November 2015
04 Nov Pinterest launches a shopping section
International News | Admin Pinterest started testing out a buy button back in June, and today buyable pins are becoming even better for shopping. Buyable pins are rolling out to Android and so are available on both of Pinterest’s mobile apps. In addition to that, Pinterest is creating...
04 Nov Bollywood and Anime on Netflix soon
International News | Admin Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, thinks there is not enough good television despite the 400 scripted TV series set for 2016. Hastings said that his company is constantly thinking about how to produce more unique TV not being served by traditional production companies. And to judge...
03 Nov Get your match tickets online
International News, Local News | Admin Hereafter, all online purchases of tickets for international cricket matches hosted in Sri Lanka will be available on www.wow.lk/srilankacricket and www.srilankacricket.lk. This follows an agreement entered between wOw.lk, Sri Lanka’s premier e-commerce site and Sri Lanka Cricket. wOw.lk is owned and operated by Digital Commerce Lanka...
03 Nov Travel in Uber style. Or not
International News, Local News, Random Stuff | Jeremy De Zilwa Taxi services are becoming quite competitive in Colombo now. Not only is it drastically changing the way we travel, it is also giving us options. The introduction of metered taxis was a huge relief that put an end to unwanted haggling and ugly haranguing...
03 Nov JETRO concludes successful seminar
International News, Local News | Admin The Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka and Japan successfully concluded the Sri Lanka Business Seminar organised by JETRO early last month and the business match-making for the IT industry initiated by JETRO in 2014 through the joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between Japan and Sri Lanka....
03 Nov Amazon to open its first physical bookstore
International News | Admin Amazon has always been an online bookseller, putting brick and mortar bookstores out of business. But 20 years later, it has decided to open its first physical bookstore in Seattle called Amazon Books. It’s not just Amazon’s first actual bookstore but also one of its...
03 Nov APICTA to be Held During ICT Week in Colombo
International News, Local News | Admin The Asia Pacific ICT (APICTA) 2015 will be held from the 18th to the 21st November at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo and is organised by the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) and BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT Sri Lanka. The National Chamber...
03 Nov Facebook Makes Search Universal
International News, Local News, Random Stuff | Andre Howson About a year ago, Facebook changed its search bar from a tool you use to find other Facebook users to a tool where you can also find what users are saying. The company indexed posts so you can find out what people are posting about...