Sunday, 20 Apr, 2025

Tech

7 funny vintage ads for modern technology

DHAKA: What will happen if one day you notice an advertisement of modern tools like facebook or amazon kindle?The Earth Pics just wanted to make the thought true and in this regard they published the photos which are the examples of some funny vintage ads for modern

YouTube, Gmail accounts for children

DHAKA: Google Inc is considering allowing online accounts for children under the age of 13 and giving their parents control over how the service is used, according to media reports. Google has been working on a version of YouTube, its video-sharing site, for youngsters and is considering

KSA expats to get MRP via outsourcing firms

RIYADH: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday inaugurated the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) activities for Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia. The minister unveiled the MRP activities at a colorful ceremony at Hotel Sheraton in Saudi Arabia’s capital

Google buys city-guide app maker JetPac

DHAKA: Google is buying JetPac, the start-up that designs social travel applications disclosed on its website on Friday, without providing details.‘We’ll be removing Jetpac’s apps from the App Store in the coming days, and ending support for them on 9/15,’ stated a posting on

Xiaomi under probe over alleged privacy breach

DHAKA: China-based smartphone maker Xiaomi has slid into legal hot water in Singapore, amid growing regional concerns about its apparent lack of privacy protection. A complaint has been filed by a phone user here, alleging that his personal data had been disclosed without consent. He

Apple’s new 9.7-inch iPad tablets

DHAKA: Apple Inc’s suppliers have begun manufacturing new iPad tablets in an attempt to revive flagging sales of the tablet. Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter, says Hindustan Times. Apple, which helped create the tablet market in 2010 with its first iPad,

Xiaomi apologises for unauthorised data access

DHAKA: Xiaomi Inc said it had upgraded its operating system to ensure users knew it was collecting data from their address books after a report by a computer security firm said the Chinese budget smartphone maker was taking personal data without permission.The privately held company

Country’s first-ever ‘OCR’ launched

DHAKA: Team Engine Limited has brought the first ever locally-made Optical Character Recognizer (OCR) to store, find and make editable all digital contents written in Bangla language. This software can read all hand written, typed and printed contents in Bangla language, identify

Apple, Samsung agree to drop cases outside the US

DHAKA: Apple and Samsung have agreed to withdraw all legal cases against each other outside the United States.The two rivals have sued each other over a range of patent disputes in nine countries outside the US, including the UK, South Korea, Japan and Germany.Samsung said the

LinkedIn in $6m labor violation settlement

DHAKA: Professional networking firm LinkedIn Corp. agreed to pay $6 million in wages and damages after regulators found it failed to account for all the hours worked by its employees.  This includes $3.3m in unpaid wages and $2.5m in damages to be paid to 359 former and current

Tech giants gambling on health technology

DHAKA: When pharmacist Thuan Vuu plays basketball, he laces his feet into a pair of Nike Hyperdunk+ shoes fitted with a sensor that sends data to his iPhone. He can see how far he’s run and how high he’s jumped, and by setting himself goals – he aims for at least two kilometres per

Microsoft again sues Samsung over Android

DHAKA: Microsoft fired a legal salvo at longtime partner Samsung, accusing the South Korean giant of breaching a contract over licensing of technology used in the competitive smartphone market. ‘After becoming the leading player in the worldwide smartphone market, Samsung decided late

How Apple employees can see your texts, photos

DHAKA: Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees. The company acknowledged this week, reports gulfnews.com. The same techniques to circumvent backup encryption could be

Apple, Samsung lose ground in cooling tablet market

DHAKA: Apple and Samsung have lost ground in the tablet computer market as growth cools in the once-hot segment.The research firm IDC said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.An IDC survey said sales of tablets in the March-June period were 49.3 million, up a modest 11 percent from a

Facebook’s profit propelled by mobile

DHAKA: Once again demonstrating its mastery of the mobile computing wave, Facebook dazzled Wall Street on Wednesday by posting significant growth in revenue and profits for the second quarter, driven largely by ads shown in the news feeds of a billion Facebook users checking the

Apple quarterly sales up 6%

DHAKA: Apple reported a small increase in revenues for its fiscal third quarter to June, to USD 37.4 billion from USD 35.3 billion a year earlier, in line with its earlier guidance.The growth was driven by expanded distribution n China, where revenues rose 28 percent year-on-year to

35.2m iPhones sold in 3 Months

DHAKA: Apple, widely known as Apple Inc., an American multinational company which manufactures iPhone, broke all its past record by selling 32.5 millions iPhone within three months. Following this, Apple's growth prospects are looking brighter as anticipation builds for the upcoming

Google Doodle pays tribute to Zubir Said

DHAKA: Today’s Google doodle celebrates a Singaporean musical icon - composer Zubir Said. The musician best known for composing Singapore’s national anthem was born on July 22, 1907, 107 years ago, in the town of Bukit Tinggi in Minangkabau, Central Sumatra. Clicking on the doodle

Hi-Tech Park, Star Computer to train 3000 youths

DHAKA: To build up the ICT skilled and efficient human resources Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park authority and local training institutes have arranged a number of   training programs on ICT.  According to a press release, under the training programs, total 3000 people will get the opportunity

Google revenue sees 22% jump

DHAKA: Internet giant Google has reported a 22% jump in revenue during the second quarter period from March through June compared to a year earlier. Revenue rose to $16bn (£9.4bn) and profits were up 6% to $3.4bn, said the firm in its earnings report. Strong demand for Google's