During the last 5 years we have seen in the boom of IT related talks and meetups in Sri Lanka. These have been in the forefront of providing a platform for knowledge sharing and networking.
Its with these same goals that VICTA (Vavuniya Information & Communication Technology Association) has organized the first ever Tech Talk in Vavuniya. The Tech Talk which is organized by local tech enthusiasts will discuss multiple fields including Technology, Innovation, Education as well as the creativity and leadership behind each specific topic.
The event is to be held on Saturday 17th Feb from 4:00PM- 5:30PM at the Oviya Hotel Vavuniya. If you are a Tech enthusiast in Vavuniya, this event is a must attend. For more information about the event and VICTA visit here.
Yes, it’s that time of the year. It’s the time that everyone has been waiting for. Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2017 is just around the corner, and the registrations will start soon. This is about what Google I/O Extended is and why you should not miss it.
Google I/O is the annual conference of Google where they announce their upcoming technologies and products in both software and hardware departments. The conference is held for two days in San Francisco, California, USA and this time it’s on May 17th and 18th. Google invite people all around the world to watch their live stream and to host extended events parallel to theirs. Google Developer Group (GDG) chapters will be the ones who take the lead in organizing and hosting the official extended events for their country or region.
The Sri Lankan version of the ‘Be Like Bill’ meme ‘Be Like Siripala’ is doing the rounds in social media and sprung into popularity. Its good to see that it is not direct translation of the English version, rather applying the concept in Sri Lankan context. It hits at popular Sri Lankan keyboard heroes such as political ranters.
A load of these memes are available in the ‘Be Like Siripala’ facebook page which has garnered over 20.000 likes in less than 24 hours. Few of our favourites are listed below. Do visit the facebook page to have a look, and most importantly: Be Like Siripala!
November 12, 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka — Emojot Inc. is teaming up with Sri Lankan online platform #HAPPYSRILANKANSto explore methods to increase ‘happiness’ by raising emotional awareness with the use of Emotion Sensors.
‘As a digital community brand, #HAPPYSRILANKANS promotes happy and positive aspects and news from the Sri Lankan community worldwide via social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+,’ said #HAPPYSRILANKANS Founder and CEO, Manoj Alwis. ‘I’m very excited and ‘happy’ to partner with Emojot to drive this first Sri Lankan online platform.’
#HAPPYSRILANKANS will be leveraging Emojot’s Emotion Sensors across their branded sites #HappyPlaces, #HappyPeople, #HappyBusiness, #HappyTech, #HappyFoods and so on, while providing social media marketing for travel and other businesses through the #HAPPYSRILANKANS platform.
According to Emojot Founder and CEO Shahani Markus, ‘This is a perfectly aligned partnership because happiness is one of the most fundamental and highly cherished human emotions. Emojot sees amazing synergies between what #HAPPYSRILANKANS is trying to propagate and achieve and what we are doing in terms of raising emotional awareness with our Emotion Sensors – seamlessly capturing, visualizing and analyzing emotions. With the capability that our Emotion Sensors offer in enabling prompt responses back to the emoters based on emotion data, we are a perfect platform for #HAPPYSRILANKANS to leverage in their mission to propagate and market happiness.’
About #HAPPYSRILANKANS Inc
#HAPPYSRILANKANS is a digital community collaborative platform to connect and collaborate with Sri Lankans and Sri Lanka from across the world! Visit #HAPPYSRILANKANS, Facebook , Twitter ,Instagram , Google+
About Emojot Inc
Emojot solves the unmet need for a platform that shows the sentiments of an audience in real time, with the ability to use that sentiment data for prompt responses and decision-making. Emojot’s emotion sensors revolutionize client engagement possibilities across a wide spectrum of industries and scenarios. Emojot’s interactive emotion sensors can harness streaming emotions during live TV shows, conferences, and sporting events. Kiosk-mode emotion sensors are ideal in restaurants, retail stores, points-of-service, and places-of-interest. Emojot’s passive sensors can capture viewer actions when watching YouTube videos. Visit www.emojot.com
