Category: Technology
Sri Lanka lifts ban on Facebook
Mar 15, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to lift the ban on popular social media site Facebook, immediately. “On my instructions, my secretary has discussed with officials of Facebook, who have agreed that its platform will not be used for spreading hate speech and inciting violence,” the […]
‘s restrictions on WhatsApp to be removed at midnight: Official
Mar 14, 2018 (LBO) – The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) said the ban on phone messaging application WhatsApp will be lifted at mid-night, Wednesday (14th). Austin Fernando, chairman of the Commission was quoted as saying that the ban effective from last Tuesday would be taken off later today. The government lifted the […]
Facebook officials to arrive Sri Lanka tomorrow
Mar 14, 2018 (LBO) – Officials from the American online social media and social networking service, Facebook to arrive Sri Lanka tomorrow for discussions, PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Prime Minister said on Wednesday that Facebook officials will have discussions on the recent restriction imposed on Facebook and the future direction on social media. “No one […]
Daily income of state telcos surged after social media blocked: President
Mar 14, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena says daily income of state-owned telecommunication sector players have jumped significantly after restricting access to several social media sites. According to President, daily income of Sri Lanka Telecom and TRC alone has been increased by over 200 million rupees. “Officials from big foreign companies now […]
LinkedIn to ban users engage in hate speech
Mar 12, 2018 (LBO) – Business and employment oriented social networking service LinkedIn has decided to refresh their community policies to make sure it stays a platform where people act professionally. As per the new professional community policies, harassment and hate speech are not welcome on LinkedIn and could result in permanent restriction of service. […]
Sri Lanka blocks Facebook, Instagram to prevent spread of hate speech
Mar 07, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has temporarily blocked social media web sites like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to avoid the spread of hate speech in the country.The Cabinet Spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne on Wednesday said the government has decided to block access to certain social media. Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) has started to […]
How can a business achieve continuous growth and stability?
(PRESS RELEASE) – ezBiz App is an all-in-one solution offered to help small and medium scale businesses achieve growth and stability. thinkCube, which is a SaaS vendor offers ezBiz App as a service for small and medium scale businesses and is proud to announce the fact that ezBiz is currently one of the first SaaS […]
Techneed makes foray in to Sri Lankan IoT industry
Techneed (Pvt) Ltd., One of Sri Lanka’s growing high-tech IoT start-ups, today announced the deployment of its “Nurve IOT Gateway” in one of the largest Telecommunications Service Provider in Sri Lanka. Essentially the gateway enables the Service Provider to centrally monitor the environment variables in the Machine room, such as Temperature, Humidity, Movements, Water level, […]
Opinion: Why Sri Lanka’s financial services industry need to be data governed & data driven?
By Jithendra Antonio The Impact of Big Data on Products and Services The quality of data used in every business is more important in today’s global business landscape. Our world is changing at a rapid pace as organizations and societies are digitizing faster and moving online and mobile to conduct business. We have more people […]
Ericsson and Dialog partner to roll out first commercial IoT network in Sri Lanka
Mar 02, 2018 (LBO) – Dialog Axiata PLC, a local telecommunications provider, and Ericsson have rolled out the first commercial Massive IoT network supporting both Cat-M1 and NB-IoT technologies in South Asia. Deployed across Dialog Axiata’s Sri Lankan network,the advanced mobile network technology will help accelerate the proliferation of IoT devices, the company said in […]
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 ‘RoadReader’ project pushes the boundaries of Huawei’s object recognition technology and puts the learning capabilities, speed and performance of its AI-powered devices to the test.Unlike other driverless cars, which simply detect […]
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 hashtags.A hashtag written with a # symbol is usually used to index keywords or topics on Twitter allowing people to easily follow topics they are interested in. In a blog post, […]