Taking notes has always been an inevitable part of human cognition. From the prehistoric clay tablets of Mesopotamia to the 90s TextEdit and Notepad to today’s Notion and Evernote, nothing has changed much in the humble art of note-taking. You simply jot down your thoughts on some medium — on a clay tablet or a piece of paper or an ...
Search For Common Ground Sri Lanka’s work on digital peacebuilding is to receive a Common Ground Award on 18 November 2021. The award under the “media” category which will be presented in New York is to recognize the work Search Sri Lanka has done to counter hate speech and misinformation with youth from all parts of the country. Since the ...
American multinational investment bank and financial services company, Goldman Sachs Group is pumping in a whopping USD 90 million into WSO2. The deal is to be announced Monday and falls in line with Goldman’s increased focus on tech investments amidst the pandemic. Last month, Goldman’s banking co-head Dan Dees stated that the firm is doubling down on technology investing. Addressing the ...
We often talk about Sri Lankan startups and the exciting products that are being built every day. Over the years this sector has grown into a busy and increasingly ambitious industry. The Startup Genome Report for 2021 (page 89) puts Sri Lanka’s startup ecosystem at a USD 132 million market value. But oftentimes the startup conversation revolves around the tech ...
Over the past few years, companies have been looking to build the “Netflix of games” via cloud. Particularly with the likes of Microsoft (xcloud), Nvidia (GeForceNow), Google (Stadia), and even Amazon (Luna). But Netflix itself is getting in on the action. So, after months of testing the streaming giant has finally launched its game service on Android. How Netflix Games ...
A few weeks ago Bhasha unveiled its latest product/feature, HelaPay. Since then adoption has been going quite well for the company. In fact, there were over 1,000 transactions via HelaPay within a span of five days after launch. So how is it really? Is using HelaPay actually worth it? Here’s a closer look. Wait, what’s HelaPay again? In case you ...
Over the past few years, we’ve seen the emergence of interesting community initiatives aimed at upskilling the young generation in Sri Lanka. Whether it’s a startup accelerator in Jaffna or a coding club for anyone under 17, these initiatives look to fill in the gaps and cater to the increasing industry demands. The latest movement that hopes to offer a ...
If you’re a book lover then the Big Bad Wolf Books name is probably not new to you. Since its first arrival in 2016, the annual book sale has been a massive hit in Sri Lanka. Now, as we near the end of 2021, Big Bad Wolf is making an appearance for the second time this year. What you need ...
Lenovo recently announced the launch of a new gaming laptop – the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro. It’s the latest generation AMD Ryzen 5000 Series processor and up to 140W NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 for dishing out high-resolution gaming at optimal frame rates. The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro is a gaming upgrade engineered to empower gamers in Sri Lanka to expand ...
It’s official. Facebook is changing its name to Meta. Who cares about its massive ongoing scandal and the equally massive implications of it all when you have a cool new name. Mark Zuckerberg made the rebranding announcement during the recent Facebook Connect presentation To be clear, this is only a company name change. You’re not going to see any of ...
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced a new generation of Intel-based motherboards, power supplies, monitors, and more during its Break All Limits event. For the first time, gamers can wield DDR5 memory modules and PCIe 5.0 devices, along with Intel Core CPUs that have been redesigned from the ground up to feature as many as 16 cores and 24 threads. ...
StemUp Foundation, the organization behind initiatives like Micro:bit SLUG and CoderDojo Sri Lanka, is organizing an inter-university and school hackathon. Dubbed Hack:AI, this hackathon hopes to drive social impact through data science and machine learning-based solutions. A day in the life of StemUp Foundation (Image credits: Facebook/StemUp Foundation) In case you didn’t know, StemUp Foundation is a non-profit entity that ...
Planning to visit Sri Lanka soon? Then you’ll be happy to know that Airport & Aviation Services (Pvt) Ltd has introduced an online health declaration system for arriving passengers in Sri Lanka. The system aims to ease the passenger handling process at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). What you need to do The process is fairly straightforward. If you’re an ...
Last week, we saw Bhasha introduce a digital wallet that lets you pay with your fingerprint. Now, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka will be kicking off its national rollout for LankaQR, its national QR-based payment platform. Titled, “LankaQR ජනගතකරණය (‘janagathakaranaya’)”, the program will officially begin its nationwide campaign. LankaQR is an initiative by the CBSL, together with LankaClear and ...
Bhasha, the company behind the famous Helakuru and PayHere services has unveiled its latest product. Dubbed HelaPay, it’s Sri Lanka’s own version of a digital wallet platform, akin to Google Pay/Apple Pay/AliPay. The official announcement was made in celebration of Bhasha’s 10-year anniversary. How does it work? The basic idea is to enable convenient and faster mobile payment options. This ...
Sri Lanka might finally be getting mobile number portability (MNP). Oshada Senanayake, Director General at the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), recently announced that legal clearance was given for telecom operators to implement mobile number portability in Sri Lanka. So how does this work? What does this mean for the average Sri Lankan? Here’s what you need to ...
Enterprise Software Cloud Computing leader BlackSwan Technologies has announced plans to hire over 75 employees in its research and development (R&D) department in Sri Lanka to expand its current team of over 100 specialists, continuing the company’s substantial growth momentum over the last year. BlackSwan Technologies’ fusion of data, artificial intelligence, and cloud technologies is relied upon by leading corporations ...
Recently, Netflix announced that starting from 2022, it would be offering “games” on its platform alongside its existing catalog of content. As per Bloomberg, this is meant to be similar in approach to what they did with documentaries and comedy specials. The company later clarified that “cloud gaming” will not be the focus, to begin with at least. Though it’s ...
At the recently concluded “Unleashed” event Apple made a set of announcements, including the much-awaited M1 MacBook Pro. So, in case you missed the show here are all the important updates. Two new MacBook Pro models Apple unveiled two new MacBook Pro models and it looks like the tech giant finally listened to the many user complaints about its laptops. ...
The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL), the apex body for ICT professionals in Sri Lanka recently awarded Shohan Kulasuriya as the Best Social Innovator of 2020 at the CSSL National ICT Awards. The title was in recognition of his Pink Drives initiative, which is currently Sri Lanka’s first and only exclusively women-driven taxi service. The accolade comes as the service celebrates its first year of operations since kicking things ...
