internet

You won’t be missed, Internet Explorer

With much of a lack of marketing, interest, and foresight from Microsoft, the Internet Explorer finally ran for the last time on 15 June, 2022. Thanks to the next generation of web browsers like Opera, Firefox, and almighty Google Chrome, the last nails in the coffin for Internet Explorer were hammered in. Thinking they had a fighting chance, Microsoft held onto its “switchblade” while fighting the Web Browser War.
19 June 2022, 10:46 AM

Relationship Matters: Discussing psychological problems

Our relationships and how we navigate them keep evolving with the times. Often, we find questions or worries so personal that they can only be shared with a stranger, but any random stranger is no real solace! Nor is the advice safe. With that in mind, Star Lifestyle brings to you a brand-new relationship advice column from certified experts. This hopes to tackle the host of worries, questions and forks in roads of the relationships plane that includes the personal, professional to psychological.
16 June 2022, 09:58 AM

Online friendships in the 21st century

When you make friends online, you get to start with a clean slate.
25 May 2022, 14:19 PM

Bangladesh meets UN target

Bangladesh has met the affordability target on internet prices set by the United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development in 2021.
27 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Combo deal for Dhaka dwellers

At least three times the typical high-end broadband speed, TV service, video-on-demand, and internet telephony through a single cable from this Pahela Baishakh is what a local company is promising Dhaka dwellers.
18 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Global internet shutdown likely in next 48 hrs

Internet users across the world may experience network failures for some time as key domain servers are slated to undergo routine maintenance and will be powered down. Connection issues may be faced for 48 hours due to the global internet shutdown.
12 October 2018, 09:18 AM

Forcing internet giants to pay tax

If the influence of Google and Facebook continues to grow at this pace and regulators let them get away without giving a fair share of their income to the regulators and publishers, we will be digging our own grave.
22 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Internet to be slow for next 4 days

People in Bangladesh are likely to experience slow internet in the next three to four days due to maintenance work on a primary submarine cable in the Bay of Bengal.
21 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Internet disruption likely from Oct 23

Internet users are likely to face disruption in data services for three to four days from October 23 due to maintenance work of the first submarine cable in the Bay of Bengal.
19 October 2017, 16:04 PM

Ronaldo, Manchester United top Chinese internet tables

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo is comfortably the most influential soccer player online in China, while Manchester United are the most dominant club, according to a report.
24 February 2017, 06:07 AM

Mobile bills to go up

The cost of using a mobile phone would go up by more than two percent as the proposed budget looks to hike the supplementary duty on SIM usage.
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Ad-blocking software use for mobile surges: study

The use of ad-blocking software for mobile devices has nearly doubled in the past year, raising questions about the viability of online media business models.
1 June 2016, 09:30 AM

Internet subscription crosses 6cr milestone

Internet subscription in Bangladesh crossed six crore milestone last month with mobile connections dominating more than 90 percent of it, the telecom authority says. By March-end, the number of active internet connection stood at 6 crore 12 lakh.
18 April 2016, 05:25 AM

Identity 2016: Facebook lets blind people 'see' its photos

As the internet becomes dominated by images, Facebook is launching a system which can "read" photos and tell visually impaired people what appears in them.
5 April 2016, 11:59 AM

Power for bandwidth

Dhaka and New Delhi yesterday officially inaugurated the supply of 10GBps broadband internet from Bangladesh to India and 100MW power from India to Bangladesh, in yet another move towards stronger ties.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Internet by light promises to leave Wi-Fi eating dust

Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp -- that is the promise of Li-Fi, featuring Internet access 100 times faster than Wi-Fi with revolutionary wireless technology.
24 February 2016, 05:22 AM

Seminar on “E-Commerce in Bangladesh”

Bill Gates had once quoted, “If your business is not on the internet, then your business will be out of business”.
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Microsoft quarterly profit slips but tops forecasts

Microsoft shares rally after the tech colossus reported earnings on Thursday that surpassed Wall Street expectations with a winning shift into the Internet cloud.
29 January 2016, 09:19 AM

Eritrea ‘appalled’ by hoax forced polygamy story

A satirical story that Eritrean men have been ordered to marry at least two wives, which has been shared across Africa, has upset Eritrean officials.
28 January 2016, 14:36 PM

Google paid $1bn for search spot on iPhones: Report

US Internet giant Google pays Apple a billion dollars in 2014 to be the go-to search tool on iPhones, Bloomberg reported, citing court documents.
24 January 2016, 08:28 AM