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Take a Break With the Inter-school eSports Championship 2018

September 18, 2018

“Video games are bad and a waste of time”. This is probably a sentence that you have heard parents in Sri Lanka tell their children. You yourself might have had this said to you. But what if you were told that you can make a career out of playing video games? Well, that’s where the […]

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ISM APAC Colombo Net Meetup 2018

Connecting the dots at the ISM APAC .NET Meetup

September 14, 2018

The .NET framework is a classic piece of technology developed in Microsoft that’s being used heavily even today. You might not have seen it, but you’ve likely used it with some of your daily applications. That’s because .NET is used by developers to build those applications. Recently we saw ISM APAC, share their experiences in […]

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The iPhone XS, iOS 12, & everything else Apple is giving us in 2018

September 13, 2018

Many of the rumors proved to be true. The new iPhone does have Dual-SIM support. The watch has FDA approval and can monitor your heartbeat. The speaker got a few updates too but they’re inconsequential. Here’s everything Apple announced at its annual September unveiling in 2018. The Apple Watch Series 4 with an ECG monitor […]

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Design Symposium

The learning experience we found at a Design Symposium

September 11, 2018

Stuart Brown once said, “The best designs are timeless.” Good design is an integral silent component of modern society. But how does one create well-designed experiences and facilitate their creation? That’s what we went to learn at the Design Symposium organized by George Bernard Consulting that was held inside Colombo Cooperative. Creating a design economy […]

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Improving Software Quality With Pearson Quality Quest 2018

September 7, 2018

For those of you who don’t know, the Pearson Quality Quest is an event organized by Pearson Lanka. We saw one such event back in 2014. The main purpose of the event is to share expertise on improving software quality through Dev-Ops. Once again, the event returns in the form of Pearson Quality Quest 2018. The […]

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Gamers get ready to battle it out at the IeSF Sri Lanka Qualifier

August 24, 2018

eSports in Sri Lanka is growing at a slow but steady pace. From the number of tournaments held yearly, to the sheer number of up and coming gamers in Sri Lanka, it’s just about time for Sri Lanka to make its presence known in the international stadiums as well. If you recall, a team of […]

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Startups, Discussions & Innovation: Disrupt Asia 2018

August 20, 2018

“We weren’t planning on having Disrupt Asia this year. There were challenges. We thought of having it at a hotel with a higher ticket price. But then Randhula challenged us by saying, “Before you talk about disrupting Asia, first disrupt yourselves!” said Sachindra Samararatne. To many of us who’ve been regulars since the first Disrupt […]

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The LankaPay Technnovation Awards is back!

August 20, 2018

“One person pays and the others immediately Venmo the cash,” explains Frank Cutitta. In the US, this is how technology is changing the way a bill at dinner is split amongst a group. Apps like Venmo bring convenience to fingertips. And despite positive efforts like NTB releasing an API, Sri Lanka is far from such […]

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Carrying On The Lessons Learned From the ImagineIF Bootcamp

August 6, 2018

If you recall, we attended a workshop by ICTA called ImagineIF. This is a series of entrepreneurship boot camps aimed at undergraduate students of universities across Sri Lanka. On Saturday the 4th of August, we found ourselves once again at one of these sessions aiming to answer the question of “Imagine IF?”. Constant Validation was […]

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Fostering creativity: Inside the IgniterSpace Young Innovators Exhibition

August 3, 2018

Pure unadulterated chaos. We thought we’d get used to it after the first time. But as we tried to avoid kids running around carrying gadgets, we realized that hadn’t. Yet amidst this chaos we found ourselves surrounded some impressive if not ambitious ideas. Here’s some of them we found inside the latest edition of the […]

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Mastercard wants to Simplify e-commerce……literally

July 31, 2018

E-commerce in Sri Lanka is infamous for being complicated and cumbersome. Why? Because one way or the other you’ve always had to deal with banks and their aging technology. Yet, in recent months there’s been progress with the revival of PayHere and Nations Trust Bank introducing an API. And now Mastercard has announced the launch […]

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[Updated] The Sri Lankan Railway Strike: Now at Trace Expert City

July 30, 2018

You probably would have seen the news by now. But in case you haven’t, the Railway Department has gone haywire over a land dispute with Trace Expert City. It got so serious that the railway workers launched a 2-hour strike forcing commuters to quite literally walk home. So what exactly is the issue that’s threatening […]

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ImagineIF You Were An Entrepreneur. What would you do?

July 18, 2018

There is no real age at which you can start becoming an entrepreneur. In fact, the earlier you start, the more experience you can gain. But Imagine If you’re a university student trying to be an entrepreneur as well? Well, that’s where the ImagineIF boot camp comes into play. Organized by the ICTA, ImagineIF is […]

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Disrupt Asia 2018 is here

Disrupt Asia is back for 2018. Here’s what you can expect this year

July 17, 2018

The first time we attended this event, we wrote three articles about it. The second time we attended it, we ended up writing six. Welcome to Disrupt Asia. The event which is organized by the ICTA and is known as, “Sri Lanka’s Premier Startup Conference and Innovation Festival.” And on the 11th of August 2018, […]

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SLT Zero One Awards

Return of the SLT Zero One Awards. Applications are open!

July 12, 2018

09 categories for 09 industries and 57 winners. This is the SLT Zero One Awards. In case you’re lost, the Zero One Awards is an initiative that was launched by SLT in 2016. The aims of this initiative are to recognize excellence amongst the everything digital in Sri Lanka. And this year it will return […]

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ISM APAC: Re-engineering eCommerce from ground up

July 5, 2018

Formed in 2014, ISM APAC is a company of e-commerce specialists. Its roots are based in Europe with its parent company, the ISM e-Group having been in the e-commerce industry for 25 years. They build e-commerce solutions and help maintain them for their clients. It primarily focuses on the B2B market. However, that doesn’t mean […]

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A global opportunity for Fintech startups in Sri Lanka

June 12, 2018

Financial Technology aka Fintech, is an area that Sri Lanka is woefully lagging behind. While there are positive signs like Nations Trust Bank releasing an open API, we still aren’t where we should be compared to the rest of the world. Yet, that hasn’t stopped startups from trying to accelerate this change despite wrangling with […]

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Learning about the Supply Chain with GT Nexus

May 16, 2018

The tech talks organized by SLASSCOM (Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies) revolve around a number of trending topics. These topics range from IoT to big data, to e-commerce and even AI and machine learning. The Supply Chain is SLASSCOM’s next topic of interest. What is the Supply chain? In case you didn’t know, […]

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Pulling an all nighter at Google IO Extended Sri Lanka 2018 by Dialog

May 11, 2018

It was around 6.45 PM and the sun was setting. Yet, SLECC was packed with a massive flock of people. All of them dressed in black T-shirts with a vibrant Peacock in a traditional form and futuristic form. Welcome to Google IO Extended Sri Lanka 2018 by Dialog and GDG Sri Lanka. Once the chaos […]

What to expect at Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2018 by Mobitel

May 5, 2018

For many tech enthusiasts across the planet, one of the biggest events on their calendars is Google I/O. The annual conference where Google makes its biggest announcements. Of course, not everyone can make it to the actual conference in the US. That’s why we have not one but two Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka events […]

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