DHAKA UNIVERSITY: New media and other online social networking sites have been taking the place of traditional media as people are mostly depended on the new trends for publishing their articles and also for reading news feeds.Professor D Wayne Wanta of Florida University put importance

DHAKA: The Supreme Court has asked authorities concerned to connect all courts of the country under internet network within 15 days.The information revealed in the circular of the Supreme Court titled "internet connections at office with government expense”.According to the circular

DHAKA: Samsung has launched its slimmest smartphone, the Galaxy A8, in India pricing at Rs 32,500. Samsung Galaxy A8 is just 5.9mm thick but is not the slimmest in the market. Handsets like Gionee Elife S7, Oppo R5 and Vivo X5Max are 5.5mm, 4.85mm and 4.75mm thick respectively. Samsung

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) has made a warning on the fake Facebook IDs of the party and Prime Minister, also AL president Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and other members of their family including PM’s daughter Saima Wazed Putul.Earlier on Sunday, AL official Facebook page

DHAKA: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a baby girl.The couple made the announcement with a post on Zuckerberg’s Facebook page.‘Priscilla and I have some exciting news: we’re expecting a baby girl!’ he wrote to his 33 million

DHAKA: Facebook has built its own drone that will bring internet connectivity to remote parts of the world.The drone, which has a wingspan of a Boeing 737, will operate as high as 90,000 feet in the air, and can stay airborne for 90 days at a time.Facebook said the drones would be able to

DHAKA: Half of the world’s estimated online population now check in to the social networking giant Facebook at least once a month.Facebook said the number of people who use it at least monthly grew 13% to 1.49 billion in the three months to the end of June, reports the BBC.The number is

DHAKA: The government has informed the deputy commissioners (DC) that it would take measures to bring the remote areas under 3G network coverage by sharing towers.Cabinet division joint secretary Ashraf Shamim disclosed the matter at a press briefing by posts and telecommunications

DHAKA: Windows 10 marks a ‘new era’ for personal computing, Microsoft’s chief executive has said.The software, launched globally on Wednesday, is the company’s attempt to reverse its fortunes in the mobile industry.Windows 10 will be offered as a free upgrade to most existing

DHAKA: Additional secretary Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury has been appointed as managing director (MD) of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL).Public administration department issued an order in this regard on Tuesday.Fakhruddin was working as controller of electronic

DHAKA: A factory which allegedly made up to 41,000 fake Apple iPhones has been raided in China, with nine arrests.The operation reportedly involved ‘hundreds’ of workers repackaging second hand smartphone parts as new iPhones for export, with counterfeit phones produced worth 120m

DHAKA: The Samsung Z3 smartphone, which is the successor to the Tizen-powered Z1, will be launched in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.According to a Sammobile report, the handset will have better specifications than its predecessor. It will be powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7730S

DHAKA: Chinese tech giant Huawei on Wednesday said its global smartphone sales jumped by 39% in the first half of the year.It comes after the world's fourth-biggest smartphone maker posted a 30% growth in overall revenue on Monday.Huawei said it shipped 48.2 million devices globally in

DHAKA: Apple has posted a record third quarter as soaring demand for iPhones sent profits higher.The technology giant sold 47.5 million iPhones in the quarter to 27 June, up 35% on a year ago, with Mac computer sales up 9% to 4.8 million.The performance resulted in what chief executive

DHAKA: Google+ Photos, the photo sharing solution built into Google’s social network Google+, is shutting down.However, Google Photos (note the lack of +) — as in the excellent, unlimited free photo host that Google launched back in May — will live on, reports techcrunch.com.The

DHAKA: Engineers have developed a unique smartphone that is unhackable and built from a special metal that is even stronger than titanium and steel, supposedly making it unbreakable.Called the Turing Phone, the smartphone's end-to-end encryption is built into most of the core apps on the

DHAKA: Microsoft, as expected, has started rolling out Windows 10 Build 10240, which is said to be the RTM (release to manufacturing) build, to Windows 10 Insiders.The company was expected to finalise the Windows 10 build, bringing it to the RTM stage last week ahead of its official July

DHAKA: Samsung has unveiled its thinnest smartphone to date.The Galaxy A8 is 5.9mm (0.23in) thick, making it less than 85% the thickness of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S6 Edge.Despite this design constraint, engineers have still managed to fit in a relatively high capacity 3,050mAh battery

DHAKA: Apple introduced mobile payments in Britain on Tuesday, hoping to make a splash with consumers familiar with using cards for tap-and-go purchases, as resistance from hold-out banks and stores appeared to evaporate.Starting Tuesday, Apple Pay is set to be available in 250,000 sites,

DHAKA: July 14 is Bastille Day in France, but the whole world will be watching and waiting to find out if the New Horizons spacecraft successfully makes its long-awaited flyby of Pluto.In honor of that interplanetary feat, Google has switched over to an adorable doodle that shows a