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Huawei's entry in the midrange market of Bangladesh was on the back of the widely acclaimed Y series and GR series. The Y series still caters to the entry-level midrange crowd now while Huawei launched another series to cater to the upper mid-range segment last year- the Nova series. It entered the market with a nova 2i and was an instant hit. Nearly a couple months back, Huawei introduced the latest gadget of nova series: nova 3i. We were able to test out the device for nearly a month.

​Youth Opportunities, the largest global opportunity discovery platform for young people across the world, launches its iOS Mobile Application to provide users equal and easy access to different opportunities to the global youth for free.

Can’t wait to get your hands on the brand new triple-camera boasting Samsung Galaxy A7? Well, pre-orders are happening from Oct 15-21, and what's more, you stand to receive additional goodies worth RM302.

Officextracts, distributor of Kaspersky Lab in Bangladesh and Bhutan has decided to stop the distribution operation on issues of disagreement in business policies following notification as on September 20, 2018. The announcement was made in a press release sent out by Officextracts recently. According to the press release, Officextracts requested to direct all the queries related to business and tech-support of the customers to Kaspersky Lab.

Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago.

Internet users across the world may experience network failures for some time as key domain servers are slated to undergo routine maintenance and will be powered down. Connection issues may be faced for 48 hours due to the global internet shutdown.

Facebook says it shut down 251 accounts for breaking rules against spam and coordinated deceit, some of it by ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate.

A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut were safe after a Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station failed in mid-air two minutes after liftoff in Kazakhstan, leading to a dramatic emergency landing.

SSL Wireless has signed a Push SMS Service agreement with BRAC Saajan Exchange Ltd at BRAC Saajan’s Dhaka Office. With this agreement, the receivers in Bangladesh will get Push SMS notification while receiving remittance via BRAC Saajan.

A game where you drive around in a car is not what you'd think about when you want a game to play when you're standing in queue wondering what's taking them so long.

A techno-romance themed novel by Rahitul Islam titled 'Outsourcing O Bhalobashar Golpo'. The novel is to be published by Shiri Prokashon. The book will be available in the Bangladeshi market on 20th and in Calcutta on the 31st of this month. The price in Bangladesh is Tk 200 and in Kolkata is worth 185 rupees. The book can be pre-ordered from rokomari as well.

CodersTrust recently inaugurated its new training centre in Dhanmondi. Apart from the new one, CodersTrust is running its operation through the main campus at Banani & another campus at Mirpur. During the inauguration ceremony, CodersTrust showcased its plan to expand its operation outside of Dhaka through new campuses.

Google announced Monday it is shutting down the consumer version of its online social network after fixing a bug exposing private data in as many as 500,000 accounts.

Mobile Number Portability lets you use any operator of your choice without having to change your number. The MNP service has been

EMK Centre hosted World Space Week 2018 celebrations, an event that started on the 3rd of October and ending yesterday, on the 7th of

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Oppo is taking style quite seriously. The F9 comes in three colours and none of them are subtle. This is a phone not suitable for spies, you cannot blend in with the crowd while calling in an airstrike. Red, blue and purple are your choices. Which is a good thing in an age of dull (or shiny) black rectangular glass blocks. Huawei did start off offering vivid, pattern-filled colours but Oppo here took it up to eleven.

The security breach revealed on September 28 by Facebook affected tens of millions of accounts at the social network, which boasts more than 2.2 billion monthly users.

US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for applying the principles of evolution to develop enzymes used to make everything from biofuels to medicine.