DHAKA: Apple Inc sold more than US$1 billion of Apple TV set-top boxes in 2013 and is investing heavily in the next generation of products.Chief Executive Tim Cook said at the company’s annual meeting on Friday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday.Apple’s ability to

DHAKA: Americans used smartphone and tablet apps more than PCs to access the Internet last month -- the first time that has ever happened.Mobile devices accounted for 55% of Internet usage in the United States in January. Apps made up 47% of Internet traffic and 8% of traffic came from

DHAKA: Facebook has quietly closed its three-year-old email service that gave users "@facebook.com" email addresses.From now on, emails sent to an "@facebook.com" address will be forwarded to the personal email address from which the member signed up for the site."We`re making this change

FROM SPAIN: Grameenphone (GP), one of the leading mobile phone operators of the country got most prestigious award ‘Green Mobile Award’ of world mobile congress.World mobile congress arranged by Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA) nominated Grameenphone for the

DHAKA: Slightly less than a year after it launched the Galaxy S4 smartphone, Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced the follow-up, the Samsung Galaxy S5, at this year’s Mobile World Congress trade showcase.Sporting a 5.1-inch display, quad core processor and a 16 megapixel

DHAKA: Sony announced on Monday a slim, light and waterproof Android-based Xperia Z2 tablet and two new Xperia smartphones at the launch of Mobile World Congress.The 10.1-in. high-definition display tablet and the high-end Xperia Z2 smartphone, with a 5.2-in display, will be available

DHAKA: Nokia, soon to be acquired by Microsoft Corp, is turning to software created by arch-rival Google for a new line of phones it hopes will make it a late contender in the dynamic low-cost smartphone market.Its first model, the Nokia X, will rely upon an open version of the Android

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics Bangladesh has revealed their latest smartphones, ‘Galaxy Grand 2’ and ‘Galaxy Grand Neo’.The two new smartphones combine powerful processing with optimal large-screen experience as well as add to the variety of choices smartphone lovers receive from the

FROM SPAIN: Mobile World Capital Barcelona will arrange the world’s largest mobile event for four days from February 24.Some two hundred specialists technology, operators, handset manufacturing institutions, content providers and people concerned of mobile technology are taking part in

DHAKA: Apple Inc said it would issue a software update ‘very soon’ to cut off the ability of spies and hackers to grab email, financial information and other sensitive data from Mac computers.Confirming researchers’ findings late Friday that a major security flaw in iPhones and

DHAKA: Google has unveiled a prototype smartphone with ‘customised hardware and software’ that enables it to create 3D maps of a user’s surroundings.The device’s sensors allow it make over 250,000 3D measurements every second and update its position in real-time, a BBC report

DHAKA: Facebook, the world`s biggest social-networking company, says it is buying the mobile messaging service WhatsApp in a deal worth $19bn.The purchase, announced on Wednesday, will leave WhatsApp with its own independent board, reports Al-jazeera.WhatsApp is a cross-platform mobile

DHAKA: San Francisco may be seeing more Google engineers roaming the city`s Mission neighborhood in the upcoming future. According to Financial Times, the Web giant has reportedly leased a massive building in the area for employee office space.The 35,000-square-foot building is big enough

DHAKA: LG officially took the wraps off the G Pro 2 Android phablet in Korea. The successor of the Optimus G Pro features a larger 5.9” Full HD IPS display and feature-rich spec sheet.With a power/lock key and volume rocker located on its back, the LG G Pro 2 follows the design language

DHAKA: Lenovo reported revenues for its fiscal third quarter up 15 percent year-on-year to USD 10.8 billion, while net profit rose 30 percent to USD 265 million. Operating profit increased 37 percent to USD 334 million.The Mobile Internet and Digital Home division, which develops

DHAKA: Nokia faces a setback in plans to transfer its Indian handset assets to Microsoft, after a new court ruling set additional conditions on the deal.In December, Nokia appeared to win an important reprieve in the group’s USD 1.1 billion tax dispute in India, when a court in New

DHAKA: Apple is planning to introduce a new Apple TV set-top box and is negotiating with Time Warner Cable and other potential partners to add video content, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.Apple is aiming to unveil the device by April and have it available for sale by

DHAKA: Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) president Shamim Ahsan met the World Bank’s country director to Bangladesh Johannes Zutt at the WB office in city’s Agargaon area on Tuesday.BASIS delegation asked for help from the WB officials about creating

DHAKA: Democracy International (DI) has launched a new web site under its ‘Narir Joye Shobar Joy’ (When Women Win, We All Win) campaign to increase political leadership among women in Bangladesh.The website (www.narirjoyeshobarjoy.org) features a database of female political leaders

DHAKA: An alleged leaked image of the Samsung Galaxy S5 retail box packing has been spotted on the Internet, days before the expected launch of the smartphone.Leaked box image suggests a 5.25-inch QHD (1440x2560pixels) Super AMOLED display, 2.5GHz quad-core processor, 3GB RAM and a