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Games Sri Lankans Grew Up Playing

You may play your PS4s, XBones and Switches these days, but do you remember how fun these were not so long ago?

WEBXPAY: The Fintech Startup That Is Paving The Way For Sri Lanka Businesses To Make The Crucial Leap To Life-Online

Imagine launching your first business and having to wait three weeks for your first customer.

It must have been tense, right?

“Right”, confirms Omar Sahib, Founder and CEO of WEBXPAY in an interview with Roar Tech. “But we had identified a huge gap in the market, and we knew with our finance backgrounds, we had to be on to something…”

Dialog Prashansa – Mobile Connectivity For Senior Citizens

Dialog Prashansa brings mobile connectivity to senior citizens who used to work in the government sector

Dialog Genie – Bringing Mobile Payments To Merchants

Convenience is now at the top of everyone’s list, because of their busy lifestyles. From banking to travelling to shopping, convenience is what is most sought after; which is precisely what Sri Lanka’s first mobile payment app, Genie powered by Dialog, now offers businesses, providing the opportunity to create convenience with minimum effort. Running a business successfully is not always about meeting targets and making the best of profits; it is also about making sure that customers have a comfortable and pleasant experience.

From Zero To A Thousand: How Jaffna Is Conquering The Digital Divide

Jaffna — The Yarl IT Hub was established in the northern peninsula eight years ago, an year after the end of the civil war. It started off as a non-profit social enterprise, with the aim to make Jaffna ‘the next Silicon Valley.’

#ngage 12.0: Making Great Digital Content In Sri Lanka

The 12th edition of Dialog’s tech and social media meetup, #ngage, happened on Wednesday the 27th and featured an exciting panel of speakers and a packed auditorium full of content creators, techies, and industry enthusiasts.

#ngage 11.0

Did you miss out on Ngage last month? Here’s what happened at the much sought after tech meet up.

What You Need To Know Before Investing In Cryptocurrencies In Sri Lanka

Cryptocurrencies are all the rage these days. Even if you aren’t tech savvy, you probably would have heard some keywords like Bitcoin and blockchain floating around the zeitgeist. If you’ve been meditating at a cave retreat or something all this time and you’ve missed all the action, here’s a short and mostly adequate explanation.

Want More Control? The MyDialog App Can Help

We’ve all experienced the frustration of running out of data at a crucial moment, or wishing we hadn’t waited this long to get that reload, because it goes without saying that late night emergency tuk rides to pick up credit are extremely inconvenient, not to mention stressful.

Connect With Start-Up Investors To Accelerate Your Fintech Ideas

The hottest buzzword in the startup industry lately has been FinTech. The marriage of Finance and Technology isn’t new. We’ve all used credit cards, e-banking and other similar technologies. But this new age of connectivity and mobile computing are opening up new opportunities for smart and savvy tech entrepreneurs to make their mark on the world.

How Orion City Is Eliminating The Accommodation Problem For Startups To Innovate And Collaborate

A co-working space or a nest space is quite a new concept to the Sri Lankan community. However, it is the kind of working space that is now sought by many. With the vision, ‘nurturing celestial possibilities’ Orion Tower is Orion City’s latest venture towards building a co-working environment in Sri Lanka. Before embracing this contemporary working culture, it is important to understand what a co-working space is.

How To Sell A Bus On Facebook And Other Stories

What does a Toyota Coaster bus, a rabana and Facebook have in common? Nothing at all, you might say, but this group of talented go-getters managed to take elements out of all these three (rather incongruous) factors to create some pretty out-of-the-box digital content.

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