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Fitbit Charge 4: Should you get it?
At thirty grams, the watch is lightweight and easy to strap on. The tracker comes in black and rosewood, while the straps, in addition to the two-tracker colours,
8 April 2021
Singapore to accept Covid-19 digital travel pass from next month
Singapore will next month accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for Covid-19 tests and vaccines, its aviation regulator said on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to adopt the initiative.
6 April 2021
Mark Zuckerberg's personal information leaked in recent FB data breach
The recently leaked personal information of billions of Facebook users around the world includes information about Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to The Sun. According to a report in the UK tabloid, Zuckerberg's name, place of residence, marital status, date of birth, Facebook user ID and phone number were exposed in the recent leak that affected more than 500 million Facebook users worldwide, including 3 million Facebook users from Bangladesh.
6 April 2021
LG Electronics to close down smartphone business
LG Electronics, South Korea's second-largest appliance firm after Samsung, is closing down its mobile phone business, the company said Monday, after the division lost billions in recent years.
5 April 2021
Realme 8 Pro, Realme C21 launched in Bangladesh
Realme has launched two smartphones–Realme 8 Pro and Realme C21–in the Bangladeshi market.
3 April 2021
Mail servers of some firms compromised
Some Bangladeshi organisations running Microsoft Exchange mail servers have been compromised by cyberattacks, says the e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) in an advisory.
1 April 2021
Five data visualisation tools you should check out today
Tableau has become the industry standard for graphical representation of insights by combining analytics and visualisation capabilities under one roof.
1 April 2021
Gadgets and toys to aid children with autism
Children with autism often struggle to socialise, decode everyday interactions and express their basic needs or emotions.
1 April 2021
Vivo releases gimbal equipped X60 Pro in Bangladesh
Professional photographers use gimbal stabilisers to capture steady and perfect photographs. Vivo X60 Pro is the first smartphone in the world to use this technology in a smartphone. The X60 Pro is also the first 5G smartphone by Vivo in the country's market.
1 April 2021
Apple expanding repair provider programme to 200 countries including Bangladesh
Tech giant Apple Inc is expanding its Independent Repair Provider programme to more than 200 countries including Bangladesh.
1 April 2021
Xiaomi to invest $10bn in electric vehicles
China's Xiaomi Corp announced plans on Tuesday to invest $10 billion in a new smart electric vehicle (EV) business, and separately to release a self-developed computing chip, as the group expanded out of its core smartphone business.
31 March 2021
Launching Ceremony of “Probashi” App
The launching ceremony of the “Probashi” app was held on March 30, 2021 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the ball room of Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon. The chief guest of the event was the State Minister for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam, MP. The special guests were Kabir Bin Anwar, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Dr. Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, Secretary, Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Hosne Ara Begum ndc, Managing Director (Secretary), Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority, Tina F Jabeen, CPA, Managing Director & CEO, Startup Bangladesh Ltd, ICT Division, and Asif Ibrahim, Chairman, Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd.
31 March 2021
Missed your turn? 'Recalculate' your career route
Lindsey Pollak, author of “Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work,” discussed with Reuters how to adapt and thrive when life is unpredictable.
30 March 2021
Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables to connect Southeast Asia and America
Facebook has said it planned two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia and North America in a project with Google and regional telecommunication companies to boost internet connection capacity between the regions.
30 March 2021
Masterclass on critical writing for cinema
International Academy of Film and Media is going to organize an online Master Class on "Critical Writing for Cinema" on 29, 30 and 31 March 2021 from 9 to 11 PM Bangladesh time. This session will focus on various logical endeavors such as what the content consists of and what it lacks, what to be added and what to be discarded in a film,and many more. Film criticism, film journalism and film review will be highlighted in the discussion. During the course there will be film screenings and analysis where the participants will get the opportunity to showcase their expertise by practical work.
28 March 2021
New Android spyware disguises itself as a ‘system update’
Security researchers claim there’s a powerful new Android malware that—masquerading as a critical system update—can take complete control of a victim’s device and steal their data.
28 March 2021
Facebook, Messenger 'down' in Bangladesh
Social media platform Facebook and its instant messaging platform Facebook Messenger is reportedly facing outage in the country. Users reported that starting around 5:30 PM today, they were unable to access Facebook and Messenger.
26 March 2021
Understanding how and why British American Tobacco is the top employer in Bangladesh
Saad Jashim, Head of Human Resources at BAT Bangladesh speaks with The Daily Star on managing one of the biggest workforces in Bangladesh; how they are keeping things moving at a brisk pace and what is helping them in adapting to the 21st century HR tactics.
25 March 2021
1971 in Video Games
The most popular among these games is “Heroes of 71”. Released in 2015, the game has been downloaded more than one million times and has an average rating of 4.4. This is the first significant game developed by Portbliss, a young Bangladeshi game development company. Unfortunately, there is no IOS version of the game.
25 March 2021
Facebook took down 1.3 billion fake accounts in Oct-Dec
Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform.
23 March 2021