When it comes to music streaming, Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer are our go-to apps. But what about radio? Online radio apps are a dime-a-dozen on the Google Play Store. But one specific radio app caught our attention. This was the SLBC Radio App. The SLBC or Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation is by far the oldest radio station in ...
Amidst all the excitement from the Apple announcements, SriLankan Airlines recently banned MacBook Pros. Specifically, ones that were sold between September 2015 and February 2017. According to Apple, a number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pros have been recalled as the battery may have overheating issues and could pose a fire safety risk. As such, SriLankan Airlines is requesting ...
Ever since the John Keells X Open Innovation Challenge kicked off for 2019, we’ve seen a number of startups enter, receive training and mentorship and go about onboarding customers. Now, once the dust has settled, it was time to announce which startups made it through to the JKX Accelerator 2019. A total of 11 startups made their pitch at Demo ...
It’s that time of the year where Apple announces its new lineup of products and services. At the September 10 event, the tech giant quite a few announcements to make. Without further ado, here are the highlights. Apple Arcade Apple is officially introducing a gaming subscription service, It’s dubbed to be the first such service that spans across mobile, ...
Finance and people. These are the key ingredients to ensure that any business runs smoothly. 99X Technology is no stranger to this. The company recently made two top-level appointments to its core hierarchy. Sherman Gunatillake was appointed as Chief Financial Officer whilst Damitha Jayasinghe was appointed as Chief People Officer. We sat down with both Sherman and Damitha to get ...
Fake news a disaster. But how does one combat fake news? Well, we spoke about how each of us can each contribute to eradicating fake news as much as possible. We also spoke about an app that wants to do the same. Now, that process will hopefully be even stronger thanks to Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka. Fact Crescendo Sri ...
Technology is an integral part of all industries today. As a result background in STEM is often seen as an important component when it comes to advancing your career. Today, automation continues to take over jobs in industries. This essentially pushes the next generation of workers to engage in high paying careers that require high-level skills. In an exponentially ...
When deepfakes were originally announced, the level of tech behind them was actually pretty cool. Despite its use in creating fake video footage and whatnot, it also gave us a greater look at what implications AI could have on the real world. Now it appears that the line between fact and fiction is divided by only a hairline. According ...
It’s not an uncommon sight to see corporates using CSR as a promotional tool to promote their brand name. Sure, you have “sustainability” thrown around more often now. But whether these CSR initiatives actually make a sustainable impact has always remained a question. That’s a discussion of its own. But what about corporates that use innovation and novelty in ...
The Huawei Mate 30 launch is just around the corner. But to say that things have been going smoothly for Huawei is a lie. First, they were added to a blacklist that forbade them from purchasing components from US companies. This included Google and ARM. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer also announced its own Operating System called Harmony OS. Huawei ...
Under the theme Data Privacy and Data Security, the second edition of this year’s IEEE Techno Meetup will take place on the 5th of September, at Microsoft Sri Lanka’s office premises. The meetup will host Kavinga Yapa Abeywardena, lecturer from the Department of Computer Systems Engineering at SLIIT, and Jonathan de La Motte, Account Technology Strategist at Microsoft Sri ...
Apple has been rather busy these days. The company sent out a number of private invitations for a special launch event. The event, scheduled to be held on the 10th of September would take place at the Steve Jobs Theater at its Cupertino campus. Adding a pun to the invite, Apple says the event is by “innovation only”. What ...
Yesterday, PickMe users were offered a pleasant surprise. It came in the form of a new feature on the app. PickMe Parcel Delivery. As the name implies, PickMe has introduced parcel delivery to its list of services on offer. So next time you leave something home or you want to get an important document delivered, this might be an ...
On the 27th of August, Spike Colombo greeted Dr. Nirmal de Silva and Chandula Abeywickrema to take the spotlight. Well known for their hit show, Ath Pavura, Dr. Nirmal and Chandula took the spotlight to talk about social enterprises and impact investing. Debunking myths around Social Enterprises Dr. Nirmal kicked things off by clarifying some of the misconceptions surrounding ...
For many of us, CamScanner has been and continues to be an invaluable tool to keep a digital track of important documents. If you haven’t heard about it, CamScanner is an app for iOS and Android that allows you to scan documents via your phone’s camera. CamScanner allows you to quickly capture images of documents and scan them into ...
With a multitude of messaging apps to pick from, adding another to the mix seems almost pointless. Yet, that’s exactly what Instagram is trying to do. The Facebook owned company recently announced that they’re working on a new messaging app called “Threads”. What does Instagram Threads offer? Designed as a companion app for Instagram, Threads would essentially invite users ...
This may come as a surprise. But LinkedIn is now as large as Instagram in Sri Lanka. Then again, that would probably explain the increasing number of inspirational posts and meme content on a regular basis. Nevertheless, it shouldn’t be rocket science to see that you should probably be more active on LinkedIn. Particularly if you’re a brand that’s ...
In the almost eternal battle of the Web Browsers, Internet Explorer has been used for more or less one thing. That was to download another web browser (usually Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox). Even with Microsoft seemingly revamping their web browser and releasing it as Microsoft Edge doesn’t seem to have gained any popularity for the browser. Hoping to ...
The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely… One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium. Meet Asterix & Obelix, just your average wild boar eating, Roman thumping, ...
We initially took a look at Manthri.lk back in 2014. At the time, it was a platform used to analyze and summarize the work done by each member of the Parliament in Sri Lanka. The key here was that it would be done in a way that your average Siripala could check the website and see what promises each ...
