DHAKA: Grameenphone launched Third Generation (3G) mobile-phone services for its customers of Basundhara and Baridhara area on commercial basis on Tuesday.3G was launched flying balloons in front of Bashundhara Industrial Park in Bashundhara Residential Area in the capital.The launching

DHAKA: A little more than two weeks after it first went on sale for $99, Apple`s colorful new iPhone 5c is already on the bargain racks.First Best Buy rolled out a promotion on Thursday to offer the Apple iPhone 5C for $50, and now RadioShack and Walmart have announced similar price cuts

DHAKA: Adobe has confirmed that 2.9 million customers have had private information stolen during a “sophisticated” cyber attack on its website.The attackers accessed encrypted customer passwords and payment card numbers, the company said.But it does not believe decrypted debit or

DHAKA: Dell has opted not to release a Windows RT device among its latest line-up of tablets and laptops.The US manufacturer had been the last to support the operating system other than its creator, Microsoft.Dell said the software had failed to “resonate” with its customers because

DHAKA: Absurd as it may seem, Bangladesh might soon lead India in the adoption of 3G: the spectrum is cheaper, 3G networks are ready to be rolled out and smart phones are more keenly priced.Bangladesh held its first 3G spectrum auction in September.  This was a much-awaited event, but

DHAKA: Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of the fastest growing mobile services providers in Bangladesh and a concern of Bharti Airtel Limited, has launched Third Generation (3G) internet packages for its valued subscribers.Posts and Telecommunications Minister Shahara Khatun inaugurated the

DHAKA: Three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft Corp are lobbying the board to press for Bill Gates to step down as chairman of the software company he co-founded 38 years ago, according to people familiar with matter.While Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has been under pressure

DHAKA: The creator of Grand Theft Auto has warned there might be teething problems as its online version launches.Last week Rockstar North admitted it was facing “unanticipated” pressure because sales of GTA 5 had been stronger than expected.“We are working around the clock to buy

Cellphones, tablets and other wireless devices that have been reported lost or stolen can no longer be activated  and therefore used on most wireless networks in Canada, following the launch of a new national “blacklist” of such devices.Starting today, most Canadian wireless service

DHAKA: Coca-Cola has lost its crown as the world’s best brand, a closely watched survey said on Monday, unseated by the iconic iPhone and iPad maker Apple.This marks the first time the soft drink missed the top spot on the ‘best global brand report’, a line-up created in 2000 by

DHAKA: China on Monday launched a crackdown on several mobile news applications that provide news information services without approval from government regulators, threatening to shut down those who refuse to ‘rectify’.The ruling follows a government campaign to curb ‘online

DHAKA: Author Jaime Clarke’s new novel “Vernon Downs” requested his reader to buy “Vernon Downs” straight from the publisher and not from Amazon.In a Web site aptly named pleasedontbuymybookonamazon.com, Clarke lays out his call to support independent publishing and push back

DHAKA: In the end, BlackBerry’s leadership may have been its own worst enemy.The struggling handset maker suffered from infighting at its executive level that hobbled its ability to compete in the mobile market and led to its eventual downfall, according to an investigation conducted by

DHAKA: They make an adorable pair in their neat formal suits and shoes. And when they start talking, they have crowds hanging onto every word they say, often having them in splits with their experiences.Shravan Kumaran and his younger sibling Sanjay Kumaran are perhaps India`s youngest

DHAKA: Country’s the largest private mobile phone operator GrameenPhone (GP) Limited launched third generation of mobile communication technology 3G on Sunday.Tele-Communications Minister Sahara Khatun inaugurated GrameenPhone 3G service at GrameenPhone’s main corporate office GP

DHAKA: Exploring the heavens with spaceships and fancy orbiting telescopes like the Hubble is pretty routine stuff for NASA. But the space agency is going low-tech to get a good look at an eagerly anticipated comet.The space agency plans to launch a balloon -- yes, a balloon -- to study

DHAKA: Yahoo email addresses reassigned to a new owner are receiving personal emails intended for the previous owner.One man told news site Information Week that he had received emails with some highly sensitive information in them.In June the web firm announced Yahoo addresses and IDs

DHAKA: Apple’s released yet another supplemental update for iOS 7, a little more than a week after the software was first released.The 7.0.2 update, which went out Thursday morning, fixes a bug that would let users bypass the passcode security on the lock screen. That security issue was

DHAKA: Bill Gates’ latest Harvard talk has rightly honed in on his acknowledgment that the control-alt-delete login was “a mistake.” Good for a headline, but there’s another big one buried in what was a fascinating interview conducted before a live audience with David Rubenstein,

DHAKA: Google has quietly retooled the closely guarded formula running its internet search engine to give better answers to the increasingly complex questions posed by web surfers.The overhaul came as part of an update called ‘Hummingbird’ that Google Inc has gradually rolled out in