Reducing errors made during surgery, bringing school books to life, enabling us to browse shops from the comfort of home -- virtual reality is not just about gaming, it will change our lives.

The use of ad-blocking software for mobile devices has nearly doubled in the past year, raising questions about the viability of online media business models.

During its Computex 2016 keynote address Intel showed that its future lies in offering consumers and companies more bang for their bucks, with its most efficient, affordable Apollo Lake processors or its first ever 10-core processors built for ‘mega-tasking gamers and filmmakers.

Walton has launched its latest android smart phone “Primo ZX2 Lite,” featuring Lollipop 5.1 OS, a 6-inch full HD screen, 2.5D curve glass, high performance 5020 mAh Li-polymer battery, USB Type C with ‘Express Fast Charging’ technology to charge the phone in less than two hours.

An Android Police teardown of the Android application package (APK) for Google Photos' next update looks like there are some new tweaks and features coming to the backup and storage service, including a pot sweetener for Nexus users.

The EATL Prothom Alo Apps Contest 2016 – Season 4 just began for the fourth time on the 24th May 2016, Tuesday at The Westin Dhaka and the program was officially launched by the Chief Guest, the Hon’ble Education Minister Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid, MP. As Special Guests, Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, the Hon’ble State Minister, ICT Division, Mr. Qimiao Fan, the Country Director of World Bank for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, South Asia and H.E. Benoît-Pierre Laramée, the High Commissioner of the High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh were present in the event.

Make-A-Thon 2016, organised by The World Bank and BetterStories Limited in partnership with the ICT Division of the Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology and 18 esteemed partners, has brought 100 top talents from the fields of engineering, agriculture, business, fashion technology and design together to solve problems for Bangladesh. HiFi Public was the communications partner of the event.

Name of App: Medicify - Medicine Reminder

Huawei has cut down the prices of a range of Huawei handset models in the Bangladesh market. The reduction in prices is aimed at

Four new gaming Motherboards has been launched for the local market. It has introduced X99A, B150M, H110M and Z170A in a business

Samsung Electronics has launched all new Smart Convertible Refrigerator in Bangladesh. This exclusive refrigerator of Samsung

Computer Source unleashed 13 Fujitsu Brand Notebooks which comes with Intel 6th Generation processor. All these models come with a

Lenovo brings about a new sub-brand under the ZUK nametag. Is a big sharp screen, big battery and last years flagship processor enough to set them on the path to world dominance?

TECH BITS

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sonia Bashir Kabir, Managing Director of Microsoft Bangladesh, to serve in the Governing Council of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (LDC). The Secretary-General has appointed 12 expert members from different countries (including non-LDC countries) to the Technology Bank. Sonia has been hand-picked to represent Bangladesh at the council.

Microsoft and Facebook announces they will work together to lay a high-speed Internet cable across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Facebook Inc says its customers' ads will now be visible on third-party apps and websites to everyone who has ever visited its website, and not just to users logged into its social networking service.

Epic releases a fully meshed Deathmatch level called Underland with the new Unreal Tournament build. This level is designed for 6 to 8 players who fight across a hidden outpost, once lost for a thousand years, that guards the entrance to the massive Underland caverns.

Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10.

French finance officials have raided the Paris offices of US internet giant Google as part of a tax fraud investigation.