Huawei Unveils First AI-Powered Smartphone car
Feb 26, 2018 (LBO) – Huawei, has become the first mobile device manufacturer in the world to use an AI-powered smartphone to drive a car. The …
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Twitter bans attempts to artificially inflate fame of popular hashtags
Feb 23, 2018 (LBO) – Twitter has released an update on the existing rules prohibiting the attempts to artificially inflate the prominence of popular …
Innovative Smart Solutions to revive electronic manufacturing in Sri Lanka
Feb 16, 2018 (LBO) – Innovative Smart Solutions (Pvt) Limited (iS2) launched their ‘SmartHome’ product line under the brand name Ape with the …
Dialog Axiata FY 2017 NPAT Rs10.8Bn, Rs27.3Bn Invested in Infrastructure
• Net Profit After Tax Rs10.8Bn • Recommended Dividend: 35% of Earnings, 46 Cents per Share • Direct and Indirect Contribution in Taxes, Fees and Levies …
Jack Ma’s Alibaba partners with Sri Lanka’s Supreme Global Holdings
Feb 02, 2018 (LBO) – Supreme Global Holdings, and Alibaba Group owned “Alitrip” which is now called “Fliggy”, launched the …
Sri Lanka’s eZ Cash launches QR Functionality on App
Jan 25, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s eZ Cash, a mobile money and payment service has launched the Quick Response (QR) code feature on its app enabling …
SLT launched country’s first, purpose built tier 3, National Data Centre
SLT announces grand opening of the state-of-the-art Tier 3 “National Data Center” in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s First “Purpose built Tier 3 Data …
Sri Lanka – India to co-operate in IT and electronics fields
Jan 16, 2018 (LBO) – India’s Minister of Law and Justice and Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad signed a co-operation …
Opinion: Envisioning the Future of Digital Banking
Seylan Bank’s CIO discusses the upcoming changes in embracing the digital era As digitalization grows at a very fast pace, technology is redefining the way …
Telecom operators are biggest spammers in Sri Lanka: report
Dec 13, 2017 (LBO) – Caller ID and spam detection app, Truecaller recently announced some revealing stats on spam and scam calls in Sri Lanka. The recently …
Sri Lanka to commence enabling Sinhala and Tamil scripts for top-level domain names
Dec 13, 2017 (LBO) – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and local experts in policy, technical and linguistic fields …
Google launches new app to understand and control mobile data
Dec 05, 2017 (LBO) – Google announced Datally, a smart and simple Android app that helps smartphone users understand, control, and save mobile data. …
Sri Lanka’s mobile telecommunication industry calls for fee reversal
Dec 04, 2017 (LBO) – The mobile telecommunications industry says the new 200,000 rupee levy per month on cellular towers, in the budget 2018 could make …
Virtusa Announces Second Quarter 2018 Consolidated Financial Results
(PRESS RELEASE) · Second quarter fiscal 2018 revenue of $248.2 million increased 9.2% sequentially and 18.1% year-over-year. · Second quarter fiscal 2018 …
Airtel partners with Google for online purchasing for 1st time in Sri Lanka
For the first time in Sri Lanka customers will be able to purchase apps and other digital content through their Airtel recharges or reloads launching with …
Social Media – a life changer, What women think about it
By Thilinika Wijesinghe It was not so long ago when we realized that there should be a mode of communication where we wished we could connect with our high …
TRCSL ranks Mobitel 4G as ‘Fastest Broadband Network’ in Sri Lanka
Mobitel achieves yet another milestone by being ranked as the ‘Fastest Broadband Network’ on 4G by the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka …
Mobitel launches South Asia’s first NB-IoT network at Techno 2017 in Sri Lanka
Mobitel, Sri Lanka’s National Mobile Service Provider showcased the nascent NB-IoT technology (Narrow Band Internet of Things) for the first time in South …
Dialog launches South Asia’s First NB-IoT service
Oct 16, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata PLC, has launched on it’s 4G network the Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) …
Colombo Municipal Council to set up 20 free Wi-Fi zones
Oct 12, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government has taken steps to create 100 Wi-Fi zones in the Colombo city as a first step of the island wide program of …