Spyware crafted by an “advanced cyber actor” infected multiple targeted mobile phones through the popular WhatsApp communications program without any user intervention through in-app voice calls, the company said. The Financial Times identified the actor as Israel’s NSO Group, and…
Dhaka, May 8 – Huawei has unveiled its new attraction Y Max phablet in Bangladesh with extra facility for gaming and watching features. The hybrid fabulous device, combining the size format of smartphone and tablet, is equipped with super large…
Seoul, Apr 30 (AP/UNB) — Samsung Electronics Co. says its operating profit for the last quarter declined more than 60% from a year earlier because of falling chip prices and sluggish demands for its display panels. The South Korean technology…
San Francisco, Apr 30 (AP/UNB) — Google parent Alphabet beat analyst earnings expectations but reported slowing revenue growth amid tougher competition in the online advertising market. Alphabet shares dropped more than 7% in after-hours trading. Google’s advertising revenue, its key…
Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore! Today, purpose-driven apps offer a new way to advocate for justice in the food system. Turning some of the industry’s problems into innovative solutions, these organizations and apps are transforming the paradox between two massive…
Dhaka, Nov – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has reportedly blocked telecommunication application Skype across the country.
Dhaka, Oct 28 – Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT Advisor to the Prime Minister on Sunday said, there is no alternative of Awami League. While attending as the chief guest in the award ceremony of young entrepreneurs organised by Young Bangla,…
New York, Oct 16 (AP/UNB) — There’s not much about the physical details of Google’s new Pixel 3 phone that you can’t find elsewhere. That bigger display and curved design? Apple and Samsung phones already have that.
Dhaka, Oct 9 – The High Court on Tuesday granted ad interim bail for six months to Chittagong University teacher Maidul Islam in a case filed under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act on July 24.
Dhaka, 9 Oct – State Minister for Information Tarana Halim has said that the newly formed ‘Rumour Identification Cell’ will start its function from this month (October) to detect rumours in different social networking sites.
New York — Twitter said it has suspended 360,000 accounts since mid-2015 for violating its policies banning the promotion of terrorism and violent extremism. The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post that it has also made progress in…
IT Desk Cheeky Ruben is just seven and learning to read. But thanks to his new knee-high buddy Charlie robot he can expertly measure his blood sugar and count carbohydrates in a glass of milk. Such skills could be life-savers…
Dhaka – Police Headquarters has urged all to refrain from uploading, sharing, commenting on and liking any video, photo or message in support of IS or militancy on social networking sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, UNB news agency reported.
On Monday, at Apple WWDC 2016, iPhone maker unveiled new iOS 10, the latest version of its operating system. Among other improvements, it will include personalised home screen widgets and an interactive lock screen. But will it help to improve…
Rangpur Correspondent Expertise on e-commerce, information and communication technologies (ICT) and outsourcing with linkage networks could help young entrepreneurs working at Union Digital Centres (UDCs) in enhancing incomes. Deputy Commissioner Md Rahat Anwar viewed this at concluding ceremony of a…
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is introducing online tax payment system so the individual and corporate taxpayers can file tax returns and get tax certificates from anywhere and any place without facing hassles.
With 148 million offline population, Bangladesh still has the world’s fifth largest number of people who are not connected to the internet, said a World Bank report. India has the largest number of 1.003 billion people who are not connected…
By Justin Ling and Jordan Pearson A high-level surveillance probe of Montreal’s criminal underworld shows that Canada’s federal policing agency has had a global encryption key for BlackBerry devices since 2010. The revelations are contained in a stack of court…
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday cleared the path for continuing the SIM/RUIM registration through the ongoing biometric process terming it legal, unb news agency reported. An HC bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice AKM Shahidul…
The High Court Sunday fixed April 12 for delivering its order on a writ petition filed challenging the legality of biometric registration for purchase of mobile operators’ Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. After concluding final hearing on a rule issued…
Nearly 50 per cent of the total SIMs has been completed verification with biometric identity since the campaign launched in December 16 last year. “A total of 5.45 crore SIMs of all operators have successfully been re-registered using biometric system…
Dhaka – Bangladesh has called on foreign envoys to help ensure participation of ministers concerned and renowned IT farms of their respective countries in the upcoming “Digital World-2016”, , BSS news agency has reported.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has become the first Bollywood celebrity to have 20 million followers on popular micro-blogging site Twitter. The 73-year-old megastar beaten his contemporaries Shah Rukh Khan (18.6 million), Aamir Khan (16.9 million), Salman Khan (16.8 million) and Priyanka…
Los Angeles – The government has been adamant for weeks: FBI investigators need to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, and Apple Inc. was the only one that could do it. In a stunning…
London — A proposed British law that gives police and spies unprecedented powers to look at the Internet browsing records of everyone in the country passed its first major vote in Parliament on Tuesday.
Investigators suspect unknown hackers managed to install malware in the Bangladesh central bank’s computer systems and watched, probably for weeks, how to go about withdrawing money from its U.S. account, two bank officials briefed on the matter said on Friday.…
Nalaka Gunawardene South Asia has made rapid strides in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in recent years, but far more needs to be done to bridge the digital divide. Many of the region’s 1.7 billion people still struggle to access…
New York-Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and a technological leader, has died, his employer said Sunday. Tomlinson died Saturday, the Raytheon Co. said; the details were not immediately available. Email existed in a limited capacity before Tomlinson in…
Dave Lee Apple boss Tim Cook has hit back at the FBI over the handling of a court order to help unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook. Mr Cook told ABC his company first learned of…
Washington – Twitter has suspended over 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, as part of a stepped-up effort to crack down on “terrorist content” on the messaging platform, it said Friday. The accounts frozen since…