Category: Technology
John Keells to encourage innovators with Open Innovation Challenge
May 02, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s blue chip John Keells Holdings plans to boost local creative and intellectual talent with the launch of its second John Keells X “Open Innovation Challenge 2017” The programme will allow teams of aspiring innovators to compete for a chance to win entry into a six-month accelerator programme at […]
Lanka Bell, IBM to accelerate cloud adoption in Sri Lanka
Apr 25, 2017 (LBO) – IBM will collaborate with Lanka Bell to provide enterprises, start-ups, developers and government bodies cloud services via the IBM Cloud, the company said. As a part of the agreement, the two companies will jointly market and sell new offerings for public, private and hybrid cloud deployments, including workload migrations, disaster […]
Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ launched in Sri Lanka
Apr 22, 2017 (LBO) – Samsung officially launched its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in Sri Lanka during a unique concert held in Colombo yesterday. The handsets will now be up for pre-orders with its shipping to be start on May 5. The Galaxy S8 comes with a price tag of 129,600 rupees while […]
Muhunthan Canagey appointed CEO/MD of ICTA for second term
The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka has appointed Muhunthan Canagey as CEO & Managing Director for a second term . Canagey was first appointed to the board of ICTA with the change of government in February 2015 as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer to head the Agency. He was […]
Toronto begins to rival Silicon Valley for tech startups
Mar 07, 2017 (LBO) – Toronto’s startup community has begun to rival Silicon Valley and offers more advantages to new companies. One reason is that the 2,100 and 4,100 tech start-ups in Toronto’s ecosystem don’t have to compete for engineers with Google and Facebook. “To compete in that environment for the best talent would be […]
Google loon may leave Sri Lanka, corruption accusation baseless: Harin
Feb 16, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s controversial Google loon pilot project may be withdrawn from the country as a result of a spectrum issue with the International Telecommunication Union, the telecommunications minister said. Harin Fernando told reporters Thursday that Sri Lanka has so far delayed facilitating pilot tests by allocating the required spectrum of […]
Governments increasingly using emerging technologies: summit report
Feb 14, 2017 (LBO) – Governments are increasingly incorporating emerging technologies to improve public services, according to a report presented at the recent World Government Summit in Dubai. The Best Government Emerging Technologies report says several countries are now exploring “emerging technologies to provide government services more efficiently, effectively and have proven results.” Specifically, the […]
Experts from Facebook, Google coming to Sri Lanka for summit
Jan 25, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is planning to hold a digital summit in March this year to boost the country’s global digital presence. It is expected that experts and executive officers of prominent companies such as Facebook, Google, Social Capital, Infosys and other internationally reputed corporate CEOs will participate in this event. One […]
‘s JKH files patent on energy storage nanomaterial
Jan 16, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings plc filed its first patent jointly with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, in the area of energy storage materials, the company said in a statement. The patent application filed at an Indian patent office in December 2016 is related to a […]
Yahoo to be named Altaba, Mayer to leave board after Verizon deal
Jan 10, 2017 (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said Monday that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon Communications Inc. Yahoo has a deal to sell its core internet business, which includes its digital advertising, email and […]
Sri Lanka to have coordinating authority for science, technology and innovation
Jan 05, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has given the go ahead for setting up of a science, technology and innovation coordinating authority to enable better co-ordination of research and development institutions. “It will be done with the view of gaining the maximum outcome of investments made on science, technology and innovation for […]
Supun Weerasinghe appointed as group CEO of Dialog Axiata
Jan 02, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s telecommunications blue chip Dialog Axiata today informed the stock exchange that Supun Weerasinghe has been appointed as the Group CEO with effect from yesterday. Dialog Axiata said the board of directors of the company approved the appointment of Weerasinghe as an executive director of the Company. “Weerasinghe presently […]