$20 million or 4% of the company’s global revenue, whichever is larger. This is the stiff penalty for not meeting your business would have to pay if it doesn’t comply with GDPR. So how do you comply with it? That’s what ShoutOUT Connect aims to help you figure out. The basics of GDPR In case you’re lost, we need ...
The goal of AI is to make our lives easier. This was the opening statement of Dr. Ruvan Weerasinghe at the recently held Big Data Forum for Data Enthusiasts organized by Informatics Institute of Technology. In addition, some also believe that the goal of AI is to create intelligence at the level or surpassing that of humans. AI is ...
At the recently held, Global Telecom Awards, Sri Lanka bagged an interesting award. Ericsson and Dialog walked away as winners of the ‘IoT Initiative of the Year’ award. The award was given in recognition of Dialog’s Massive IoT network, supporting both Cat-M1 and Nb-IoT technologies. The network was implemented with the vision of accelerating the adoption of Internet of ...
It’s called the biggest ICT expo and exhibition in Sri Lanka. Throughout the three days that it’s held, it attracts thousands of visitors from all over Sri Lanka and even attracts foreigners as well. From trade stalls, to innovation centers to eSports tournaments, it showcases anything and everything related to ICT. This is Infotel 2018. A few snapshots of ...
If you’ve been following the CIMA Launch Pad 2018, you would have known that following the preliminary rounds, there was also a workshop on design thinking and the fundamentals of marketing. Why was this important? Because everything that the participants learned here would help them for the final round of CIMA Launch Pad 2018. Launching the FInals of CIMA ...
Artificial Intelligence. If you’re living in the world of tech, this has become a word that you’ve become very familiar with. It’s hard to find a device or an app that doesn’t use it in one form or the other. It takes on different forms. But with the vast quantities of data we generate, AI is the next big ...
Helakuru. It’s a name that needs no introductions. With over 3 million downloads, it should come as no surprise. The latest announcement from Bhasha, the team behind Helakuru, is something that most users have been waiting for. Helakuru on PC is finally here. Easy as 1, 2, 3 Getting Helakuru on your computer is pretty straightforward. Just head on ...
On Friday night, President Maithripala Sirisena shockingly announced that he’d appointed Mahinda Rajapakse as Prime Minister. In response, Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that this act was unconstitutional and he was still the Prime Minister. Naturally, this led to a confusing weekend as Sri Lanka tried to answer, “So who is our Prime Minister now?” Naturally, the bots on the internet ...
Since 1986, the Sri Lankan elephant has been listed as endangered by the ICUN. They’re primarily threatened by habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation. Yet, another regrettable human activity that threatens elephants in Sri Lanka is the railways. Now, it seems like the authorities have accepted its high time to do something about this. And they’re turning to technology for ...
The IEEE SS12 is an innovation competition organized to recognize the best social innovators on a global level. Under the theme of Empathy to Engineering: Solutions for Macro Issues, the IEEE SS12 was organized by the IEEE Sri Lanka Section together with the IEEE Madras Section Education Society. The final leg of the competition was held on the 8th ...
Imagine my surprise when I found out the Huawei Nova 3i that I looked at a while ago had VoLTE enabled. Now if you don’t know what that is, VoLTE is a technology that enables users to make/receive calls over an LTE network. This is opposed to a regular 2G or 3G network. Calls with VoLTE also benefit from ...
“In my experience, startups today are not after more free credits – instead, they need our help to take their products to international markets. With the ScaleUp program, we intend to do just that and more,” said Hasitha Abeywardena – Country Manager for Microsoft Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He said this announcing that Microsoft would be introducing a ...
There’s still 3 months for 2018 to come to an end. So what better way to spice things up with a new flagship phone? A phone that was rumored for quite a while and supposedly packing an arsenal of features that would make current 2018 flagships cry. This is the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. First glances As always with ...
All of us are walking toward the stage. Everyone’s nervous. Who isn’t at these hackathons? Nobody likes presentations and immediately things go wrong. The projector isn’t working for some reason. After a minute of shoving the cable in and out, it wakes up and decides to do its job. Finally, Roshan can begin his presentation to tell the judges ...
They wanted to help students. The topics at most tech meetups were too advanced. This was the purpose of the Open Brackets meetups said Devon Wijesinghe – President of the Mozilla Club of IIT. The first such meetup touched on the topic of serverless technology. The second meetup, which took place recently touched on the topic of React Native. ...
The Sri Lanka Signals Corps. Sound familiar? Well if they’re not, then you would be interested to know that the Sri Lanka Signals Corps or SLSC for short, is one of the oldest regiments of the Sri Lanka Army. They’ve also contributed and continue to contribute essential ICT requirements of the Sri Lanka Army. Commemorating 75 Years of the ...
Its tickets sell like hot cakes. Soon enough, they’ll be all sold out. Afterward, the unlucky few would send messages to everyone they know, desperately hoping to get a ticket. Needless to say, this one of the most popular events on our calendar. It reaches over 2000 people in the flesh and many more through livestream pocket events. This ...
At the Preliminary Rounds of CIMA Launch Pad 2018, we witnessed 17 teams pitch their startups to a panel of judges. Out of these, 10 teams made it on to the next stage, the incubation phase. So who’s on the top 10 list? Teams ITO Automations, Viduhala.lk, Direct Pay, Ananke, Kitgro, Park and Pay, Rational X, Hotseats.lk, Seats, and Avina. These ...
Last September, Dialog made a fin-tech acquisition. It acquired an 80.34% stake in Colombo Trust Finance PLC for Rs. 1.072 billion. At the time, Dialog had stated that it was planning on offering financial services in Sri Lanka. Now one year later, we’re seeing that take form with Dialog Finance. What is Dialog Finance? Colombo Trust Finance is now ...
Happening for the 5th consecutive year, the CIMA Launch Pad 2018, which is organized by the CIMA Students Society, aims to be a platform that nurtures upcoming entrepreneurs. In the past, we’ve seen startups like Bear Appeal, Omentra, and Greasemonkey come out of it. So what can we expect this year? That’s what we went to find out at ...
