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‘Foldable’ phone era begins from California

November 03 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Product Updates

Foldable phones is one of the biggest buzz terms in tech at the moment with Samsung, LG and Huawei all experimenting with the tech, but all those company's have been beaten to the punch.

Royole - a company based in California - have announced the Royole FlexPai that's set to be the first commercially available foldable smartphone.

Unfolded, this looks like a tablet at 7.8-inch AMOLED but the...
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4 companies get tower sharing license

November 03 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Telco

Marking another milestone to country’s telecommunication service, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Council (BTRC) has given tower sharing license to four companies....
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Mustafa Jabbar for incorporating ICT in primary education

October 31 2018 | TW News Correspondent

E-Govt.

Post, Telecommunication and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar said Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based contents should be included in primary education to buildup the young generation with proper knowledge of this subject.

Mentioning the programming contest for...
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Famous brands with Daraz to mark world biggest Sale Day- 11.11

October 30 2018 | TW News Correspondent

E-Finance

Daraz Bangladesh Ltd, the leading e-commerce company of the country, is bringing the World’s Biggest Sale Day- 11.11 to Bangladesh for the first time on 11th November. Th...
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90% of free apps share user data with Google: Report

October 30 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Keep Informed

About 90 per cent of free apps on the Play store share user data with Google without their consent, according to a new Financial Times report. This data, which is said to include age, gender, location, and information about other apps, helps build detailed user profile. The harvested data can then be used for a number of purposes including targeted advertising, the report adds. Making revenue for tech...
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Cabinet Okays RPO amendment for use of EVMs in JS polls

October 30 2018 | TW News Correspondent

E-Govt.

The Cabinet has given final approval to the draft of Representation of the People Order (RPO, Amendment) Act 2018 and cleared the way for using electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming 11th general election....
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Google sacks 48 employees for sexual harassment

October 29 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Keep Informed

Google has sacked 48 people for sexual harassment in the last two years, it has emerged.

 

The terminations included 13 senior managers.

 

Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, made the announcement in an email to all employees on Thursday (October 25).

 

The email, obtain...
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Soroj Mehedi made executive member of Commonwealth Youth Summit

October 29 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Happening

A Bangladeshi Literary persona and university Lecturer Md Mahady Hasan (Popularly known as Soroj Mehedi) has been elected as an Executive Member (Information and Technology Section) of "Future Youth Summit-2018", an initiative to be organized by the Commonwealth Youth Innovation Centre in partnership with the Commonwealth Youth Council and the Commonwealt...
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Huawei ‘Mate 20’ unveiled in China, to reach Bangladesh in Nov

October 27 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Product Updates

Chinese handset-maker Huawei has launched Mate 20 series in China market on Friday (Oct 26).

The Mate 20 handsets will be launched to Bangladeshi market in November, the company confirmed.

However, the date of launch is yet t...
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EVM can be used in urban areas: EC secy

October 27 2018 | TW News Correspondent

E-Govt.

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) can be used in the general election in a small scale in urban areas if the...
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Daffodil University gets prestigious position in QS Asia University Rankings-2019

October 25 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Happening

Daffodil International University (DIU) has been ranked prestigious position in QS Asia University Rankings-2019, released on 24 October, 2018. In terms of Academic reputation...
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Teletalk to reach remote areas thru solar base stations

October 25 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Telco

State-run mobile phone operator Teletalk decided to expand its network coverage in remote areas by installing solar powered base stations.

The company, officials concerned said, will spend about Tk 406 crore on the network expansion under a new project to bring some 25lakh underprivileged population of remote areas under mobile telephone coverage.

A large number of the country’s...
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‘JU-Jabian’ wins ‘3rd National Girls Programming Contest-2018’ title

October 23 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Happening

‘JU-Jabian’ became Champion in ‘3rd National Girls Programming Contest-2018’ held on October 22, 2018 at 71 auditorium of Daffodil International University.

Daffodil International University, in assoc...
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Online goods transportation service ‘truck.kothay.com’

October 23 2018 | TW News Correspondent

E-Finance

To get rid of the hassles regarding transportation of goods, customers need not go to transport companies or truck stands now. They will come to know the whereabouts of their trucks by notifications. 

Monico Technologies Ltd has launched its website truck.kothay.com and app for transportation of goods through trucks.

Sakhawat Sobhan, director of Monico Technologies, said: “Monico Technologies has...
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Highest call drop in GP; BTRC asks operators to explain

October 23 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Telco

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday (October 22) issued letters to all the mobile operators seeking explanation about call drop incidents and asked them to submit reports within next five working days.

The regulatory body also informed that the highest number of cal...
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