One of the hottest news in the tech-arena is how Facebook, world’s largest social media, has divulged piles of confidential psychographic data to the political consultancy group 'Cambridge Analytica'. The data was used to influence voter opinion on behalf of politicians who hire them. Following the breach, Facebook apologised and experienced public outcry and lowered stock prices, calling the way that Cambridge Analytica collected the data "inappropriate." The breach was significant for inciting public discussion on ethical standards for social media companies, political consulting organisations, and politicians. Consumer advocates called for greater consumer protection in online media and right to privacy as well as curbs on misinformation and propaganda.

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The sub 15,000 BDT smartphone segment has an ever-expanding list of capable contenders, but Tecno impressed us last year with their well-built 'i7', which had a decent set of hardware for the price you would be paying. This time around, their flagship comes paired with a smaller blow to the wallet, but with some small compromises to the spec sheet.

Huawei launched a device of Y series - the Huawei Y9 2018 in Bangladesh recently. With four cameras, HUAWEI FullView display, big

CP PLUS, a security & surveillance solutions provider, had their product launching event held recently. The event was organised by UCC, a

The GSMA recently released a new report outlining the rapid growth of the Bangladesh mobile industry over the last decade, which now

Despite children's massive online presence, too little is done to protect them from the perils of the digital world and to increase their

Grameenphone Accelerator has opened the call for applications for the 5th batch of the program. The program, delivered in partnership with Startup

Traffic, in Bangladesh, are mostly due to ill-managed congestions, poor road conditions and haphazard parking of cars in busy portions

Walton has introduced its new product, a range of 16GB and 32GB pendrives recently. The USB 2.0 and 3.0 compatible Walton pen drives

Tech Republic Limited (TRL) has brought a new series of Prolink PMW5005 wireless mouse with stylish designs in the market. This Prolink PMW5005

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When we entered the new campus of United International University (UIU), the cavernous layer which is usually buzzing with students

PrismERP, a product of Divine IT Limited, is serving more than 400 enterprises in 20 countries including one major implementation in the

With an aim to provide global standard AutoCAD training on a budget and develop the local human resources, TIM-CADD started its

Banglalink has started off the second phase of IT Incubator, a digital platform launched in collaboration with Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park

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There's a lot of opportunity for Visa in this region. There are immense scopes of digitisation in this market. It's one of the fastest

Samsung Bangladesh has launched a pre-booked campaign for one of its flagship washing machines, FlexWash, for the first time in