Facebook Inc announced on Tuesday it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the use of such technology.

Facebook's instant messaging platform Messenger is reportedly down in a global outage for users across the world, including users in Bangladesh. Local users started noticing the issue around 12 AM Bangladesh Standard Time, BST. Global outage detector site Downdetector is also showing a spike in user complaints around the same time.  At the time of filing this report, however, many users are reportedly starting to gain access to Messenger services again. 

Friedrich Naumann Foundation and Preneur Lab have recently organised a conference called "Conference on Innovation in Media".  This conference was organised as a part of the "Future of Media Summit", and this conference was a part of this summit.

Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But you may not see it in your neighborhood anytime soon.

Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people.

Xiaomi today launched its new tablet Xiaomi Pad 5 in Bangladesh recently. The tab comes equipped with an 11-inch WQHD+ 120Hz display, a 7nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 processor with a max clock speed of up to 2.96GHz, 6GB RAM, a battery of 8720mAh, 13MP single back camera and an 8 MP front camera.

Early adopters of the virtual worlds known as the metaverse criticised Facebook's rebranding as an attempt to capitalise on growing buzz over a concept that it did not create.

In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand.

Huawei has announced the winners of Seeds For The Future 2021 Bangladesh from eight universities. The name of the winners was announced at an online gala event yesterday. 

Stygen, a dedicated online marketplace for shopping gift items, was launched recently. This online gift shop offers the option to personalise gifts as well. Customers can customise their gifts in various ways. Clothes, jewellery, purses, bags, makeup, and all other women’s gift products can be bought from the platform. The platform also offers door-step delivery. The platform offers gifts that are perishable such as a large cake with flowers etc. Moreover, the platform offers occasional discounts on gift items. 

Pathao, the homegrown ride-sharing and digital-services platform, has appointed Fahim Ahmed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Fahim, who joined Pathao in early 2018 as the Chief Financial Officer, replaces co-founder Hussain Elius. 

NetApp, the global cloud-led, data-centric brand, has recently announced that it will be opening a spares depot in Bangladesh. The first-of-its-kind centre in Bangladesh by NetApp, this depot will support the availability of mission-critical spares resulting in a faster turnaround time of spares and high availability of the system.

OpenRefactory, a BD-US led deep-tech startup, has won USD 100,000/- grant at the 'Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) 2021'. Organised by the Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division, 36 startups were chosen from home and abroad for the finale.

The metaverse is here, in name if not in fact. Facebook (FB.O), the company, will henceforth be known as Meta, a new name that reflects co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s focus on creating a new reality based on immersive virtual experiences. For today, the rebrand mostly applies gauze to cover a tarnished name.

The term “metaverse” seems to be everywhere. Facebook is hiring thousands of engineers in Europe to work on it, while video game companies are outlining their long-term visions for what some consider the next big thing online.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced the parent company's name is being changed to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network. “We've learned a lot from struggling with social issues and living under closed platforms, and now it is time to take everything that we've learned and help build the next chapter,” Zuckerberg said during an annual developers conference. “Our apps and their brands, they are not changing,” he added

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.”

This rising number of Internet users in Bangladesh signals a peak for the local digital marketing industry. Digital marketing–any kind of electronic marketing–is now everywhere: Facebook,

Apple's iPhone 13 series has been officially launched in Bangladesh. Customers can purchase the product in 24 months 0% EMI using credit cards from several banks. According to Apple's policy, all customers will receive a one-year official replacement warranty.

Unilever’s flagship business competition, ‘BizMaestros’ is back for its 12th edition. This time, it will be held in a hybrid format with Rounds 1 and 2 taking place virtually, while Round 3 will be a closed in-person event with a limited audience.