If you travel by bus a lot, you are probably familiar with the routes that these busses take. But what happens if you have to a place that you are unfamiliar with or you haven’t gone there before? Well, that’s where Bus Routes Colombo wants to help out. Developed by Jude Vajira Gunasekara for Android devices, Bus Routes Colombo does ...
“We weren’t planning on having Disrupt Asia this year. There were challenges. We thought of having it at a hotel with a higher ticket price. But then Randhula challenged us by saying, “Before you talk about disrupting Asia, first disrupt yourselves!” said Sachindra Samararatne. To many of us who’ve been regulars since the first Disrupt Asia, this came as a ...
There was a lot more than panel discussions and workshops at Disrupt Asia 2018. The official conference was held inside the doors of Trace Expert City. But as we made our way to these doors, we found a lot more than tech startups this year. From makerspaces to racing games to stunning art exhibits. This was what we found at ...
The main stage of Disrupt Asia 2018 consisted of a series of intriguing panel discussions. We saw speakers both local and international take the stage to exchange ideas. Yet they weren’t the only ones. In the halls that were adjacent to the main stage, we found the same. Here’s what we learned about AI, growth hack, and fostering open innovation, ...
A battle between startups. Two keynote speeches from international speakers. A host of panel discussions on a variety of topics. As always, the Main Stage at Disrupt Asia 2018 had a lot to offer. Here’s what we learned from the opening keynote and the panel discussions at the Main Stage. Building a culture of innovation “What do you know about ...
When the panel discussions came to an end, our clocks read 11:30 PM. However, Disrupt Asia 2018 wasn’t over. Far from it, this was time to gear up for a fight. It was time for the Disrupt Asia 2018 Startup Battle Grand Finale. Here, 4 startups pitched their products to a panel of judges. They were each given 5 minutes ...
Amongst the many panel discussions, workshops, and pavilions of Disrupt Asia 2018, there was one area that was exclusive to a select few. This was the investor forum. Inside this space, which was the Orange Electric office on weekdays, a group of investors had gathered inside. Here’s what we learned inside this mysterious world about funding startups. The Sri Lankan ...
Design Thinking. Maybe you’ve heard of it. Maybe you haven’t. Either way, we’re going to talk about it, or at least a little of it. Its a topic that has often come under discussion. But maybe not as much as it should be. So its understandable if the concept is not as nearly as familiar with the tech community at ...
They’ve launched intercity packages and smaller, cheaper ways to use Uber. Now almost 3 years since the officially began operations in Sri Lanka, Uber has finally heard the voice of the people and launched UberTUK. As per a blog post on Uber’s official website, UberTUK is live and operational. How does one book an UberTUK? Booking an UberTUK is really ...
Disrupt Asia is more than a series of panel discussions, workshops, and exhibits. It’s a place where the local tech startup community gathers. As such, we decided to create a special series of ReaderPod episodes for Disrupt Asia 2018. As they ran between the different sessions in different halls, our very own Mazin and Lahiru sparked up conversations with interesting ...
Hackathons are fast becoming a dime a dozen. But that doesn’t mean that the ideas seen at them are all the same. Rather, the ideas seen at hackathons are slowly improving. Rush Coders v1.0 is the latest entrant to the array of University level hackathons. What is Rush Coders v1.0? In case you didn’t know, Rush Coders v1.0 is the ...
Calm down. We’re not going to talk about two people dancing in their tutus. But rather, about WSO2’s cloud-native programming language. Ballerina was officially released last year. But it has actually been in the works for almost 2 years. Just days after WSO2Con Asia 2018, WSO2 organized Ballerina Day 2018 at the Galle Face Hotel. The aim was to raise awareness ...
Hello, and welcome once more to another listicle of cool gadgets that we found whilst surfing the internet. While there are literally millions of gadgets available out there, only a select few catch our attention. So without further ado, here are some gadgets that caught our attention. Miniso BT551 Bluetooth Headset Ever since Miniso opened up their stores in Sri ...
The Sri Lankan IT industry has ambitious goals of producing $5 billion, create 200,000 direct jobs and have 1,000 startups. Currently, the deadline to achieve these goals is by 2022. According to a new report by STAX, which was commissioned by Market Development Facility (MDF), one region that’ll play a key role in achieving these goals is Jaffna. The reason for ...
Following the interesting topics we saw at Day 01 of WSO2Con Asia 2018, we found ourselves back at the Hilton Colombo for Day 02 of WSO2Con Asia 2018. Day 02 of WSO2Con Asia 2018 consisted of multiple tracks across three halls. The tracks were divided into categories of Digital Native Strategies, Architecture and Customer Stories. We dropped by all three ...
“The biggest problem in the music industry is that streaming is taking off and musicians aren’t necessarily earning a lot of money. And it can take three months, or up to 18 months for unsigned musicians, to get paid for streams,” says Ranidu Lankage. This is a common problem faced by musicians across the world and one that he’s trying ...
Flashing lights, an atmosphere that was cool, both literally and figuratively, and people dressed to the hilt. You would assume at first glance that this was some fancy gala. Well, it is, sort of. This is WSO2Con Asia 2018. IIn case you didn’t know what that is, WSO2Con is WSO2’s premier conference. Here, the company showcases the latest breakthroughs that ...
“One person pays and the others immediately Venmo the cash,” explains Frank Cutitta. In the US, this is how technology is changing the way a bill at dinner is split amongst a group. Apps like Venmo bring convenience to fingertips. And despite positive efforts like NTB releasing an API, Sri Lanka is far from such convenience. Yet, LankaClear wants to encourage ...
The 11th of August 2018 is turning out to be quite an interesting day. Why? Because of Disrupt Asia 2018. Organized by ICTA, Disrupt Asia is in its third consecutive year. Known as Sri Lanka’s Premier startup conference and innovation festival, Disrupt Asia 2018 will kick off from 3.30pm onwards at Trace Expert City in Maradana. So what’s new with ...
If you recall, we attended a workshop by ICTA called ImagineIF. This is a series of entrepreneurship boot camps aimed at undergraduate students of universities across Sri Lanka. On Saturday the 4th of August, we found ourselves once again at one of these sessions aiming to answer the question of “Imagine IF?”. Constant Validation was the first step at ImagineIF ...
