Sri Lankan and Australia mix in odd places. Education. Immigration. Cricket. That second cousin, twice removed, who Skypes every Wednesday. A sizeably set of industries with large commercial interests in the other country. And then there’s Cinergix: a Sri Lankan company registered in Australia (or an Australian company working mostly out of Sri Lanka – whichever you prefer). Cinergix’s software, a ...
It’s 9.30 AM and we’re in Hotel Tilko, in Jaffna, in the auditorium. The reason we’re here is the IT/BPM export forum, which we yesterday referred to as the meat of Jaffna IT Week. We’ve got an introduction to the national IT/BPM strategy, case studies, discussions on ecosystems and more lined up within the next few hours. Afterwards, there’s ...
Good morning, folks. It’s cloudy skies here in Colombo (with just a bit of rain) and here we are at the Dell Solutions Tour 2014, at the BMICH. This event is comprise of two events, actually: the first is the conference, the second being the parallel Dell e-carnival being held next door. As we type this, the country manager of ...
Sri Lanka tweeps have a flair for meeting up – be it TweetupSL, Social Media Day or the like, chances are quite high that you’ll find the titterati talking shop wherever you go. Now we’ve got yet another reason to meet: Iftar. #TweepsIftar, a gathering which began quite simply in a Dinemore at Wellawatte, is happening for the third time ...
Hello and good morning to you all. We are here at the final day of the Yarl Geek Challenge. 3 days of discussions, fine tuning, presentations and it all boils down to today. The teams in the finals are having their discussions with their mentors for today’s round where they will present on their business strategies. Meanwhile, we have the ...
Microsoft plans to launch smart band in the UK Image taken from http://www.businessinsider.com With wearables and smart watches being the “in” thing these days, Microsoft decided to join the fray as well. Their device, called the Microsoft Band, was on sale in the US for a while and they also plan to launch it in UK in the coming month. ...
As of a year ago, the Sri Lankan IT industry has been on the receiving end of a small, but very insistent – and widely publicized – push towards the North. We’ve seen speeches made, proposals put forth, ideals advocated over dinner. And, as a result, we’ve seen mass workshops by SLASSCOM, where students thronged in the thousands to learn ...
Here we are in the year 2013, depending entirely on technology. To communicate, for financing and information, and none of us know how to read and write code. During my schooling years, I was taught a number of different subjects. Maths, Sciences, Languages, History, Religion, Geography and the lot. While some of these subjects are in fact helpful for your later University ...
Usually, career changes are the last thing we’d talk about. Yet in these few days, two individuals – who’ve not just worked hard for their respective organizations, but come to represent them to the Sri Lankan tech community – have lain down their banners and gone on. First up is Imran Furkan, the extremely active Executive Director of SLASSCOM, and ...
Here’s a great shot for all ye entrepreneurs and fledgling startups out there. The folk at Yamu and Takas.lk have resurrected the cmbhack – an intense 24-hour marathon session where you get together with a bunch of like-minded individuals, form a team and build a prototype in 24 hours. The grand prize? Winners qualify to compete in Venture Engine, the funding ...
Meet Thaala. Thaala is an app: you can download it from the Play Store or the Apple App Store. But it’s also so much more: it’s a complete repository of music in Sri Lanka – all the way from the 60′s. This app, looking for all the world like a trilingual music player, is the link between you and some ...
It’s no secret: Death Company has changed. DC, founded by a group of old-school MMO gamers, quickly rose to fame in the local eSports scene, eventually establishing itself firmly as one of the oldest surviving clans in Sri Lanka and one of the top contenders for all titles year in and year out. Recently, following a complete change in management, ...
The trend of tech talks and workshops happening at APIIT organized by the Student Activity Club – apart from the usual Refresh Colombo and the Google events – saw yet another event last Friday: developing and monetizing apps with IdeaMart. The workshop was held at the APIIT City Campus premises where an overflow of 80 students from APIIT and few ...
On the 18th of February, 1996, the Sunday Times ran an article about a strange new tech company where even the CEO’s driver had shares and turnover was expected to be in the hundreds of millions. In it, CEO Tony Weerasinghe flamboyantly challenged the readers: “What’s wrong with being a leader? If we say we have to wait and see ...
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, it’s another lovely day here in Colombo, perfect for Day 3 of the prestigious WSA Global Congress 2013. Today we’ll have panel discussions in the morning, followed by presentations by the winners in the afternoon after lunch. All different content from yesterday of course, so stay tuned as we bring you the latest here and on twitter.
Recently the government announced that it had taken a policy decision to use the ISDB-T transmission standard for local television broadcasting. This looks like a significant step up in the local TV scene, which has basically been a little bit behind the rest of the world for years. What is Digital TV? Digital TV is the next upgrade from the ...
You may have noticed that our jobs section now leads you to a new site. That’s because we’ve tied up with Wooroll.com to bring you all the jobs in Sri Lanka, right to your fingertips. What is Wooroll? Wooroll is magic. As of now, it’s the fastest, and only comprehensive job search engine in Sri Lanka. Wooroll algorithms hunt through all major job portals, search, ...
It’s been almost 10 hours since the SLASSCOM Women’s hackathon kicked off, and now it’s time to see the results. We’ve been quite surprised by the turnout, to be honest: eight teams of between 3-5 developers each, We’re peering over piles of Macbooks and tables with the occasionally cuppa coffee left abandoned to catch a glimpse of the presentation screen. ...
Google has just announced that they’re going to build a network of cables stretching all the way across the Pacific – a network that can carry a whopping 60 Terabits of data per second. A series of cables will go all the way from western USA to Japan, crossing Asia as it does so. Not surprisingly, it’s called FASTER, because it is faster than just about everything ...
GDayX 2014 is here (and it’s almost caught us by surprise). If you’re a tech geek, if you’re a Google fan, and if you’re even remotely interested in startups, new technology, new businesses – generally all the cool stuff – then Park Street Mews is THE place to be right now. Up first, we’ve got Dr Dr. Romesh Ranawana, CTO of ...
