Meet the new Microsoft

Microsoft turned 40 on April 4th this year and on the occasion we had an opportunity to speak with Sonia Bashir Kabir, the managing director of Microsoft Bangladesh. Sonia shared Microsoft’s vision, future direction and upcoming plans with BYTES.
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

DHAKATHON – Bangladesh's First Ever 'Hackathon for Elections' held

Bangladesh's first ever Hackathon for election called 'DHAKATHON' commenced last Friday at 10:30am at the Six Seasons Hotel in
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Osiris Group Invests USD 7 Million for SureCash Mobile Banking

The Osiris Group, an Asian investment firm, joined hands with Progoti Systems Limited to invest USD 7 million Series B fintech
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Samsung Announces New Offer For Z1 Smartphone

Samsung Bangladesh has announced an offer in collaboration with Grameenphone. The Z1 will be available at Tk. 6,900 only along with
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Deep Dive 5 threats affecting hardware (Part-2)

Certain firmware responsible for managing discrete hardware components has been getting increasingly complex and is subject to
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Tech Bits

Russians are using undiscovered
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

'3D Cryosat' tracks Arctic winter sea ice

Although Arctic sea ice set a record this year for its lowest ever winter extent - that was not the case for its volume, new data reveals.
18 April 2015, 16:25 PM

How to solve Silicon Valley's diversity challenges?

Google knows it's got problems with diversity among its ranks, and it was one of the first in Silicon Valley to say so.
18 April 2015, 16:06 PM

Yahoo! may be readying a successor to Messenger

Whatever messaging app Yahoo! has in store, it will have to be incredibly innovative to stand up to the competition, which includes a host of revolutionary apps downloaded hundreds of millions of times.
17 April 2015, 11:39 AM

Type 'Find My Phone' in Google to locate your Android phone

Google announces users can now simply type 'Find My Phone' in its search box to find their lost or missing Android smartphone.
16 April 2015, 12:50 PM

New Horizons spacecraft nears historic encounter

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is three months from returning to humanity the first-ever close up images and scientific observations of distant Pluto and its system of large and small moons.
16 April 2015, 08:50 AM

TO DO OR NOT TO DO

Over the years, the shopping experience in Bangladesh has been deteriorating owing to the over-crowded, war-like scenario that shopping malls provide us with.
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM

99 PROBLEMS

Platform: Android and iOS
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Coloured Pluto comes into view

The New Horizons probe, which is bearing down on Pluto, captures its first colour image of the distant dwarf planet.
15 April 2015, 05:13 AM

DOZE Brings Special Discount On Internet Service

To celebrate Pahela Baishak, DOZE has begun its Baishakh offer campaign which will run from 14th – 18th April. Participants of this campaign will receive up to 50% discount on installing DOZE internet service. This campaign will run on the social media website Facebook and participants can easily engage in this incredible offer.
14 April 2015, 11:51 AM

7 theories on the origin of life

Life on Earth began more than 3 billion years ago, evolving from the most basic of microbes into a dazzling array of complexity over time, but how did the first organisms on the only known home to life in the universe develop from the primordial soup?
13 April 2015, 07:17 AM

Google organizes 5 workshops for females in Chittagong

Women Techmakers has organized 5 workshops in Chittagong highlighting the following issues: communication, innovation and
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Dell gets a new Country Manager

Dell recently announced the appointment of Atiqur Rahman as Country Manager for Dell in Bangladesh. Based in Dhaka, Atiq brings in-
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM

e-Krishok Initiative: Smart farming on the way

Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID), Grameenphone and Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), together have
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Deep Dive

Certain firmware responsible for managing discrete hardware components has been getting increasingly complex and is subject to
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM