DHAKA: University of Dhaka (DU), the highest echelon of academic excellence, has also joined Facebook, the largest social connecting website. DU vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the official Facebook page of DU on Thursday. The page will be found by clicking

DHAKA: Robi Axiata Limited, country’s one of the leading mobile phone operators, has launched a unique internet service named ‘My Net’ where customers can create their own packages. The mobile phone operator claims that not only in Bangladesh, the service has been introduced for

DHAKA: Remember that awesome tweet from Oscar-winning, delightfully goofy actress Jennifer Lawrence?  Of course you don't! The 24-year-old actress may be of the social media generation, but that doesn't mean she's participating in the collective mania for 140-character deep thoughts.

DHAKA: Without ‘Nokia’ trademark, Microsoft's first smartphone, which was unveiled on Tuesday and going to be available in markets soon, the Lumia 535, is going to be one of the most budget devices. Surely, you will be surprised that in exchange of roughly tk 10,800, you will get the

DHAKA: The US government warned iPhone and iPad users to be on the alert for hackers who may exploit a vulnerability in Apple Inc’s iOS operating system that would enable them to steal sensitive data.There was the potential for hacks using a newly identified technique known as the

DHAKA: World’s largest social media website Facebook dramatically shortened the length of its privacy policy to help users better understand how it uses their data. Facebook, on Thursday, debuted a new version of its privacy policy. The new policy is about 70 percent shorter and

DHAKA: Can you remind the speech of US president Barack Obama after meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of the largest social connecting website, Facebook? "I'm the guy who got Mark to wear a jacket and tie," exactly Obama said, referring to Zuckerberg, who

DHAKA: A European Space Agency probe has made a historic landing on a comet, but its status remains uncertain after harpoons failed to anchor it to the surface. ESA officials said the lander, Philae, touched down on schedule Wednesday after a seven-hour descent from its orbiting mother

DHAKA: A Google subsidiary is going to lease a NASA facility in California's Bay Area for $1.16 billion over the next 60 years. The agency officials, regarding the matter, announced that Planetary Ventures, LLC will lease Moffett Federal Airfield (MFA), which is currently managed by

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics Co. is making another run at that perennial technogeek dream, the wrist communicator, with plans in the next few months to unveil a smartwatch that works as a stand-alone phone. However, Samsung's watch-phone will be able to make and receive calls without being

DHAKA: Google Bus Bangladesh, powered by Google, has made its journey for the first time in the country aiming to increase internet use among the students. State minister for Information and Communication Technology ministry Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the service at Bangabandhu

DHAKA: Technology giant Yahoo said it will buy digital video advertising service BrightRoll for $640m. The move would allow Yahoo to grow its video advertising platform, ‘making it the largest in the US’, the firm said, reports the BBC. BrightRoll does automated online video

DHAKA: Apple Inc was ordered to face a US federal lawsuit claiming it failed to tell consumers that its messaging system would block them from receiving text messages if they switched to Android-based smartphones from iPhones.US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California said

DHAKA: The 11,000 young men and women, who are working at 4,500 digital centers at union level, are earning from Tk 50-60 thousand per month.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and also her Information Technology (IT) Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy disclosed the information on

    DHAKA: Alibaba said $2 billion of goods were sold in the first hour of its ‘Singles Day’ shopping bonanza in China Tuesday, maintaining the day’s dominance as the world’s biggest retail event as it went global for the first time.The ecommerce giant said that amount was

DHAKA: China-based OPPO recently unveiled R5, the thinnest smartphone of the world, measuring 4.85mm only. The phone is too slim to fit a traditional headphone jack. Although OPPO R5 mobile phone is super thin, it comes with the same hardware specifications as its thicker competitors,

DHAKA: Vision 2021, Bangladesh’s development strategy, sees the country becoming a middle-income nation by 2021, in large part by super-charging its science and technology (S&T) sector to drive economic growth. A ‘digital Bangladesh’ revolution is already underway with the

DHAKA: You are 36 times more likely to get scammed if your contacts' accounts have been hacked, according to a study released this week by Google (GOOG).It's rare. On an average day, only nine in 1 million accounts get stolen, reports the CNN on Saturday.But, according to the report,

DHAKA: Silk Road 2.0 and 400 other sites operating on the Tor network - a part of the internet unreachable via traditional search engines - have been shut down.The joint operation between 16 European countries and the US saw 17 arrests.Tor is home to thousands of illegal marketplaces,

DHAKA: A headset that talks visually impaired people around cities has been designed by Microsoft. It works with a Windows phone and uses location and navigation data with a network of information beacons in urban locations to describe routes, reports the BBC. The headset was tested on