DHAKA: The government on Thursday started distributing 25,000 tablet PCs (tabs) among the public servants as part of its ongoing digitization process.Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated Tab distribution program at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) in

DHAKA: When Vine introduced loop counts, it instantly replaced likes and shares to become the default metric to gauge the popularity of a video.Facebook has dabbled with a similar technique for auto-play videos in users' mobile Newsfeeds, but only now has it appeared on its other

DHAKA: Around 400 kilometers above the Earth's surface, the International Space Station continues its orbit of the planet.Since the first crew arrived in November 2000, more than 200 astronauts from 15 different countries have visited the ISS. At its core, it's a floating lab, where

DHAKA: Google is going to make debt settling easier, by allowing users to transfer funds on email.However, at first, it's coming in over the next few weeks for all Gmail users who are over 18 in the UK, reports the BBC.According to the report, at that time users will have to click the

DHAKA: Parents have long suspected it, but now doctors have proof: the more time teenagers spend on computers or mobile phones, the less they sleep -- especially if the gadget is used just before bedtime.The evidence is so strong, the experts said, that health watchdogs should overhaul

DHAKA: A new report from security firm Avast out on Tuesday night reveals the discovery of a new form of malware on the Google Play store, which begins to display advertisements disguised as warning messages to end users when they unlock their Android smartphones.What’s interesting

DHAKA: The world’s most populous country also has the largest, and fastest growing, online population.China has now surpassed 649 million users, outnumbering the entire US population two to one.Official figures released Tuesday said, CNN publishes this report on Wednesday.The China

DHAKA: Technology and bargain lovers alike are in for some good news: The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the release of a newer and faster model Monday called the Raspberry Pi 2. And like the original, it only costs $35.For the uninitiated, the Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized,

DHAKA: WhatsApp users are going to be able to reach each other through voice call soon.Reddit user Pradnesh Patil from India posted a screenshot of the feature on Tuesday, which he said he could access after running the most recent version of WhatsApp (2.11.508) on his Nexus 5, using

DHAKA: While many retirees take up interesting hobbies when they leave the workforce, Su Daocheng, 60, might be able to claim the title of most unusual post-work activity – designing a rideable robotic horse.Su built the robot that stands on five feet and weighs about 550 pounds over a

DHAKA: Even the largest external battery packs will only free you from the grid for so long before you need to plug in and recharge. Kraftwerk isn’t just another battery, even though it might look like one.This tiny 200g device is actually a self-contained fuel cell that runs on

DHAKA: If one of your Facebook friends shares a pornographic video clip and it appears in your news feed, think twice about clicking on it. But if you do, and it asks you to install an update for your Flash software, back away fast.Why? It’s malware – and according to security

DHAKA: A 4-day international event on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) titled ‘Digital World 2015’ is set to begin at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital from February 9.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the show.Information

DHAKA: Good news! We might not all die of an AI uprising, according to Eric Horvitz, the head of Microsoft's main research lab.But, the bad news is Microsoft's founder Bill Gates doesn't agree; he thinks AI will be "strong enough to be a concern" in a few decades, reports The

DHAKA: Want to gain entry to your office, get on a bus, or perhaps buy a sandwich? We're all getting used to swiping a card to do all these things. But at Epicenter, a new hi-tech office block in Sweden, they are trying a different approach - a chip under the skin.Felicio de Costa,

DHAKA: Job hunting site Glassdoor released a list of 25 best jobs for 2015, following the information shared by the employees who are involved with these jobs.However, 10 of them are technology related jobs.It looked at three things to come up with an overall "Job Score": Average

DHAKA: The Army is setting up a new unit that will use psychological operations and social media to help fight wars ‘in the information age’. Head of the Army General Sir Nick Carter said the move was about trying to operate ‘smarter’, reports the BBC. The 77th Brigade, made up

DHAKA: Are you an iPhone user? Congratulations! You're probably smarter than the Android owner sitting next to you. A new study conducted by online advertising network Chitika found that states with more college graduates tend to also have higher iPhone sales, reports the CNN. Notably,

DHAKA: As battery technologies go, the world has a love-hate relationship with lithium-ion. On the one hand, breakthroughs in Li-ion designs and construction are responsible for the Tesla Model S, new installations, green energy research, and the modern smartphone.On the other hand,

DHAKA: Humans should be worried about the threat posed by artificial Intelligence, Bill Gates has said. The Microsoft founder said he didn't understand people who were not troubled by the possibility that AI could grow too strong for people to control, reports the BBC. Mr Gates