April2017
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British Council and HSBC celebrates Global Money Week 2017 in Bangladesh
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: The British Council and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) celebrated the Global Money Week 2017 by organizing a panel discussion titled ‘Building the Next Generation Socio-Economically Capable and Responsible’. This year... -
Truecaller and Google come together to improve video calling services
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: Truecaller today announced a strategic agreement to integrate Google Duo, a high-quality video calling service, within the Truecaller app. This will add a crucial communications layer that strengthens the value of Truecaller’s wildly popular... -
Microsoft included Bangla language in Microsoft Translator
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: Microsoft announced the latest language addition to Microsoft Translator; Bangla the language spoken and loved by Bangladesh citizens and people from the Indian subcontinent. Speaking about the launch, Sonia Bashir Kabir, Managing Director of... -
Grameenphone launched Game Jam for the next great game developer in Bangladesh
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: Grameenphone and White-Board in association with ICT Division have launched Game Jam, a platform that will crowdsource, develop, and launch the next big mobile game for Bangladesh, by Bangladesh, and in Bangladesh. The Call... -
ITmedicus launched Patient Aid app to help people to get information about health care services
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: ITmedicus (a healthcare IT startup) recently launched an android app in Bangladesh named Patient Aid to help the patients & general people to get information about different health care services. Patient Aid is the... -
Panasonic shifts its refrigeration compressor business unit to Singapore
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: Panasonic Corporation announced the opening of the Refrigeration Compressor Business Unit (RCBU) in Singapore. Relocated from Kusatsu City, Shiga, Japan to the heart of Asia, the RCBU’s move serves to more effectively meet growing... -
Intel Movidius helps bringing Artificial Intelligence to video surveillance cameras
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: Intel Movidius, the world leader in embedded machine vision technology, is helping bring artificial intelligence (AI) to video surveillance cameras. Movidius participated in an announcement from Dahua Technology USA in which Dahua outlined how... -
Intel to collaboratie with Preferred Networks in Japan on deep learning
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: Intel is collaborating with Japan-based Preferred Networks Inc. (PFN) on the development of Chainer, PFN’s open source framework for deep learning, with the aim of accelerating deep learning performance on general purpose infrastructure powered... -
Airbus highlights ACJ319 at ABACE show
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: Airbus Corporate Jets is exhibiting an ACJ319 at the ABACE show in Shanghai, giving prospective customers the opportunity to appreciate its potential and highlighting the company’s commitment to the important Chinese market. It is... -
Traditional ‘goat pulling’ sport outlasts Afghan wars
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: A crash of horses and men deep in a mountain pass signals the start of another game of buzkashi, Afghanistan’s national sport. Buzkashi, which translates roughly as “goat pulling,” has been played for centuries...
