After a year of hiatus, I am finally back in gadget review- and today we are reviewing Tecno's Camon 16 Premier. Tecno, Africa's one of the top smartphone brand, has been pacing its operation in Bangladesh. They have opened a production plant here and this device is manufactured (assembled would be the right word). Let's see what this device is like:

2020 has not been a kind year, to put it mildly. Every form of business has come to a standstill, the auto industry being no exception.

Symphony Mobile has started experimental production of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Assembly for mobile phones at their second manufacturing unit at Aukpara in Ashulia. With this move, Symphony Mobile becomes the second manufacturer of locally produced PCBs in Bangladesh.

Singapore-Bangladesh incorporated EdTech startup Shikho has raised a $175k bridge round from three new investors, alongside a follow-on investment from LearnStart, the seed fund of Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, Learn Capital.

BHL has rolled out their new Bangladesh Domestic Market Motorcycle, the Dream 110.

In a bid to monitor social media and OTT content, The Ministry of Information (MoI) has formed a committee of 15 on December 23, with the Additional Secretary (Broadcast) of the MoI as the chair, to formulate a policy guideline regarding the contents and advertisements shown on social media sites and OTT platforms.

ASUS recently announced ZenBook Flip S (UX371), an ultra-thin OLED convertible laptop powered by 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processor with Iris X graphics, for the local market. This sleek laptop comes with 4K UHD OLED touchscreen, up to 16 GB of high-speed RAM, WiFi 6, two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, full HDMI port etc.

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Zoom Video Communications Inc, whose technology has become a feature of household get-togethers in 2020's socially distanced world, said it was removing the time limit for its free accounts on all meetings globally for the holiday season.

Bazar365.store, an environment-friendly e-commerce, went live recently to cater the customers of Dhaka. The venture uses sustainable packaging and doesn't use any sort of plastic in any of their processes.

This year, we saw almost zero car meets in Dhaka, a stark contrast to 2019 where it seemed like every other weekend there was something going on. Now that the situation is easing up ever so slightly, the Mercedes Benz Owner’s Club held their annual Mercedes Benz Heritage Meet, but this time with a selected roster and an even strictly regulated audience.

Budget phones are a hectic and vibrant market where it’s not easy to stand out. What has Realme done right? Or wrong? Seems they have made a few strides forward and a few steps back.

A researcher in Thailand is seeking funding to continue his study into how best to convert the nutrient component found in the feathers into a powder that can be transformed into a lean, protein-rich source of edible food.

Telecoms equipment maker Nokia’s operating margins at its networks business will be zero in 2021, it said today in an update on strategy to streamline the Finnish company into four business groups.

Google has recently partnered with the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and the Access to Information (a2i) Programme to bring the Google Flood Forecasting Initiative to Bangladesh, which experiences more flooding than any other country in the world. Google currently covers more than 40 million people in Bangladesh, and has been working to extend the flood forecasting to the whole country.

Video game maker CD Projekt RED has lost billions in value since the ill-fated launch of its much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 title last week, Monday stock figures showed. Rolled-out worldwide on Thursday and reported to be one of the most expensive video games ever made, the dystopian-themed Cyberpunk 2077 triggered a backlash from gamers who complained it was riddled with bugs, performed poorly on standard consoles and even risked triggering epileptic seizures.

Bangladesh-based renewable energy start-up SOLshare has been awarded a $120,000 cash prize along with a $364,000 fund for investment by EIT InnoEnergy, the world’s largest sustainable energy engine, to support expansion of SOLshare’s pioneering peer-to-peer solar trading platform.

Executive Machines Limited (EML) has launched the latest flagship devices from Apple Inc, iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, in Bangladesh as an authorized reseller of the United State-based firm.

Google and several of its services, including Gmail and YouTube, among others, have been restored after those were down for thousands of users worldwide.

Following the hearing of a case filed by the authorities of social media giant Facebook against a Bangladeshi firm called A1 Software, a Dhaka court has banned the use of “facebook.com.bd” domain in Bangladesh.