RESILIENCE PERSONIFIED

With the passing of International Women’s Day, Next Step spoke to one of the most inspiring women figures at BAT Asia Pacific – Belinda Ross, Regional Head of Legal & External Affairs.
16 March 2017

Russian blogger goes on trial for hunting Pokemon in church

Russia put a blogger on trial on charges of offending religious believers and fomenting hatred by posting a video online that showed him hunting Pokemon in a church.
13 March 2017

Wait almost over for smart jacket from Google and Levi’s

The wait for Levi’s smart jacket made in partnership with Google’s Project Jacquard is almost over after a nearly two years wait.
13 March 2017

Judging of EATL Prothom Alo App competition comes to an end

Judging of EATL Prothom Alo App competition comes to an end. After the initial assessment the grooming, concept paper development and development of the app from the concept paper will commence. The winning app will get 10 Lacs taka.
13 March 2017

TECH BITS

Bolt Threads debuts its first product, a $314 tie made from spiderwebs
12 March 2017

Tech Happening

Visa and the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) have signed a MoU to increase the adoption of digital payments in
12 March 2017

Just In

Huawei has announced price reduction on three of its most popular smartphones in the Bangladesh market. The Huawei P9, the premium
12 March 2017

Snapchat: Everything you need to know

Snapchat: Everything you need to know
12 March 2017

Uber – Google rift a look back

Google and Uber's entanglements span the last couple of years and across multiple sources. The spat between the tech giant and the
12 March 2017

California gives green light to self-driving car tests

The US state of California allows autonomous car tests by easing its rules for testing of vehicles in which there is no human driver.
12 March 2017

WikiLeaks offers CIA hacking tools to tech companies: Assange

Wikileaks will provide technology companies with exclusive access to CIA hacking tools that it possesses so they can patch software flaws, founder Julian Assange says, presenting Silicon Valley with a potential dilemma on how to deal with the anti-secrecy group.
10 March 2017

4 essentials for staying alive as you work and study

Most of my middle to final years of university involved haphazard study and a killer work schedule. Two jobs and a few tutoring gigs
9 March 2017

StartUp Cup ‘17 kicks off

StartUp Cup, the international business model competition, is back for the second year in Bangladesh. On March 6, the organisers
9 March 2017

7 ways to work smarter, not harder

What do you need to get done? Prioritise. What is the most important work that you need to do? Make a plan that works for you. If you like working with rigid time based plans, make those.
9 March 2017

To work or to not work

Working part-time can provide you with a skill set that is desirable to employers. Since, you have already been exposed to the working
9 March 2017

Paying for things with your finger rings!

Kerv, a new smart ring now available in the UK, promises to bring purchasing power directly to your finger.
9 March 2017

Scamming men break women’s hearts, bank accounts

The number of Vietnamese women tricked by online scammers, starting with ‘love affairs’ on social media, has increased in recent years.
7 March 2017

Flyboard, fly like a bird!

Who have not dreamt, at least once, of flying like a bird up into the deep blue sky? With the invention of a “flyboard”, mankind is almost on the verge of their dream fulfillment.
7 March 2017

Govt to sit with Facebook by this month to stop spread of objectionable content

The government will sit with social media giant Facebook within this month to stop the spread of “offensive and objectionable content” in Bangladesh, the state minister for post and telecommunications said today.
7 March 2017

Technology Addiction

With more than 49.5 percent of the global population now connected via the Internet, the exponential growth of portable technology has sparked fears of addiction.
6 March 2017