The Dhaka Times Desk The wind of information technology is advancing in tune with the modern era. Therefore, in today's world, it is impossible to think without information technology. Today in information technology brief news (17-11-12) some information technology news of the world has been highlighted.
Facebook share button is being launched in the mobile version
The share button on Facebook is in the web version of PC but not in the mobile version. And so this time, Facebook has added the traditional share button feature in the Facebook mobile version. Technology site TechCrunch has revealed details of Facebook's new service. It is said that the share button has been added to the mobile, besides, Facebook continues to plan to add exchangeable features to iOS and Android compatible products in the future. Negotiators say that the number of customers on mobile is high, so the service has been brought to mobile as a strategy of Facebook. Moreover, the inclusion of sharing buttons is not a technical achievement. Therefore, the development priority is being noticed in the mobile interface. The share facility is quite popular so its use is expected to increase as new residual users are also found. Apart from their daily work, mobile users can easily take advantage of the share link to exchange special moments such as texts, videos and pictures. When users log in to Facebook, the Share button will appear to the right of the Like and Comment buttons. A tap will open the interface where comments can also be made. Through Facebook Groups, users can send selected content to their special friends. In addition, public posts can be made to all approved customers. Then once all those posts are approved then the sharing process will be confirmed. Canceled posts, on the other hand, will return to the user's newsfeed. But this new share button is only visible in newsfeed. However, the service is not yet included for personal or any brand sites. Note that according to Facebook's quarterly results, the number of active mobile users is around 600 million, of which 120 million users use Facebook exclusively.
QB's new package
QB has brought limited edition package for QB customers who want to use high volume and high speed internet at an affordable price. Under this new package, QB customers can use up to 7 GB of data for 750 taka per month. In this case the internet speed will be up to 350 Kbps. And if the internet is used after seven GB, the charge will be 15 paisa for each additional megabyte. Customers can avail the new service on a 36-month contract. And the package has a discount of 1000 rupees for the customers in the first three months.
Firoz Ahmed, Chief Sales Officer of QB, said, We are continuously bringing new packages of products and services to the market for customers. And the reason for this is that people from all walks of life are our customers. We hope to be able to meet the needs of current and future customers.
Restarting the computer in different ways
We usually restart the computer with the mouse. But the computer can be restarted by some other rules. Click on Start, Turn off, Restart through the mouse. Shut down from Start again. The computer can also be restarted by clicking Restart. Press the Windows key and press U on the keyboard. Then press R (windows key +U+R), run from Start to Run, Shut down ~r ~t 2 and enter. That is, go to Run and write Shut down ~r ~t then enter with your desired time.
This year's special discussion is online censorship
Censorship on the Internet in different countries of the world has increased compared to last year. The US-based NGO Freedom House reported this information after a certain period of research on the Internet conditions of 47 countries in the world. The report also says that people in 19 countries around the world have been subjected to physical and mental abuse due to their expression on the Internet. Journalists in 5 countries have been killed for posting stories on the Internet. In Pakistan, Bahrain and Ethiopia, Internet freedom has been most severely undermined during this period. Countries lag behind in Internet freedom.
On the contrary, political changes in Tunisia, Libya and Myanmar have increased internet freedom in countries, the report said. According to the report, Estonia is the leading country in internet freedom. The United States is next. The list is based on access to the internet, amount of content and freedom of users. Estonia tops the list due to its well-developed online culture. Voting is done online in the country. Besides, the health information of every person in the country is secured online.
Download photo albums from Facebook
You may have created many photo albums one by one on Facebook. He also put several pictures in each album. But now you can't download that photo album together on the computer anymore, or you want to download the photo album from your friend's profile but you can't do it at once. If you want to take it down, you have to take it down one by one. But you can do it now if you want. For this, you need to install a program (add-ons) called Facepad of the website viewing software Firefox. Download the program from the website at htps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8442//. Once the program is installed, restart Firefox. Now enter Facebook and enter your own profile and go to the Photos tab, without opening the album you want to download, right click on the name of the album. Clicking on the option named Download album with FacePAD here will start the download.
There will be problems with ISD calls and internet till November 20
Customers may face some disruption to international telephone calls and internet for four days from Friday morning due to submarine cable repairs. However, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCL), the owner of the only submarine cable in the country, has said that they have an alternative system. As part of that, the internet services across the country have resumed after being shut down for three hours from 2 pm to 5 am on Thursday. Internet service is completely shut down to replace submarine cable repeaters. After three hours, at 5 o'clock, the internet was restored. Managing Director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) Manowar Hossain said that the work of replacing the submarine cable repeater under the sea between Thailand and Malaysia will continue. As a result, internet service has to be stopped for three hours. Manowar Hossain said that the replacement company asked to shut down the internet for three hours from 8 pm. But considering our esteemed customers, midnight has been chosen for this work, so that customers suffer less. Because at this time of midnight, customers in the country use less internet. According to Submarine Cable Company Limited sources, the repeater is being replaced twice in the last seven years. If the repeater is not working properly, the internet service is disrupted. BSCCL managing director Manowar Hossain said on Thursday night that the repair work is being done after keeping all options. However, the internet speed may be partially slow during the repair. He said that all circuits were disrupted for three hours from 2 pm to 5 am on Thursday due to power reconfiguration of the landing station. However, international connectivity through satellite and Visat was on. He also said that all circuits in the eastern end (Singapore, Malaysia) will be disrupted from 5 am on Thursday to Tuesday, November 20. However, all voice and internet circuits in the West End, Middle East, Europe and America will be operational. The interruption is for replacement of a repeater on the section between Thailand and Malaysia and BSCCL has arranged to open circuits on alternate routes and import additional internet bandwidth to fill the bandwidth gap. He hopes it will be possible to pass this emergency period.
Microsoft is selling tablets at a higher profit
According to the study of the research institute IHS, Microsoft makes the most profit from the sale of tablets. This list is followed by Apple, Google and Amazon respectively. According to IHS, the Google Nexus 7 8GB costs $159. Its market value is $199. Nexus Seven makes only 20 percent profit. The Google Nexus 7 16GB costs $167. Its market price is $249. In this case, the profit amount is 33 percent. Amazon costs $174 to make a 16GB Kindle Fire HD. Its market value is 199 dollars. Profit is 13 percent. Google is trying to increase profits by increasing the number of users of the Android operating system. On the other hand, Amazon is trying to encourage customers to buy movies, books and magazines from the store in order to reduce the profit gap. According to the firm's research, Microsoft and Apple make the most profit from selling tablets after manufacturing costs. The market price of Microsoft Surface with 32 GB memory is $499. It cost $267 to make. According to this, the profit amount of 10.6 inch screen surface is 46 percent. The third generation iPad cost approximately $333 to build. Market price is $599. 44 percent profit from selling the 32 GB model iPad. The 16 GB model of the iPad has a profit of 37 percent. It cost $316 to build. The fourth generation iPad is currently available in the market. It cost $305 to build. While the Surface is ahead of the third-generation iPad in terms of profits, the fourth-generation iPad is ahead of the Surface in terms of profitability. In the case of iPad fourth generation, the profit is 49 percent. The 16GB iPad Fourth Generation costs $295 to build. Its market price is 499 dollars. It took Apple $198 to make the 16GB iPad mini. Its market price is 329 dollars. Apple's profit on iPad mini sales is 40 percent.
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