The latest edition of the Microsoft Imagine Cup recently came to a close at the Microsoft Build conference 2022. This year’s competition saw three finalists take the stage to win the grand prize. Among them was Nana Shilpa, the Sri Lankan team from SLIIT that represented Asia. Although Saudi Arabia’s V Bionic team was crowned world champions, Nana Shilpa has ...
WSO2 has announced that it has completed its Series E funding round at USD 93 million, with USD 90 million coming in from the Goldman Sachs Group and USD 3 million from Redstart Labs (backed by India’s Info Edge). Back in late 2021, the American multinational investment bank and financial services company announced that it was investing in WSO2 following ...
Sri Lanka has not had a good year so far. The exchange rates have skyrocketed beyond the stratosphere, exams are postponed due to a paper shortage, and essential goods/medicines have run out. Amidst the resulting social unrest, public utilities have also been affected ranging from gas shortages to a full-blown fuel crisis. While it started with 2-hour daily power cuts ...
Shortly after Uber Eats Sri Lanka announced its shift to bicycles, PickMe has come out with its own bicycle initiative. The ride-hailing company will be partnering with local e-bike manufacturer Rhoda to facilitate food delivery services via e-bikes as Sri Lanka grapples with a crushing fuel crisis owing to the country’s current economic situation. Founded by Eyas Fazul, Fazul Mowjood, ...
The ongoing fuel crisis has crippled many sectors in Sri Lanka with hours-long queues for refueling becoming a common occurrence all across the country. Among these many affected sectors include delivery services where the lack of fuel has made it near impossible to carry out the typical service offerings. As such, Uber Eats Sri Lanka has sought to deploy bicycle ...
Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis has decimated life for the country’s citizens. Whether it’s the hours-long power cuts or the equally stressful queues at filling stations, the problems only seem to compound. Among this long list of calamities is the medical crisis. Sri Lanka’s health sector is running out of essential medicine and other medical equipment. In light of this, ...
Google IO 2022 has just kicked off and like every year, the latest edition of Google’s annual developer conference was packed with quite a few new updates. So what’s on the lineup from Google this year? Here’s a rundown of some of the most notable announcements from the keynote. Pixel 6A and 7 is on the way Following months of ...
April 2022 has been an unforgiving month for Sri Lanka’s digital space with attacks ranging from government website takedowns to compromised user data being leaked online. One of the more notable on the list is the PayHere hack. On April 1, Bhasha’s fintech arm PayHere was breached and the service went offline for 36 hours before coming back online. Amidst ...
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a public notice that it has granted permission to Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd to shut down its 3G network by June 24, 2022. As such, any Airtel subscriber on 2G and 3G will automatically lose connection after June 24. The notice comes as part of Airtel’s efforts into expanding its ...
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a public notice that it has granted permission to Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd to shut down its 3G network by June 24, 2022. As such, any Airtel subscriber on 3G will automatically lose connection after June 24. However, Airtel notes that its 2G network will continue to operate as usual ...
Over the years from the time the first-ever newspaper was published in Sri Lanka, the advertising industry has been a thriving art form in the island. A large part of it thanks to the many entertaining, educational, and (some) controversial campaigns created by many legendary creators. Still, for the average Sri Lankan, the internet was a luxury and advertising was ...
Following weeks of protests against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government, citizens have been actively pleading for international support in various forms ranging from procuring medicine to financial assistance for vulnerable communities. Among these include regular pleas for hacktivist groups such as Anonymous to get involved by exposing evidence of corruption and theft of public funds. Now, a video circulating ...
Following weeks of protests against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government, citizens have been actively pleading for international support in various forms ranging from procuring medicine to financial assistance for vulnerable communities. Among these include regular pleas for hacktivist groups such as Anonymous to get involved by exposing evidence of corruption and theft of public funds. Now, a video circulating ...
Come rain come sunshine, the protests against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government continue to draw the crowds in their numbers. With the increasingly amplifying momentum against the current administration, thanks in large parts to social media, there’s an indication that the Rajapaksa-led government may be looking to dilute the proceedings through their not-so-unfamiliar digital tactics. Now, it appears that ...
Come rain come sunshine, the protests against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government continue to draw the crowds in their numbers. With the increasingly amplifying momentum against the current administration, thanks in large parts to social media, there’s an indication that the Rajapaksa-led government may be looking to dilute the proceedings through their not-so-unfamiliar digital tactics. Now, it appears that ...
It’s been a week since the country came together in protest against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government. Over the course of the week, different communities would gather each day in raising their voices, including many Sri Lankans overseas. On April 8, Sri Lanka’s IT sector took to the streets and joined these efforts too. The tech sector is one ...
It’s been a week since the country came together in protest against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government. Over the course of the week, different communities would gather each day in raising their voices, including many Sri Lankans overseas. On April 8, Sri Lanka’s IT sector took to the streets and joined these efforts too. The tech sector is one ...
The continuously rising frustration and helplessness of being unable to see to one’s daily needs have hit crossed its boiling point. Sri Lankans from all over the country are voicing their protest at the Rajapaksa-led government. While the rising citizen protests continue to amplify in and out of the country, there are also those looking to assist deprived communities with ...
The continuously rising frustration and helplessness of being unable to see to one’s daily needs have hit crossed its boiling point. Sri Lankans from all over the country are voicing their protest at the Rajapaksa-led government. While the rising citizen protests continue to amplify in and out of the country, there are also those looking to assist deprived communities with ...
The Sri Lankan government followed up its State of Emergency declaration with an islandwide curfew, and now with a sweeping ban on social media and messaging apps. The ban comes on the heels of the rising waves of protests, most notably, the planned massive protest on April 4. This time, the social media ban covers 12 apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, ...
