Mobitel X Station Football Championship, which was organized by Mobitel in partnership with Gamer.LK, kicked off on Sunday the 15th of July. Over 380 registered participants showcased their skills at FIFA 18 for a chance to win it all. The tournament followed on the heels of the previous Mobitel Xstation eSports League, which was held in March. Image Credits: ...
Following the success of Huawei’s popular Nova series of smartphones, the smartphone manufacturer is all geared up to unveil the latest addition to the lineup. Say hello to the Huawei Nova 3 series. These smartphones incorporate Artificial Intelligence to provide the best smartphone experience to users. The Nova 3 Series’ is fitted with an advanced AI Quad Camera system that ...
A great corporate culture is the main ingredient to attract and entice millennials to come work for organizations. As such, organizations evolve dramatically to create and accommodate these workspaces. One such organization that has been at the forefront of this is 99X Technology. The company has thus far spared no expense into developing an open work culture akin to the ...
VMware, Inc. is a subsidiary of Dell Technologies that provides cloud computing and platform virtualization software and services. The companies desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, and their enterprise software hypervisor for servers. For example, VMware ESXi is their bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on server hardware. This means that it does not require an additional underlying ...
“The National Youth Social Innovation Challenge is an investment on the youth of our country as it equips young minds with the type of thinking required for Sri Lanka to progress towards achieving sustainable development,” said Wasantha Deshapriya – Secretary of Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment. In case you’re lost, the National Youth Social Innovation Challenge is ...
Moving from “Inspiron Gaming” to the “Dell G Series”, the new family introduces a new look for two new gaming laptops in Sri Lanka. For starters, they all feature gaming-forward design and snappy performance at affordable prices. The new laptops are equipped with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series GPUs, 8th Gen Intel® Core processors, thermal management solutions, intelligent content prioritization software ...
In an effort to improve the user experience on its platform and also to give users more control over their privacy and safety, Facebook introduced a number of changes and upgrades to its privacy policy. Experimented on before being fully rolled out, the revised privacy policies and mechanisms are more transparent and laid out open. On the other hand, though, ...
Disrupt Asia 2018, Sri Lanka’s most anticipated start-up conference and innovation festival, is set to take place on 11th August 2018 at the Trace Expert City from 4 PM to midnight. Organized by the ICTA, Disrupt Asia is supported by the Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment. The third edition of this event, Disrupt Asia 2018 has become ...
Samsung Sri Lanka launched their latest model to their “J” series of smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy J8 inherits the qualities of the new Infinity series of models from Samsung. As such, it packs a 6” Super AMOLED Infinity Display and a dual camera setup as well Priced at LKR 51,190, the Samsung Galaxy J8 will be available from the first ...
Huawei recently released its 2017 Sustainability Report demonstrating the initiatives undertaken in the year across four areas. They were: Bridging the Digital Divide Supporting Network Stability and Security and Protecting Privacy; Promoting Environmental Protection Building a Healthy Ecosystem For the duration of 2017, Huawei has kept a detailed record of its operations comparing itself against the United Nations Sustainable Development ...
Since his recent appointment as the new Chairman of SLASSCOM, (Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies), Jeevan Gnanam has wasted no time commencing his tenure with the announcement of an ambitious vision to rapidly grow the country’s IT industry to Rs. 5 billion by 2022. Speaking to a gathering of Sri Lanka’s most successful IT professionals, Jeevan commended ...
Huawei has recorded a positive sales performance this year with the Huawei Y Series smartphones showing higher demand than anticipated in Sri Lanka. Comprising of the Huawei Y5 Prime, Y7 Pro and Y9 devices, these smartphones have grown in popularity amongst local smartphone enthusiasts according to company research. With devices that cover a range of features to suit the needs ...
eMarketingEye continued its trend of winning prestigious awards on the international stage by bagging 12 wins at the 2018 edition of The Communicator Awards. Founded two decades ago, The Communicator Awards is an international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. The Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of ...
Hatch, the latest innovation and incubator space in Sri Lanka recently signed a MoU with SLASSCOM (Sri Lanka Association for Software and Service Companies). As per the MoU, the SLASSCOM Corporate Office will relocate to Hatch in June 2018. SLASSCOM will also host regular events of interest to entrepreneurs on emerging technologies at the Hatch premises. Based in the commercial ...
By means of its Nethrabhimana initiative, Mobitel launched a voice library recently. The project was completed and handed over to the Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped under the patronage of Mobitel CEO, Mr. Nalin Perera. The Voice library for the visually handicapped can be utilized as a platform to improve and enrich the lives of such individuals. Nalin ...
Being agile has become a vital element in the product development life cycle. Here, developers on a project work in collaboration with the client to deliver a minimum viable product. If the client is happy in the way that the product is being developed, then development can continue. This is different to the Waterfall model as if there were any ...
Micro-Star International (MSI), a popular manufacturer of high performance PCS, laptops and gaming peripherals introduced a new line of gaming laptops at the recently concluded Inter-University eSports Championship. Organized by Gamer.LK, the Inter-University eSports Championship was held on the 21st and 22nd of April 2018 at Trace Expert City in Maradana. The launch took place amidst the action and excitement ...
At the Glitz Biz Quiz 2018 that was held last month, one single point separated The 99X Technology Quiz Team from the overall winners of the quiz. The 99X Technology team, comprising of Associate Technical Leads Shirantha De Alwis and Rangitha Kuruppu, and Senior Technical Lead Sudath Thenuwara went head-to-head with over 30 corporate teams. After a total of 50 ...
Following the efforts of CodeGen International (Pvt) Ltd together with the University of Moratuwa, the second QBITS Innovation Lab was declared open at the University of Peradeniya on the 8th of June 2018. Declared open by Professor Upul B. Dissanayake, Vice Chancellor, University of Peradeniya and Dr. Harsha Subasinghe, Chief Executive Officer, CodeGen International, the QBITS Innovation Lab is an ...
Adding one more smartphone, albeit, one with a twist, Huawei launched their latest device to the entry-level segment. The Huawei Y5 Prime 2018 brings Huawei’s FullView Display, making it the first entry-level smartphone to have it. In addition, it also ships out with Android 8.1.0 Oreo. Packing a 5.45″ HD+ (1440 x 720) display fitted into a sleek, minimalist frame, ...
