Huawei introduces its efforts in fighting COVID-19 and expansion of 5G

Huawei hosted two webinars online on April 23. While the first introduced a new AI-assisted COVID-19 diagnosis solution, the second one unveiled the white paper Technology against Pandemic: Insights and Practice on Telecom Networks.
30 April 2020

Window apps to maximize your Surface pen’s ability

A Surface Pen is a handy tool that lets you do cool and creative things on your Surface PC. It adds a layer of productivity and makes your work easier on a traditional desktop or laptop.
30 April 2020

The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship

How many times have you heard entrepreneurs say “Fake it till you make it”? This is what the social psychiatrists call impression management, which has been practised by business leaders for years. We idolise successful entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk but forget the fact that many of them had to struggle through despair times before they made it big.
30 April 2020

Elon Musk calls confinement 'outrage,' urges reopening

Tesla chief Elon Musk on Wednesday called the coronavirus confinement a "fascist" action and "an outrage" that infringes on personal freedom, one that will damage the economy.
30 April 2020

French Privacy watchdog approves contact tracing app

France's privacy watchdog CNIL on Sunday gave a conditional green light to a government-backed scheme to monitor people infected with coronavirus.
27 April 2020

Education in the time of a pandemic

Classes are being taken online; homework is being delivered through online platforms, refrigerators are the new blackboard and home is the new classroom.
26 April 2020

SpeedFace-V5L Series: Health safety and premises security delivered in one solution by ZKTeco

SpeedFace-V5L Series is a fully upgraded visible light facial recognition terminal that uses intelligent engineering coupled with facial recognition algorithms and computer vision technology.
26 April 2020

The Bossman

The Bossman
23 April 2020

Using your phones to improve work efficiency

In today’s age of smartphones, we end up carrying our phones to work and blame the same device for causing distractions.
23 April 2020

Country’s first Blockchain Olympiad organised

Aiming to keep pace with the rapid development and adoption of blockchain technology in the country, a business solution competition called Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh (BCOLBD) has been arranged, said organisers of the competition in an online press conference today.
20 April 2020

Facebook launches third-party fact-checking in Bangladesh

Facebook announced the launch of its third-party fact-checking program today in Bangladesh as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the spread of misinformation and improve the quality of news people find online. Facebook will partner with BOOM, which has been certified by the Poynter Institute's non-partisan International Fact Checking Network.
19 April 2020

7 Engaging Websites for Your Little Ones

As the country continues to be on lockdown for an uncertain timeline, toddlers and adults alike grow restless indoors. While the adults
16 April 2020

E- mail etiquette rules to keep in mind before hitting "send"

Email is a remarkably convenient medium used in business communication. Given the current situation with the Corona pandemic where working from home is adopted by more companies every day, it has become even more important for effective communication.
16 April 2020

Portable hand washing solution launches in Bangladesh

WaterSHED Holdings Singapore Ltd recently launched the first-ever portable hand washing solution of in world -- called HappyTap -- in Bangladesh.
13 April 2020

Apple partners up with Google to work on tools to trace coronavirus

Apple and Google announced they are working on a Bluetooth-based contact tracing system for COVID 19, which will allow users to share data through approved apps from health organisations.
10 April 2020

Organizations helping in COVID-19 relief efforts with crowd funding

Bidyanondo Foundation is a non-profit social welfare organization that has been helping the unfortunate even before the coronavirus
10 April 2020

Coronavirus: CMP launches mobile app to monitor home quarantine

To prevent spread of coronavirus, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) have launched a mobile app aiming to monitor the home-quarantine of people who came into contact with Covid-19 positive patients.
10 April 2020

Robots replace Japanese students at graduation amid coronavirus

Spring graduation ceremonies in Japan have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but students at one school were able to attend remotely by controlling avatar robots while logged on at home.
7 April 2020

Jobike offers free service for IEDCR staffs

Jobike, the bicycle hailing service, has extended its services for free to the healthcare professionals working at IEDCR. Ten bicycles are to be made available for IEDCR to help medical staff to commute inside the city to collect samples from patients in a safe and convenient way.
7 April 2020

Adapting to a new normal for a bigger cause

The culture of working from home or social distancing might be quite alien to a society like ours. However, companies in different corners of the world have already adapted before even the current crisis we are facing. The coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has officially been termed a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) -- an alarming wakeup call as the disease is accelerating in multiple countries simultaneously at a rapid pace. Given that this is an era of the connected world, mass traveling did very little help towards the initial containment.
4 April 2020