that develop software for 3G-enabled mobile phones for foreign buyers, at cheaper prices, ... Read more
Our own laptop
Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS), Bangladesh, where analogue phone sets were manufactured long before the digital dominance, will now be the hub for assembling Doel netbooks and laptops. Named after the national bird, Doel is the first ever laptop brand to be assembled in Bangladesh, which is believed to revolutionise the high tech industry of the ... Read more
First super bus made in Holland
The first super bus has been developed in Holland costing 7 million pounds and was flown to the United Arab Emirates where it will be used by a sheikh. The super bus crafted with state-of-the-art materials which seats 23 passengers and had a top speed of 155mph. The hi-tech bus means the sheikh will be ... Read more
IBM 2nd in tech ranking
For the first time since 1996 IBM’s market value has exceeded Microsoft’s. IBM’s closing price on September 29 was $214 billion while Microsoft’s was a shade behind at $213.2b. The values cap a sustained period in which IBM’s share price has moved steadily upward as Microsoft’s has generally been in decline. The growth means IBM ... Read more
Mobile Internet user to eclipse wireline users by 2015
It’s going to be a mobile Internet world and we’ll just live in it. That’s the conclusion of IDC, which is forecasting that mobile Internet users will grow by an annual compound rate of 16.6 percent through 2015, when they will pass PC and other wireline Internet users. That’s not entirely surprising if you’ve been ... Read more