Business lessons 2020: What worked and what burned out

This pandemic-ridden year is about to end, but the changes and new practices that it brought to almost every possible sphere of human existence is not ending anytime soon.
24 December 2020

Tecno Camon 16 Premier – the new toy in town

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:
24 December 2020

Symphony becomes the second company to produce PCB Assembly locally

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.
24 December 2020

Shikho raises $175k new funding, strengthens board

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.
24 December 2020

Social media and OTT platforms to be monitored; govt forms committee

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.
24 December 2020

ASUS's ultra-thin ZenBook Flip S (UX371) convertible laptop now in BD

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.
22 December 2020

Apple targets car production by 2024

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.
22 December 2020

Zoom's Christmas gift: No cap on call lengths over the holidays

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.
20 December 2020

Bazar365, an environment conscious e-commerce, launches operation

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.
19 December 2020

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17 December 2020

Three mistakes to avoid in bullet journaling

Bullet journaling, due to its organisational benefits, is essential to planning your day ahead of time, and to have a clear idea of how you need to prepare yourself. However, the process sometimes becomes overwhelming,
17 December 2020

Realme 7 Pro: A month later

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.
17 December 2020

Nokia says margins at networks business will be zero in 2021

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.
16 December 2020

Google launches Flood Forecasting in Bangladesh; Here's how to use it

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.
15 December 2020

Buggy Cyberpunk 2077 shaves billions off company stock

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.
14 December 2020

iPhone 12 and 12 Pro officially launched in Bangladesh

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.
14 December 2020

Google services, Gmail, YouTube restored after being down for users worldwide

Google and several of its services, including Gmail and YouTube, among others, have been restored after those were down for thousands of users worldwide.
14 December 2020

Court bans use of ‘facebook.com.bd’ domain in Bangladesh

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.
14 December 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 tops Steam chart on debut

Cyberpunk 2077, the highly anticipated game by Polish video games maker CD Projekt, topped Steam's chart at its premiere on Thursday after eight years in development and multiple launch delays.
10 December 2020

Is HR the right choice for you?

Nowadays a lot of students in Bangladesh are pursuing a BBA in their undergrads while many are doing an MBA. Whichever you may belong to,
10 December 2020