If you recall, back in September 2017, Huawei surpassed Apple in terms of global smartphone sales. Today, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer secured the second spot in the global smartphone market with a total share of 15.8% in the second quarter of 2018 according to the IDC. In Sri Lanka, Huawei has made a name for itself as a very popular ...
Interbrand, a global consultancy released its brand ranking report for this year. According to said report, Huawei rose to Number 70 on the Best Global Brands 2017 Rankings. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer has seen its brand value grow by 14% compared to that of last year, reaching USD $ 6,676 million. Currently, Huawei is among 16 brands that enjoy a ...
Today, our smartphone is so much more than just an accessory. Our device is a constant companion, with us every step of the day as we communicate with friends and family, share our lives over social media, and seek out news and information from every corner of the globe. However, spending so many hours staring at a screen is not ...
Exploring the transformation taking place in the digital landscape, Bates Strategic Alliance, a leading integrated communications agency, recently hosted two workshops on ‘The Strategic Route to Digital Campaigns’. This was aimed at their clients and internal teams with two reputed foreign speakers: Zaheer Nooruddin and Albert Pereira. The first speaker, Zaheer Nooruddin shared insights from his work experience in digital ...
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 ...
In what is a first for e-commerce, Daraz scored Sri Lanka’s first 200 Million rupee sale in revenue, carrying out 10x more orders compared to a normal day, powered by 3 times more traffic on the e-commerce portal. The High Stakes Behind Black Friday Daraz’s annual sale is best seen as a tent pitched to attract not just millions of ...
At CeBIT 2017, the world’s largest ICT exhibition, Huawei announced that it is collaborating with Honeywell to bring to market smart building offerings that take advantage of the latest Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to help make buildings more sustainable, secure and energy efficient. Through the collaboration, the two companies will jointly pursue large-scale smart city projects globally to help ...
Auxenta Inc. is an innovative software engineering services and technology product consulting company headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations in Colombo. Established in Silicon Valley in 2014, Auxenta soon went on to make tremendous progress in a short period of time acquiring 20 clients across the US, Europe and Asia, and achieving a revenue growth of 300% in 2015. Auxenta ...
At Mobile World Congress 2017 (MWC 2017) which officially kicked off in Barcelona, Spain, Huawei is leading a number of activities including joint exhibitions, keynote speeches and industry forums, under the theme of “Open ROADS to a Better Connected World”. During the event, more than 100 operators and partners from around the world will demonstrate new innovations and ideas jointly ...
Helakuru, a popular Sri Lankan Mobile App, was recently recognized as the Sri Lankan Android App of the Year at Google I/O Extended Awards powered by Dialog. Boasting a user base of over 4 Million downloads, Helakuru is an English/Sinhala keyboard that also includes a host of other features. According to ratings on the Google Play Store, Helakuru is also ...
Digibrush, one of Sri Lanka’s fastest growing digital media agencies added another laurel to their wreath by bagging an award at the CMO Asia annual awards this year. Their client? Union Bank. As such, Union Bank PLC earned the prestigious Social Media and Digital Marketing Awards 2017 for Best Facebook Campaign at the recently concluded awards in Singapore. The CMO ...
Seedstars is a global organization with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. The organization’s competition Seedstars World, is aimed at the global seed-stage startups in emerging markets. This year, Seedstars World will be travelling to more than 75 countries in order to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity ...
At a recently held media launch at the Singer Lifestyle Festival, Huawei unveiled the Huawei Y Max. Revolving around the theme of “Big Screen, Big World”, the Huawei Y Max’s main features are the 7.12” Super Large Dewdrop FullView Display, Dolby Atmos Sound, Powerful Energy, and Smart Technology. Speaking at the event, Huawei Sri Lanka Consumer Business Group Country ...
Informatics Pvt Ltd is a leading end-to-end Banking and Financial Services Industry solutions provider with a wide spectrum of ICT products and state-of-the-art technology solutions for the industry. The company has been a ICT solution provider in the country for more than thirty years. They also emerged as the top achiever in both Wincor Nixdorf and Diebold partners among ten ...
At the recently held Alpha Festival, Sony Electronics demonstrated a wide range of innovative digital imaging products. The festival, held at the at Waters Edge Battaramulla allowed photographers and videographers to discover the latest creative tools that can enable them to bring their visions to their life. The event featured key products from the latest additions to Sony’s line-up of ...
If you use Viber, you would have probably used your fair share of stickers. Stickers in Viber are used in conversations to express an emotion, a reaction or a statement, rather than a regular text message. Helping Sri Lanka control and fight against the dangerous and potentially life threatening Dengue disease, Viber recently launched a novel awareness sticker pack. The ...
With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S10, Samsung is leveraging a decade of leadership in flagships to usher in a new era of smartphone technology. As such, the new Galaxy S10 series come with a host of next-generation features. These include Infinity-O Display, versatile Pro-Grade camera, Wireless PowerShare and in-display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner (only on Galaxy S10+/S10) and set the ...
OrangeIT, the Principal Partner of Intex Technologies in Sri Lanka, has announced the launch of its latest smartphone – Intex Aqua Lite. A smart step towards multitasking, Intex Aqua Lite is a smartphone that caters to all your needs just right. With 1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB ROM* (Includes memory used for OS & apps) ...
Lauded as Sri Lanka’s most digitally engaging bank, Seylan Bank expanded its digital customer support services by introducing the Seylan Messenger Bot – a chat bot that responds to customer queries via Facebook Messenger. The latest addition to the bank’s customer service channels helps provide real-time responses to basic banking and finance queries. The number of fans on its facebook ...
Walk through the doors of CogCom, and you’d be forgiven for believing you were at one of Google’s notoriously creative offices. With airy, glass-walled meeting rooms and collaborative working areas filled with natural-wood swings, colourful beanbags and fake grass, the space more than resembles a San Francisco start-up. But the foliage isn’t the only thing that’s artificial here. CogCom’s talented ...