The new Vanilla Mint edition is equipped with Snapdragon 665 mobile platform, making the device compatible for gaming and multi-tasking. It is also complemented by a powerful 8GB RAM along with 128GB storage. The 11nm processor ensures a more optimized performance for gaming with minimal consumption of energy. The Camera system of the device includes a 48-megapixel lens with an f/1.8 aperture along…

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their roles at the helm of parent firm Alphabet and handing the reins to current Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the company said Tuesday. Pichai will take over from Page as CEO of the holding firm, a Silicon Valley titan that includes Google as well as units focused on "other bets" in areas including self-driving cars and life…

"Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said process to register online news portals will start from the next week. "The process will continue for some days because it is not easy task to investigate about 3,500 news portals,” he said while talking to reporters at the secretariat. A total of 3,517 applications were submitted after applications were sought for registration of online…

SINGAPORE - Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd ("Daito Trust"), a listed construction and real estate company in Japan will invest a US$50 million in JustCo Holdings Pte. Ltd. ("JustCo"). In addition, Daito Trust will invest up to an additional JPY 2.65 billion (US$24 million) to form a new Japan joint venture with JustCo to build and operate flexible workspace business in Japan…

The world’s leading technology company Huawei today launches its high performance featured new smartphone Y9s in the Bangladeshi market. In a glittering event, Huawei announced to launch this phone at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) on 24th November 2019. Pre-booking of the phone will start from 26 November to 01 December 2019. In the same event, Huawei also launches another…

Microsoft Bangladesh recently hosted Microsoft Inspie Partner Forum and Awards at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital, welcoming its partners and recognizing their contribution to expanding the company’s footprint in Bangladesh. At Inspire Bangladesh 2019, Corporate Projukti Limited was handed over the coveted Country Partner of the Year Award FY19, while aamra Technologies Limited Modern…

Facebook on Wednesday suffered its biggest global outage ever as its key applications including Instagram and Messenger went down for more than 8 hours. Facebook and other applications resumed early morning for some users.Facebook hasn’t disclosed what caused the outage yet. The company, however, did clarify that the service interruption wasn’t due to targeted cyber attack.“We’re…

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has blocked 176 gambling websites in Bangladesh. Emdadul Haque, general secretary of Internet Service Providers' Association of Bangladesh, told UNB on Sunday night that they blocked access to the gambling websites at noon following BTRC's directives. Earlier on Thursday, the telecom regulator blocked 1,279 porno sites in the country.…

The leading digital service provider, Robi, on Monday launched a social awareness program titled #Commonsense with an appeal to the people for continuing to apply common sense as they become ever more sensitized with life in the digital domain. Robi has decided to take a stand against the potential social malaise being facilitated by the increasing adoption of digital lifestyle in the country, according…

Google’s social media network, Google+, will officially shut down on April 2 (Saturday), the company announced this week. Citing low usage and challenges to maintain a “successful product,” Google announced last year that it would be closing its social network sometime in April. Users won’t be able to create new Google+ profiles, pages, communities and events as early as February…

WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption — the hallmark of users’ security — may go for a toss if Facebook integrates the popular mobile messaging platform with not-that-secure Instagram and Messenger. According to a report in The Wired on Saturday, to universally preserve end-to-end encryption poses a whole additional set of critical challenges for Facebook. WhatsApp chats are currently…

The government has decided to connect Bangladesh with another submarine cable, its third, in order to cope with its burgeoning tech-savvy population’s hunger for data consumption, according to Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar. Jabbar, now a two-time technocrat minister, said this in his Chief Guest’s address for the VoLTE trial run programme at…

Country's ICT platforms have jointly conferred reception to Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar and Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, for their re-assignment in the ministry. The reception program organised by the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS), Bangladesh Association of Call Center and Outsourcing Organization…