DHAKA: Samsung Electronics unveiled the Samsung Z, the first commercially available smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system.The phone will be on show at the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco from 3 June and launch first in Russia in Q3. Samsung said it plans to bring

DHAKA: With Samsung Galaxy S5, S5 Active and K Zoom already launched, the tech community is now waiting for the launch of the Galaxy S5 mini.  The smaller version of flagship model Galaxy S5 has been leaked several times earlier, but the latest leak gives a photo and detailed

DHAKA: Google received 12,000 requests from people seeking to be ‘forgotten’ by the world’s leading search engine on the first day it offered the service. A company spokesman in Germany said Saturday, reports The Straits Times. The requests, submitted on Friday, came after Google

DHAKA: Google has launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from online search results. The move comes after a landmark European Union court ruling earlier this month, which gave people the "right to be forgotten". Links to "irrelevant" and outdated

DHAKA: With the launch of LG’s new G3 smartphone, all major Android smartphone makers have now released their 2014 flagship devices to the market.  By virtue of being the last of the four to be announced, the South Korean tech company’s newest device, which will compete against the

DHAKA: Japan’s Sony has signed a partnership in China to manufacture and sell its PlayStation consoles on the mainland. The deal, formed as two joint ventures with Shanghai Oriental Pearl, gives Sony access to an estimated 500 million gamers in China. China has had a ban on gaming

DHAKA: Information and Telecommunications Technology State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday categorically said he would propose to withdraw or reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) completely on internet. He also expressed hope that the cost of internet service would be reduced after the

DHAKA: Google next month will start cranking out prototypes of a 3-D tablet designed to give users immersive experiences that could include virtual reality. According to US media reports, says The Straits Times. The tablet will have a 7-inch display and an array of sophisticated

DHAKA: CTO Forum Bangladesh in association with SAVRONIK Inc. organized a seminar on “E-payment Solutions: Issues and Best Practices” at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital recently.  Turkish Ambassador to Dhaka Hüseyin MÜFTÜOĞLU, additional secretary, ICT Division of Ministry

DHAKA: Facebook is to release a new feature on its mobile app that "listens" to your music and TV shows. If the song or show is recognised by the app, users can publish the information on their profile or to selected friends. The service hopes to take advantage of the "second screen"

  The everyday smartphone: Apple iPhone When? 2007   It wasn't the first smartphone, the first glass rectangle, or the first handset to deliver most of its hyped features, but the original iPhone packaged all of those points in a new way. Though rather dull and even ugly by

  The camera phone: Sharp J-SH04 When? 2000   Selfies owe their existence to this unassuming Japan-only phone. It took 0.1-megapixel photos and you could share them with a friend electronically. New cameras weren't far behind, and shooter resolution quickly multiplied with the

DHAKA: Today's fancy phones, they all came from somewhere. Every mobile phone we use today, from basic handsets to the most advanced computer-in-your-pocket, wasn't created in a vacuum. Instead, they were built using the parts of many groundbreaking phones that came before them. Even if

DHAKA: Aliens are real - not little green men visiting Earth as depicted in movies, but rather microbial life in our own solar system and intelligent life beyond.That’s according to two leading Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) researchers, who Thursday took part in a

DHAKA: Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has been rumoured and leaked multiple times but this is the first time the phone is seen in a complete, detailed hands-on video. Quite reminds us of the time when the HTC One M8 hands-on video went viral before launch!, reports indiatimes.com. The

DHAKA: Imperial College London is leading a new study into whether the use of mobile phones and wireless technologies might affect children’s cognitive development. The Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (SCAMP) will focus on cognitive functions such as memory and

DHAKA: eBay Inc. has asked its users to change their passwords because of a cyber attack that compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data.  After conducting extensive tests on its networks, the company said it has no evidence of the compromise

DHAKA: Microsoft has introduced the Surface Pro 3, its most powerful, thinnest and lightest Surface Pro to date. The Surface Pro 3 features a 12-inch ClearType full HD screen with 2160 x 1440 resolution and comes equipped with a fourth generation Intel Core Processor (with Core i3, Core

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday approved a project involving Tk 956.84 crore to provide internet at low cost. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, presided over the meeting, held at the NEC-2 conference room of

DHAKA: China’s Xiaomi took the country’s smartphone crown in the second quarter after the Beijing-based firm replaced Samsung Electronics as China’s largest smartphone vendor. Canalys data shows, reports The Straits Times. Xiaomi shipped just under 15 million units in the three