The Bangladeshi teams showed an exemplary performance, with both teams finishing within the top 20- IUT Mars Rover finished 16th while BUET Interplaneters made it to 19th position among all the teams. In fact, IUT Mars Rover, with a total point of 154.5, was actually ranked the second best team out of Asia- a remarkable achievement by a team participating in the ERC for the first time!

TECH BITS

The ever persisting threat on cyber domain cannot be stopped but can be mitigated. And mobile platforms and cloud services will be likely targets for attacks in Bangladesh, said Said Tapan Kanti Sarkar, President, CTO Forum Bangladesh addressing the audience at the Crack the Code held at Dhaka.

Last Thursday, Executive Machines ltd. introduced Apple iPhone 6s and 6s plus for the first time in Bangladesh. The launching event took place at the Gulshan showroom where many early-prebookers were present. The held a raffle draw for the customers and gave away fifteen luxurious prizes to the raffle draw winners. The launching ceremony ended with Executive Machine officials conveying there vote of thanks to all the respectable customers for making this event massive successful.

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Tech Bits

Doctorola.com is a startup that enables anyone to schedule doctors appoint online. This website and call center based startup launched

Google's Developer Fest, or DevFest in short, was recently held amidst much fanfare in Dhaka. Held at the Daffodil University Auditorium, the festival saw participation from students and renowned ICT persona alike.

Local cable manufacturer MACRO CABLE LTD has launched Circuit Integrity Fire Proof Cables, specially designed to sustain the circuit

Huawei has launched its latest Smartphone Huawei G7 Plus in Bangladesh. Mr. Ingmar Wang, Director of Device Business launched the

Marcel, a local electronics' products manufacturing company, is now offering conditional three months replacement warranty for its

Cybercriminals hunt for data of all kinds: personal details, photos, videos and even ways that users interact with others; this data is often stolen from social networks. Stolen data is often posted elsewhere online to be sold to other criminals looking to make a profit.

Whether you're a sous chef extraordinaire in the making or a klutz in the kitchen with two left hands, if you're looking for ideas for your next big fancy dress dinner party or just want to impress your loved ones, check out these five exciting cooking channels.

The Honor 4x is a big competitor for the similarly priced Moto G and a budget version of the more upscale Honor 6. The goal is to provide stellar performance for not a lot of cash. Octacore and a 3000mAh battery make it a capable performer.

Hacker group Anonymous is planning to reveal the identities of up to 1,000 Ku Klux Klan members, the latest twist in an ongoing cyber-war on the white supremacist group.

Google believes it is on course to have enough internet-beaming balloons in the stratosphere to form a ring over part of the world next year.

It's another tough day for Twitter as its quarterly earnings report, once again, sends its stock price spiralling downwards.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says India will be crucial to getting "the next billion online" and helping to combat poverty.

Facebook says it is expanding its mobile alerts to include sports scores, weather updates and local news updates.