DHAKA: Lost in ‘Nowhereland’ with ‘No Network’ as far as you can see? As always, Google Maps can help you find your way back, as long as you have an iOS or an Android device, even if you are offline!Google recently added a feature to Google Maps, which lets you save maps to

DHAKA: Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator in Bangladesh, commercially launched 3G services in Moulvibazar on Wednesday. The inaugural ceremony was marked with arranging a procession consisting of 3G branded caravans that created excitement in the city and

DHAKA: Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone 6 could be released on September 9, according to a leaked photo by a French website.On August 25, nowhereelse.fr posted a photo of what it claimed was Apple’s new smartphone’s promotional artwork.The artwork showed the date Tuesday September

DHAKA: Considering the purchase capacity of the local people, Symphony introduced a new 7” Tab recently named Xplorer T7 Ultra, at Tk 6,250. Country’s one of the leading cell phone brands brought the Tab at a lower price keeping in mind the extended needs of a Tab in daily life, said

DHAKA: China smartphone company Xiaomi on Tuesday launched its new device Redmi 1S in India priced at Rs. 5,999. Notably, the smartphone was first announced for India at Rs. 6,999, but the company seems to have had a change in mind at the last minute as far as pricing is concerned,

DHAKA: Google will launch the sixth device of Nexus series titled ‘Nexus X’ on October 31. Motorola's much-leaked Shamu handset will now reportedly be called the ‘Nexus X’ and not ‘Nexus 6’ as previously rumored, NDTV reports on Tuesday. Another report said that the

DHAKA: American information technology research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. forecasted that the market of mobile apps would be worth about 35 billion worldwide.  On the other hand, 90 percent mobile users in Bangladesh browse internet through their handsets and 86 percent of

DHAKA: Japanese entertainment giant Sony said on Monday its online music and gaming sites came under a cyber attack by a hacker group that also claimed there were explosives on a plane carrying a senior company executive. The company said a United States commercial aircraft carrying the

DHAKA: Xiaomi, one of the leading mobile hand sets manufacturing company, is going to launch the Redmi 1S smartphone on Tuesday in India. Following the mega success of Xiaomi Mi3, the Chinese smartphone company is going to release their new device at a very cheap rate. However, the

DHAKA: What will happen if one day you notice an advertisement of modern tools like facebook or amazon kindle?The Earth Pics just wanted to make the thought true and in this regard they published the photos which are the examples of some funny vintage ads for modern

DHAKA: Google Inc is considering allowing online accounts for children under the age of 13 and giving their parents control over how the service is used, according to media reports. Google has been working on a version of YouTube, its video-sharing site, for youngsters and is considering

RIYADH: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday inaugurated the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) activities for Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia. The minister unveiled the MRP activities at a colorful ceremony at Hotel Sheraton in Saudi Arabia’s capital

DHAKA: Google is buying JetPac, the start-up that designs social travel applications disclosed on its website on Friday, without providing details.‘We’ll be removing Jetpac’s apps from the App Store in the coming days, and ending support for them on 9/15,’ stated a posting on

DHAKA: China-based smartphone maker Xiaomi has slid into legal hot water in Singapore, amid growing regional concerns about its apparent lack of privacy protection. A complaint has been filed by a phone user here, alleging that his personal data had been disclosed without consent. He

DHAKA: Apple Inc’s suppliers have begun manufacturing new iPad tablets in an attempt to revive flagging sales of the tablet. Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter, says Hindustan Times. Apple, which helped create the tablet market in 2010 with its first iPad,

DHAKA: Xiaomi Inc said it had upgraded its operating system to ensure users knew it was collecting data from their address books after a report by a computer security firm said the Chinese budget smartphone maker was taking personal data without permission.The privately held company

DHAKA: Team Engine Limited has brought the first ever locally-made Optical Character Recognizer (OCR) to store, find and make editable all digital contents written in Bangla language. This software can read all hand written, typed and printed contents in Bangla language, identify

DHAKA: Apple and Samsung have agreed to withdraw all legal cases against each other outside the United States.The two rivals have sued each other over a range of patent disputes in nine countries outside the US, including the UK, South Korea, Japan and Germany.Samsung said the

DHAKA: Professional networking firm LinkedIn Corp. agreed to pay $6 million in wages and damages after regulators found it failed to account for all the hours worked by its employees.  This includes $3.3m in unpaid wages and $2.5m in damages to be paid to 359 former and current

DHAKA: When pharmacist Thuan Vuu plays basketball, he laces his feet into a pair of Nike Hyperdunk+ shoes fitted with a sensor that sends data to his iPhone. He can see how far he’s run and how high he’s jumped, and by setting himself goals – he aims for at least two kilometres per