Category: Technology
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 […]
Sri Lanka to develop IT soft infrastructure and connect rural to digital world
July 20, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will connect all government departments though a digital platform and set 7500 Wi-Fi spots throughout the Island to educate and develop rural community, ICTA head said.“In the new era of digitized Sri Lanka, we are not anymore talking to urban audience but to rural audience, and that is […]
Phone makers in talks to end use of sim cards
July 19, 2015 (LBO) – International phone makers Apple and Samsung are in advanced talks to produce phones with embedded SIMs that will make use of SIM cards obsolete.Industry associations such as GSMA together with phone makers are working on a ‘common architecture’ which could take at least one year to deploy, the UK-based Financial […]
Intel earnings rise but PC chip sales disappoint
July 18, 2015 (LBO) – Intel, the world’s leading semiconductor company, reported higher than expected earnings this week even though sales of chips for PCs were predictably lower. The California-based chipmaker posted second-quarter earnings of 55 cents per share on revenue of .2 billion above analyst expectations of 50 cents a share on $13.04 billion […]
Sri Lanka restricts mobile phone services at Yala national park
July 14, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka restricts mobile phone services at Yala national park to minimise the danger from rushing safari vehicles to show animals to visitors. Yala is one of the busiest national park in the Island but, also a unique conservation site for leopards and other threatened fauna and flora. The park […]
“The sooner we have political stability the better”: Dialog Chief
July 08, 2015 (LBO) – Political uncertainty coming to an end is a good thing for all listed companies as this will lead the way for more investments, Hans Wijayasuriya, Group Chief Executive, Dialog Axiata said. “The sooner we see stability the better,” he said.“This will also pave the way for more foreign investments,” “But […]