Category: Technology
Sri Lanka joins Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
Sep 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has become a fully fledged member of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime from this month, Council of Europe Treaty Office said.Sri Lanka is the first country in South Asia, and only the second in Asia after Japan, to join this Convention. The country ratified the convention on 29 […]
Dialog CEO says data pricing structures require correction: OBG
(From the Oxford Business Group) ** Data pricing structures would require correction in the face of voice to data conversion and emergence of OTTs, Hans Wijayasuriya, Group CEO, Dialog Axiata, says ** Sri Lanka, August 2015: The transformation of the telecoms industry in Sri Lanka will come in the form of accelerated data growth, emergence […]
Google launches new mobile friendly logo
Sep 02, 2015 (LBO) – Google unveiled a new logo for its core search services smoothing out some of the features in the letters that make up the well-known colourful logo spelling out its name, the company said in a blog report. The revamped logo is “simple, uncluttered, colorful, friendly” and represented the best of […]
Bharti Airtel says mulling opportunities in South Asia
Sept 01, 2015 (LBO) – India’s Bharti Airtel says the telecommunications company considers various options on a regular basis, amid media reports that it is looking to divest its Sri Lanka and Bangladesh operations.In a clarification to the Bombay Stock Exchange, Airtel said it evaluates various opportunities on an ongoing basis in ordinary course of […]
UNDP, Dialog launch hackathon for social development
Aug 30, 2015 (LBO) – UNDP and Sri Lanka’s Dialog Ideamart have launched a social innovation “hackathon” to find solutions to development challenges in employment and enterprise, electronic waste management, and civic engagement.Around 250 people attended the “HackaDev: Impact through Innovation” event last week.The audience comprised of university students and developers studying IT, employees of […]
Samsung launches mobile payment service and two new mobiles
Aug 14, 2015 (LBO) – Samsung on Thursday introduced a new mobile pay service called Samsung Pay making it easier for users to pay for goods and services. This new service will be available in Korea on August 20 and in the US on September 28, addressing an event in New York City, head of […]
Twitter officially removes 140 character limitation from Direct Messages
Aug 13, 2015 (LBO) – Twitter has officially removed its 140-character limit that restricted the length of private messages.“Today’s change is another big step towards making the private side of Twitter even more powerful and fun.” twitter said in a statement. https://twitter.com/twitter/status/631513207882907648 The messaging service will begin rolling out this change today across Android and […]
Microsoft enters Google territory with launch of new translator app
Aug 10, 2015 (LBO) – Microsoft has entered Google territory with the launch of its new translation application supporting phones and tablets as well as the Apple watch and smart watches that run on Android wear, a foreign media report said.“With the new app, Microsoft is entering into Google territory, which has long offered translation […]
Sri Lanka E-tel launches smartphone with Sinhala operating system
Aug 03, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s E-tel has launched a smartphone in the country with an operating system in Sinhala on the Android platform, a statement said. E-tel phones are manufactured in China and designed in Hong Kong and distributed in Sri Lanka by Brantel. The E-tel ‘Curiosity N2’ offers display icons, system commands […]
Microsoft launches Windows 10; free upgrade available now in Sri Lanka
July 29, 2015 (LBO) – Windows 10 will become available in 190 countries including Sri Lanka from Wednesday as a free upgrade or with new PCs and tablets, Microsoft Corporation announced. Windows 10 includes innovations such as Cortana, an Xbox app and Microsoft Edge for a familiar, yet more personal and productive, experience. The most […]
Google Loon project to cover Sri Lanka with 3G internet
July 28, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government and Google on Tuesday signed an agreement to cover the Island with 3G internet under ‘Google Loon project’.Sri Lanka is the first country in the world to have Internet access covering the whole country with the government support, Google Vice President and Project Leader on GoogleX Project […]
Disruptive Innovation, A challenging wave for organizations and leaders
July 21, 2015 (LBO) – Innovation can disrupt an organization, creating a new set of challenges to the leadership which some traditional companies are not aware of even, an official said. “This might completely dislodge you from your present industry,” Deepal Sooriyarachchi, Commissioner and Chairman of Sri Lanka Inventors Commission said. “And some of the […]