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Major technology firms are racing to infuse smartphones and other internet-linked devices with software smarts that help them think like people.

A US appeals court has handed Apple a victory in one of its battles with rival Samsung, reinstating a $119.6 million verdict for the iPhone maker for patent infringement.

Google's new "Pixel" smartphone is off to a fast marketing start with $3.2 million in television ads in two days since it announced the upcoming launch, and ad executives expect Google to spend hundreds of millions more to keep up with rivals Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc.

A shiny new cohort joined the workforce in Taiwan Thursday -- a troop of mini robots all going by the name "Pepper", enlisted to entertain customers and give them the hard sell.

Yahoo rejects allegations of mass email surveillance amid an outcry from privacy activists over a report that it created a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence.

An overheating, smoking Samsung smartphone forces the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines jet that was preparing to take off from the Louisville airport.

Alphabet Inc's Google announces a new "Pixel" smartphone and a suite of new consumer electronics products for the home, planting itself firmly in the hardware business and challenging Apple Inc's iPhone at the high end of the $400 billion global smartphone market.

Facebook Inc launched Marketplace to allow people to buy and sell items locally as the social media network tries new ways to keep users engaged.

WikiLeaks celebrates its 10th birthday on Tuesday defiantly proud as the pioneer of online leaking platforms, while its controversial founder vows to pursue its work despite widespread criticsm.

Toyota Motor Corp unveils a doe-eyed palm-sized robot, dubbed Kirobo Mini, designed as a synthetic baby companion in Japan, where plummeting birth rates have left many women childless.

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Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd. (STBL) has introduced XTREME S-811 model Stereo headphone in Bangladesh. It is featured with single jack

Grameenphone Ltd. celebrated its Customer First Day with over 700 students and teachers at the Dhaka Residential Model College

For the outstanding contribution to the development of IT and ITES, BAGDOOM CEO Syeda Kamrun Ahmed has received 'Ten Outstanding

SSL Wireless, through its online payment gateway platform 'SSLCOMMERZ', will provide online payment gateway services to Plus One to

To enlighten the people of Bangladesh about the drastic change happening in the tourism industry of Bangladesh due to advent of

There used to be a time when QWERTY keyboards were trending and everyone was eager to exchange their exclusive BlackBerry Messenger PINs to catch up with friends on chat. BlackBerry phones have changed the way that people look at and use phones,

3 years ago, the people at Samsung shelled out a brilliant budget smartphone called the Galaxy Grand, a combination of a 5” screen with better-than-average specs, which became an instant hit in our country. Samsung stuck on to the very

A high-profile Google event is widely expected to show a new emphasis on hardware, challenging rivals Apple and Amazon and launching a new strategy for the online giant.