APPS ON THE FLOOR

Banglalink, a leading digital communication service provider of this country has brought a health app named “Banglalink Health Zone”.
19 June 2016

APPLE WWDC 2016 highlights

This year's WWDC was not about getting more people to use Apple goodies but about making it better for the people who already do.
19 June 2016

Bringing the next billion

Shameen Ahsan, the exiting President of BASIS, talks about his tenure and all the initiative of BASIS in an one-on-one interview with BYTES
19 June 2016

Lava Iris 505

Budget phones, particularly the entry level ones (priced under Tk. 3000), almost never feel premium. The Lava Iris 505 though, is quite the bang for the buck with a solid build that gives your hands the feel of a decent budget smartphone.
19 June 2016

Microsoft to help track legalised marijuana sales

Microsoft has teamed up with California-based technology start-up Kind Financial, which helps businesses and government agencies track sales of legalised marijuana "from seed to sale".
17 June 2016

TripZip.tours addresses tourism troubles in youth dialogue

TripZip.tours is a one-stop destination for all your travel-related dilemmas. Recently, it took on the mission to make travelling
16 June 2016

Never back down

Managing people is a challenging task in any business. What makes it even more daunting is diversity, trying to manage different people who are very different from each other. To find out how this challenging task is done, we caught up with someone who has no trouble managing the talent of one of the largest multi-nationals in the world: Giovanni Giordano, Director of Group Human Resources at British American Tobacco (BAT).
16 June 2016

Top 4 reasons why Bangladeshi startups fail [INFOGRAPHIC]

Just as there is no one path that guarantees success, there is not one single mistake that will doom a startup to failure
16 June 2016

DHL Express hosts Employee Appreciation Night

DHL Express, the world's leading international express service provider, recently organised an Employee Appreciation Night for
16 June 2016

Beating the summer heat Bangladeshi Style with Eco-Cooler

Bangladesh has a subtropical monsoon climate which can be roughly translated as high humidity coupled with temperature ranging from 30-40 degree Celsius. The average population of Bangladesh resides in rural areas with buildings made of Tin resulting an increase of 3-4 degree Celsius inside the house. One Bangladeshi innovator came up with an ingenious idea to tackle this issue by using re-purposed plastics bottles and a little bit science. The name of the project is Eco-Cooler and it’s taking the world by storm.
13 June 2016

Microsoft taking over LinkedIn for $26.2B in cash

A stunning announcement from Microsoft! The world leading Desktop OS giant is acquiring LinkedIn, the leading global professional network with an active base of 433 million users. They are buying it out for $26 billion which roughly translates $196 per share - all cash. The transaction has already been approved by both boards. Under the new ownership LinkedIn will retain its branding and products, and it will become a part of Microsoft’s productivity and business processes division.
13 June 2016

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 bn

Microsoft Corp agrees to buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal.
13 June 2016

TECH BITS

TECH BITS
12 June 2016

Huawei's flagship device P9 available in the market

Huawei launched its much anticipated flagship device Huawei P9 in Bangladesh. Created in collaboration with world-famed brand Leica
12 June 2016

H400: Symphony's smartphone with fingerprint security

Symphony Mobile last week unveiled a fingerprint security enabled smartphone- H400. The handset comes with a 2.5 D curved glass on
12 June 2016

Millward Brown study shows Bikroy.com outranks competition

According to a study recently conducted by Millward Brown, Bikroy.com is the most preferred online market place in Bangladesh now. The report states that 75%, 52%
12 June 2016

Samsung Bangladesh launches 'The Grand Invite' for Eid

Samsung Electronics has launched 'The Grand Invite' campaign on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. Under the campaign, customers can enjoy
12 June 2016

Prolink silver jubilee offer

Prolink introduced a special offer in the market as “ak okke dui” for celebrating its silver jubilee. According to this offer end-users can
12 June 2016

Google Street View now covers Barisal, Rajshahi, Sylhet & Rangpur

Following the launch of Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna on Street View last year, Google has added new imagery from Barisal, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Rangpur, as well as 89
12 June 2016

Lenovo Smartphone Launched in Bangladesh

Lenovo has declared Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd. as authorized distributor for Smartphone business in Bangladesh at a press conference
12 June 2016