DHAKA: Smartphone prices in India may fall by 11 percent year-on-year in 2015 with demand for 4G devices capturing 6 percent of the smartphone unit demand, research firm GfK said on Monday. Besides, India would be the largest contributor to smartphone sales growth globally, it added.In

DHAKA: Google has released the official Android 6.0 SDK for developers and opened Google Play to testing the first apps based on the latest version of the operating system.Known as ‘Android Marshmallow’, the latest OS was first previewed in May at Goolge I/O.Its new features include

DHAKA: Google has delayed its plans to trial its modular smartphone concept, codenamed Project Ara.The first Project Ara hardware was due to be trialled in Puerto Rico this year, but has been pushed back to at least 2016.The trial will take place in a new location in the US, the Project

DHAKA: Apple is building a driverless car and scouting for secure locations around San Francisco to test it.Quoting The Guardian, telecompaper on Monday reported the long-rumored Project Titan appears to be further advanced than expected.Members of Apple’s secretive special project

DHAKA: Earlier this week Zuk, Lenovo's online-only brand, launched its first smartphone in China named the Zuk Z1. The firm has also showcased a smartphone prototype, the highlight of which is a transparent display.In a series of images posted on Weibo from the Z1 launch event on Tuesday,

DHAKA: Country’s largest telecommunication company GrameenPhone introduces ‘EasyNet’ service to provide its users easy access to internet. The GP service was launched at a press conference at a city hotel on Sunday.The service will provide tutorials to the GP users to use internet

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said that her government is eager to sign a deal with Facebook to stop harassment against women.The state minister made this disclosure to the media after a meeting with Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL)

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said that her government is eager to sign a deal with Facebook to stop harassment against women.The state minister made this disclosure to the media after a meeting with Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission

DHAKA: Microsoft and Google have agreed to end a five-year battle over patents.The two had around 20 lawsuits pending over uses of patents in mobile phones, Wi-Fi, web video, video game systems and other technologies.The companies will dismiss all patent cases, including those related to

DHAKA: LG Electronics (LG) unveiled V10, its first Android smartphone from the V product range. Powered by Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS, the smartphone is built to resist drops thanks to its design that uses high-grade stainless steel and a durable silicone skin, features two displays, a

DHAKA: Country’s the largest telecommunication operator Grameephone (GP) will provide 3G internet facilities through Wi-Fi to the passengers of Green Line bus service on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka-Sylhet routes.GP head of director (sales) Sajjad Alam and Green Line Paribahan general

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled a new Galaxy Note phablet and a larger version of its curved-screen S6 edge smartphone on Thursday, marking a fresh bid by the South Korean tech giant to revive momentum in its handset business.Samsung is the world's top smartphone maker but its

DHAKA: Foreign-made devices are occupying our market. We need to produce devices with own content to occupy our market.The inventor of Bijoy Bangla Software and Keyboard Mustafa Jabbar was talking to Banglanews24.com on the second day of ‘Robi Smartphone and Tab Expo-2015’ at

DHAKA: Inching closer to the fulfillment of its WiFi promise, India government has proposed to provide free WiFi usage upto 1GB for a month.Ashish Khetan, vice-chairman of Delhi Dialogue Commission, said that the government will provide free WiFi in all government and private colleges

DHAKA: Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled the new Redmi Note 2 and Redmi Note 2 Prime smartphones alongside showcasing its new MIUI 7 custom ROM based on Android 5.0 Lollipop at an event in Beijing, China.The Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 has been priced at CNY 899 while the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime will

DHAKA: The telecommunication company Robi’s ‘Smartphone and Tab Expo-2015’ has drawn attention of visitors on the first day on Thursday.They came along with their parents, friends and relatives and were searching for their expected one.Information and Communication Technology state

DHAKA: Chinese computer and smartphone company Lenovo has reported quarterly results, missing expectations and announcing worldwide job cuts.The firm’s net profit plunged by 51% compared to the same quarter last year to $105m.Quarterly revenue, however, rose by 3%, still short of market

DHAKA: Google, the US technology company, is reorganizing under a new moniker - Alphabet - in a move underscoring its founders’ ambitions to pursue ventures far beyond the company’s internet search core, from self-driving cars to cutting-edge medical research.It will still use the

DHAKA: The information and communication technology (ICT) division is set to organize an ‘Internet Week’ in 487 upazilas the country from September 5 with the view to increase efficiency of people and growth of earning from the sector.Three expositions also will be arranged in three

DHAKA: Microsoft has just released an app called Translator for Android and iOS that translates your text and speech into 50 languages. Besides mobile phones, Translator also works with Apple Watch and Android Wear as well, tech.thaivisa.com reported.Besides smartphones, Translator also