Google’s biggest annual developer conference, Google IO kicks off in a few days. So what exactly is the big deal with Google IO? Well, for starters, its where everything related to Google gets announced. Over the years, we have a multitude of announcements related to mobile, web and devices being announced. The actual Google IO Conference happens from the 8th ...
A glass finish on the rear. A bright colorful display. A 40MP triple rear camera. Ever since the Huawei P20 Pro was first unveiled, it hasn’t had any trouble getting attention. This is the latest flagship phone by Huawei and it finally came to Sri Lanka last Friday. We at ReadMe got our hands on one and ask ourselves, “Does ...
If you recall, almost exactly a month ago, we wrote about a long-term incubator for startups called Venture Frontier Lanka. Describing itself as a first entrepreneurship platform to focus on the complete startup lifecycle, Venture Frontier Lanka is a 4-year nationwide entrepreneurship initiative. They would work with the Government, the private sector as well as International donors to help entrepreneurs ...
Founded in 2011, PickMe has revolutionized how we hail taxis. What began as a simple app for iOS and Android to hail tuks has now expanded to offer services that include a wide variety of vehicles Predominantly available in Colombo, the company has also focused their attention on setting up and expanding their services in areas such as Kandy and ...
Nations Trust Bank recently made the local headlines by launching their Open API Banking Platform. As the name suggests, developers can now build apps that utilize the systems of Nations Trust Bank to accept payments and managing finances. To make sense of all of this, we first need to ask a very important question. What is an API? Think of it ...
Firecrackers and kiribath came a week later for Sri Lankan geeks. Alongside the Inter-University eSports Championship was the Geek Avurudu celebrations, where were organized by Gamer.LK and Pruve comics. Thus, local cosplayers added a Sri Lankan twist to their usual characters and made their way to Trace Expert City with many other geeks. They were here to obtain the infinity ...
For the third consecutive year, the Inter-University eSports Championship 2018 took place at Trace Expert City. Held from the 21st to the 22nd of April 2018, the Inter-University eSports Championship 2018 featured teams from around 34 state and private universities across Sri Lanka for 2 days of intense matchmaking. The University that secured the most amount of wins in games ...
On 21st of April, the Yarl IT Hub conducted its first meetup for the year. For those who are wondering what it is, here is a brief intro. Yarl IT Hub is a community that works with the vision of making Jaffna the next Silicon Valley. This meetup hosted a series of sessions and the launch of the Yarl Geek Challenge Season ...
With the intent of helping businesses select the most suited e-commerce platform, SLASSCOM hosted the first Magento Meetup for the year 2018. Powered by ISM APAC and Netstarter, the meetup was held at the Spark Auditorium at H One Pvt Ltd, on the 19th of April 2018. We learned what Magento Cloud was Conducted by Tuam Jamoim – Senior Software ...
From the very first phones that had an inbuilt camera to the latest flagships that take some of the best pictures in the world, smartphone photography has evolved greatly over the years. Ask yourself the last time you actually used a digital camera. Mine is gathering dust in my cupboard. Remember these? Better yet, still own one?(Image Credits: staticwhich) So ...
It happened. Mark Zuckerberg – CEO of Facebook gave his grey hoodies and black t-shirts a rest last week. A suit-clad Zuckerberg appeared before the US Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee on 10th and 11th April to answer some questions about Cambridge Analytica. The 5 hours of questioning that followed, has been compared to explaining the internet to old people. ...
Now before you go in to a panic, this is not the actual Internet that we’re referring to. Rather, Amazon has been working on a web browser. It’s not exactly shocking or mindblowing. Or is it? Called Internet, the web browser has been developed for the Android operating system. What’s so special about the Internet? Well, again, we’re referring to ...
Preserving our past is actually an important part of understanding our heritage. It helps us understand where we came from. It also helps us understand what we did right or wrong so that we can fix it or find an alternative method. One threat to historical sites is human conflict such as war and deforestation and also natural disasters. But ...
If it’s one thing most of us Sri Lankans enjoy during April is the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. With all the customs, the traditional games and the sweetmeats, avurudu is often more than just a holiday for most of us. But celebrations are no longer limited to the traditional ways anymore. Technology has made through to avurudu in fun ...
You can send texts and make calls with it. You can also take pictures with its 8MP rear camera and 5MP front camera. It’s also got a dictionary app, a calendar app, a calculator, and an FM Radio. But you can’t connect to WiFi or mobile data on it. Say hello the South Korean Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro – the ...
PC building is a passion of mine. I built my PC from the ground up. It wasn’t exactly an easy thing to do. I had to take time to figure out what components I wanted and see how they would all work together. This was to ensure that when put together, I would get the maximum amount of performance I ...
Almost overnight Sri Lankans transformed into digital ninjas. Aunties and uncles who didn’t know how to use Facebook’s privacy settings suddenly knew what a VPN was. As racists broke curfew and stormed the streets, us ‘moderate’ minded people watched from the safe distance of a borrowed proxy. The curfew in Kandy (Image credits: The New Indian Express) Whether we care ...
When social media was banned, almost overnight Sri Lankans transformed into digital ninjas. Aunties and uncles who didn’t know how to use privacy settings on Facebook suddenly knew what a VPN was. As racists broke curfew and stormed the streets, us ‘moderate’ minded people watched from the safe distance of a borrowed proxy. The curfew in Kandy (Image credits: The ...
If you were on YouTube yesterday trying to search for Despacito, you probably would have noticed that it was no longer available. In its place, you would have found an image like this: Image Credits: The Verge Before you ask, No, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee did not shoot another video for the most viewed YouTube video of all time. ...
He began his career as a mere unpaid intern. Eventually, he would rise to become the CEO of Sri Lanka’s first telecom operator. Then he’d cast it all away. Today, he’s the Chairman of the Board of Investment and an active angel investor. His mission is to help the youth of Sri Lanka build successful companies. But who is Dumindra ...
