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For The First Time Bangladesh Wins 1st Place In eASIA Awards 2019

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

E-Finance

Administrated by the Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT), eASIA Gold Award 2019 for Digital Transformation: Private Sector was presented to D Money Bangladesh Ltd. The competition was held among Asian tech giants from 24 countries and companies/ projects had to be less than 3 years old...
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Country Affordability A Must For Improved Economy

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

E-Finance

The government's fast track infrastructure projects will enable competitiveness of Bangladesh but some challenges like energy price hike, unplanned urbanization, unemployment, limited skill...
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Online Payment Using Cards Relaxed

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

E-Finance

Finally Bangladesh Bank has withdrew  the authorization requirement for online  payments using international cards to make transactions.

Through a notice Bangladesh bank said that “ it has been decided to waive online transaction authorisation form, OTAF, for payments abroad through international cards," .

The central bank relaxed the requirement against the backdrop of critic...
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Twitter 2FA Now Possible Without A Phone Number

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Keep Informed

Enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) for your Twitter account is a good idea, but handing your phone number over to Twitter gives many pause for thought. It's also not the most secure method of protecting your account, especially...
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Apple Removes All Customer Reviews From Its Online Stores

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

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Reviews are a reliable way to find out if a product you're considering buying is worth the money or the right thing to buy for your needs. However, Apple has for some unknown reason decided to remove all customer reviews fr...
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Facebook Tested Facial Recognition App Identifying User Profiles

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Keep Informed

Facebook developed an internal app that recognized employees and pulled up their profiles, but privacy concerns might've led to its discontinuation.

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Microsoft's Game Streaming Service xCloud To Launch Next Year

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Keep Informed

Microsoft refrained from getting specific on the launch date. But in 2020, the company also plans on making the game-streaming service available on Windows 10 PCs.

Microsoft will launch its xCloud game-streaming service some time next ye...
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Google Starts The Countdown Clock On Cloud Print, Gives Users A Year To Find An Alternative

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

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In a year that’s seen the death of Inbox, Google+, and the goo.gl URL shortener, not to mention the loss of free original quality photo storage with every Pixe...
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Google Is Turning On RCS For All In Android Messages As Everyone Wonders What Took So Long

December 19 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Keep Informed

After years of false starts, empty promises, and a whole lot of frustration, Google has announced that it will be upgrading the stale SMS experience to RCS-powered chat. This change will bring an iPhone-like experience, with Wi-Fi support, read receipts, high-res media, and typing indicators. Google says it expects the new messaging service to be “broadly available in the U.S. by the end of year.”

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Top 10 Digital Transformation Trends For 2020

December 18 2019 | Naznin Nahar

Cover Story

Daniel Newman

Over the last few years, most discussions about the next year’s Digital Transformation trends had begun to feel a bit repetitive: Cloud, Edge Compute, the IoT, AR… It always seemed like the same chairs being rearranged around the same old room.

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ZTE and China Telecom complete the industry’s first uplink enhancement FAST verification

December 19 2012 | TW News Correspondent

Telco

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, recently announced its partnership with China Telecom to complete the verification of the industry's first FAST...
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The latest version of security solutions- Kaspersky 2020 now in Bangladesh

September 12 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Product Updates

The cybersecurity giant Kaspersky is ready to launch their latest version of security solutions for home users with their Kaspersky 2020 range in Bangladesh in association with their distributor Smart Technologies BD Limited. The company rolls out major updates in their products once a year to keep the solutions up to date with the threat landscape globally. K...
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Walton's new smartphone goes on flash sale

December 19 2004 | TW News Correspondent

Product Updates

Bangladeshi handset maker Walton has launched its notch display dual back camera smartphone ‘Primo RX7 mini’ in the local tech market. Priced at BDT 8,799 only, customers will get BDT 700 discount on flash sale of th...
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Walton's new smartphone goes on flash sale

December 04 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Product Updates

Bangladeshi handset maker Walton has launched its notch display dual back camera smartphone ‘Primo RX7 mini’ in the local tech market. Priced at BDT 8,799 only, customers will get BDT 700 discount on flash sale of the phone for four days starting from Wednesday (4 December) to Saturday (7 December).

Asifur Rahman Khan, Chief of Walton Cellular Phone sales department, termed the dev...
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Bangladesh - A Shining Example for Success in Financial Inclusion Shameem Ahsan Speaks at India Fintech Forum

December 01 2019 | TW News Correspondent

E-Commerce

 

Bangladesh - A Shining Example for Success in Financial Inclusion

Shameem Ahsan Speaks at India Fintech Forum

Mobile Financial services is the most needed solution for economic and social development in the Southeast Asian region. These mobile services have pioneered the solution for the unbanked people in developing countries like Bangladesh...
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