Category: Technology
‘s smartphone market
Oct 01, 2015 (LBO) – HTC, a mobile phone manufacturer entered the Sri Lankan market with a portfolio of smartphones, a statement said. “We are pleased to launch our smartphones in the Sri Lankan market,” Faisal Siddiqui, President, HTC South Asia said. “All the HTC devices are stunning, intuitive and advanced in technology. Our new HTC desire […]
2015 most dangerous celebrities in the world
Oct 01, 2015 (LBO) – Intel Security has recently conducted a study using McAfee Web Advisor to determine the number of risky sites that would be generated in search results including a celebrity name and commonly searched terms. Intel Security refers to these stars as the Most Dangerous Celebrities, meaning that they are likely popular […]
Microsoft releases Office 2016 for Windows and Mac
Sep 22, 2015 (LBO) – Microsoft on Tuesday released worldwide its latest office update, the Office 2016 along with several new and enhanced Office 365 services. Some highlights from Microsoft: • Outlook 2016 provides the smartest inbox yet, delivering lightning fast search, removing low priority mail automatically and making sure everyone on the To: line […]
Hewlett-Packard to cut 30,000 jobs after split
Sep 16, 2015 (LBO) – Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday officially announced that 30,000 people will have to leave their newly forming company, a separate business primarily associated with enterprise services. HP has presented a plan to deliver 2.7 billion US dollars in ongoing annual cost reductions with the new separation plan. Releasing a statement Hewlett-Packard said […]
Youth unemployment can be addressed through technical training: Susil
Sep 10, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka can overcome its youth unemployment issue by developing technical education, the newly appointed minister for technology says.“Although unemployment as a whole is six percent, in the age group between 18 – 30 it is over 20 percent,” Susil Premajayantha, the new minister of technology, technical education and employment […]
Netflix to enter Asia in 2016
Sep 09, 2015 (LBO) – Netflix, an on-demand internet and video streaming pioneer, with a subscriber base of 65 million in 50 countries will enter Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea early next year, foreign media reports said. According to a press release that was posted in Chinese on its website and taken down, the […]
Govt agencies to be connected through GIS technology: ICTA
Sep 08, 2015 (LBO) – Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are fast becoming the platform of collaboration between organizations and the public mainly in the case of governments to enhance development, an official said.“All government buildings in Sri Lanka will be linked by high speed broadband to enable officials to share data and work in a […]
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 […]