Category: Technology
Sri Lanka gets free wi-fi access at public locations from today
Mar 30, 2015(LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new regime to provide free wifi internet access at 26 selected public locations across the island from today, a statement said. The government said, it will provide up to 100 mega bite of usage at the Fort Railway Station, Pettah Public and Private Bus Stands, the Temple of the […]
Samsung expects higher smart phone growth in South Asia: Samsung Official
Mar 30, 2015 (LBO) – Korea’s Samsung says the smart phone market in South Asia is likely to grow more in the future with the increasing per capita income in the region. “There will be experiential growth in smart phone segment in South Asia driven by India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh,” Rajiv Mishra, vice […]
Facebook to focus on three themes in 2015: Zuckerberg
Mar 29, 2015 (LBO) – Facebook annual developer conference kicked off in San Francisco recently unleashed more than 25 products and tools to help its developers build, grow, and monetize mobile apps. The event attracted more than 2,500 developers around the world to build the next generation of apps. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivering the […]
Ultra small computer by Intel; first look in Sri Lanka
Mar 27, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan media on Thursday got a rare opportunity to experience a factory model of an ultra small computer design built by Intel Corporation which will be unleashed in the coming months. This pocket-sized computer called ‘Intel compute stick’ is a device delivering an entry compute experience by plugging directly […]
Sri Lanka to connect Colombo Tea auction’s brokers and buyers through a mobile platform with live feeds
Mar 26, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka to connect tea brokers and buyers, providing a mobile based live feed that delivers real-time information directly to tea buyers, by pushing sale information that is captured by tea brokers at each auction room, a media release said. The newly launched “mAuction”, a mobile solution for the Colombo […]
Sri Lanka’s Abans use new digital marketing application to promote LG smart phone
Mar 26, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Abans Limited, which has interests in consumer durables said they will market their LG smart phone using mobiOs MMM platform.Issuing a statement the company said, while traditional marketing is outside the store targeting consumers to build brand awareness, digital marketing allows marketers to deliver personalized content to shoppers […]
Apple to become a trillion dollar company
Mar 24, 2015 (LBO) – As Apple gets ready to launch its first new product in five years, Cantor Fitzgerald is raising its price target to a level that would make Apple a trillion company, a Bloomberg business report said.People first started talking seriously about the potential for Apple to become a trillion dollar company […]
Microsoft’s Power BI free preview now available in Sri Lanka
Mar 20, 2015 (LBO) – Microsoft Corporation recently allowed worldwide customers to experience the free preview of their improved cloud-based business analytics service introduced for non-technical business users. The service first unveiled in January, referred to as Power BI; can keep a pulse on businesses by bringing all the data together and monitor it through […]
Sri Lanka’s ICT export sector revenue to hit US $ 1 bn in 2015: Minister
Mar 20, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s ICT exports are projected to top one billion US dollars this year while the sector has grown at 123 per cent in the last five years, Minister of Industry and Commerce said.“Sri Lanka has launched an ICT value survey to find the national hi-tech exports it achieved in […]
MacBook
Mar 12, 2015 (LBO) – PC giant Apple recently launched its thinnest Mac ever made under the name of ‘MacBook’ despite consumer sentiments growing up against the all in one dynamic port of the new device.The USB-C port which limits input and output signals to a single port became the center of criticism as consumers […]
Mobile Market
Dec 25, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s mobile phone sales reached one million unities in the third quarter of 2014 while smart phone shipment up by 100 percent which accounts for 20 percent of the total sales, a market report said. In the smartphone market segment, Samsung leades with a 20.6 market share followed by […]
Digital Advertising
Dec 04, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lankan companies should adopt the digital change in advertising to drive growth due to increasing number of mobile and internet penetration in the island advertising expert said. œDigital media is gaining popularity all across Asia and it is becoming imperative for brands to go digital, CVL Srinivas, Chief Executive […]