Sri Lanka U19 beats West Indies in tight contest
Sri Lanka’s Under 19 Cricket Team this week beat the West Indies by two wickets in a tight contest at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in the opening game of the under-19 Quadrangular series.
DSI recognises effort of the dealers
One hundred top dealers of DSI, the premier footwear brand in Sri Lanka, gained recognition when they were rewarded with a company sponsored trip to Bangkok and Pataya recently. They were the best dealers in terms of school shoe sales for the year 2010/11.
While the next 75 dealers were given refrigerators another 100 dealers got mountain bikes.
eMarketingEye to host online marketing conference in Nov.
eMarketingEye (www.emarketingeye.com) is to host ‘Optimizing the Future 2011’ with speakers from Google, ComScore and the Preferred Hotel Group on 1 November 2011 at Cinnamon Grand Colombo.
With the interest in Sri Lanka as a tourist destination and investment hub on the increase, Sri Lankan companies are presented with the unique challenge of effectively leveraging the internet to advertise, engage and increase consumption of business services.
National Chamber seminar on “Bilateral Trade with Australia”
Continuing the monthly programme conducted by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka on bilateral trade with other countries, the chamber will hold another seminar in this series on “Bilateral Trade with Australia” on Thursday 6 October 2011 from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the Chamber Auditorium, No. 450, D.R. Wijewardene Mw, Colombo 10.
IPTV now serves over 50 m customers globally
The Broadband and IPTV Growth Report presented at the Broadband World Forum in Paris this week, shows that broadband continued to show healthy growth in the first half of 2011.
Prepared for the Broadband Forum by industry analysts Point Topic, the figures reveal the broadband subscriber total at the end of June 2011 is now standing at 557.8 million subscriber lines, up by over 29 m lines since the start of this year.
Apple expected to unveil new iPhone next week
Reuters: Apple Inc looks set next week to unveil its much-awaited new iPhone, which analysts say will have a bigger screen and work better with remote computing services.
Apple on Tuesday invited media to a “special event” called “Let’s talk iPhone” on Oct. 4 at its Cupertino, California headquarters, an unusual location for a company that typically introduces major products at larger venues in San Francisco.
Intel, Samsung to lead new Linux platform
REUTERS: Two Linux groups said on Wednesday they would combine their technologies to create a new operating software platform for a range of mobile devices led by Intel and Samsung Electronics.
National workshop on UN e-Government Survey and FOSS4Gov
A national workshop on UN e-Government Survey and FOSS4Gov-Sri Lanka will be held at Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo from 29 September to 1 October.
Organised by ICTA with the strategic partnership of the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), the workshop will focus attention on three inter-related subjects on the three days, ICTA sources said.
Elephant House wins NCE Gold Award
Esteemed iconic local manufacturer, Elephant House received the gold award at the coveted National Chamber of Exports (NCE) Awards 2011 for doing outstandingly well in the Medium Size Industry Sector category. This award recognises the company’s continuous commitment to develop the local exports industry.
Hayleys Consumer’s ‘Light-Styles’ glow at architectural lighting showroom
Proper illumination using architectural lighting can transform workplaces, retail setting or even home environments into exciting and inspirational environments. The light-style store, ‘Hayleys Light Craft’ offers a wide spectrum of lights and light fixtures to light up your life with style, be it for indoors, garden, functional or energy saving. The lighting industry is radically changing and continues to transform how and where artificial light is used to improve and enhance people’s lives. Good lighting does not necessarily need to be costly. With a little ingenuity and help from experts, any living space could be changed with a lighting solution that is efficient in power saving and beautiful to live in.
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