If you recall, a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft announced a Cloudbook primarily aimed at being a direct competitor to the Chromebook. Well, that announcement just became a reality. Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the new Surface Laptop along with Microsoft Windows 10 S. So what’s the deal with the Surface Laptop? The Surface Laptop is essentially a 13.5-inch laptop that runs ...
In the world of tech, grueling all-nighters fueled by coffee are a norm. But in just two short weeks, we’ll be pulling an all-nighter that will see more excitement rather than tiring work. Yes, it’s that time of the year again. It’s time for Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2017 once again. In case you’re lost, Google I/O is the ...
Appears Myanmar will have two mobile money services in operation by end 2017, raising interconnection issues for which there still is no regulatory mechanism in place. The new mobile money services, M-Pitesan, will enable the telco’s customers to send money instantly within the country. Customers will also be able to buy airtime for themselves or others, said Jacques Voogt, Chief ...
Huawei certainly seems to be going through a rather adventurous phase. From having a phone with dual cameras and Leica certification, the Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company is setting their sights on something a little smaller in size but also packs a sizeable punch. Meet the HiKey 960. Currently, the most powerful ARM-based computers that are ...
It’s not often that we find ourselves well-dressed at 6.30pm on a Thursday evening. But this was for an interesting cause. Sampath IT, the driving force behind the IT Infrastructure of Sampath Bank organized an experience center of sorts showcasing a lineup of devices engineered by HP and Intel. The event was held at the Jaic Hilton Residencies on the ...
For those unfamiliar with the name, Didi Chuxing is a ride-sharing company that provides transportation for almost 400 million users across 400 cities in China. Their services include taxi hailing, private car hailing and numerous other service all via a smartphone app. The company was the result of a merger between Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache. Think of them as ...
While everyone is harping on smart cars and unmanned aerial vehicles, one man seems to be taking slightly different approach. To simply call Sergey Brin a man is a bit of an understatement. The co-founder of Google is now apparently secretly building an aerial craft resembling a giant blimp. According to Bloomberg, Sergey Brin has been working on the airship ...
Huawei, together with National Distributor Singer Sri Lanka PLC, launched the much-anticipated Huawei P10 flagship smartphone together with the Huawei P10 Plus introducing the new Leica front and back cameras with cutting-edge portrait features. At the launch, CEO of Huawei Sri Lanka, Shunli Wang said, “Today we bring to Sri Lanka the superior flagship Huawei P10. We are pleased to ...
What is Microsoft Imagine Cup? Microsoft Imagine Cup. Heard of it? Of course you have. But if you haven’t no need to worry. The Microsoft Imagine Cup is a globally held competition organized by Microsoft. The competition takes part in various stages such as country, regional finals and finally, the Global finals. It encourages students all over the world to ...
What does one do when one’s antivirus turns on them, flagging the Operating System itself as a malware? Well, that’s precisely what happened to Webroot. Webroot, a private American company that has been providing Internet security for consumers and businesses since 1997 faced an issue with one of its malware signatures which then proceeded to flag Windows system files as ...
Six years ago, we were discussing how to accelerate app development in the context of a proposal we submitted to infoDev. Instead of giving the grant to us, they chose to give it to some Pakistank government outfit where the entire thing was still-borne. But the relevance to the question of what comes after the smartphone is a conversation I ...
What If I told you that Facebook is working on a way to control your mouse just with your brain? Or that in the not too distant future, you could type entire paragraphs just by thinking about it? Well that’s pretty much what happened at Facebook’s F8 Conference. Meet Facebook’s Brain-computer interface The social media giant unveiled a project that ...
Reality is boring. This is the message that Facebook shared with the world at its annual developer conference: F8. Held in San Jose, the event kicked off yesterday, 18th of April and goes on till the 19th of April. This year, Facebook seems to be all about AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality). So much so that the Social Media ...
