President Alvi invites opposition for electric voting demonstration to assure that rigging is not possible

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a private news channel interview, President Alvi offered the opposition parties to develop a consensus over the introduction of Electronic voting machines (EVMs) after…

Amazon’s Pakistani employees convinced the retail giant to allow Pakistani sellers, Badar Khushnood

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

“Overseas Pakistanis working at Amazon helped build the case within Amazon to allow Pakistani sellers to register on the platform. There is also a need…

Guess which country blocked YouTube globally? Hint: Its name starts with a “P”

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

So, you guessed it right. It’s good old Pakistan. Here’s what happened and how it went down. In 2008, the Pakistani government responded to a…

P@SHA thanks NCOC for Declaring Call Centers as Essential Services

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA), in a Press release, extended its sincere gratitude to Mr. Asad Umar – Chief of National…

Google’s ‘Head of Global Resilience’ shares the secret to avoiding burnout: TEA

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Did you think it’s the kind of TEA you usually drink? While you might be tempted to boil a fresh cuppa to overcome stress, under…

Australian military says no to Israeli technology

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Australian Defense Forces will not be using Israeli defense company Elbit’s Battle Management System (BMS) from mid-June, the Australian Defense Magazine reported last week. According…

Balochistan to get its first major Freelancing Training program with PITB’s collaboration

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a ceremony held at Arfa Software Technology Park on 5th May 2021, an agreement was signed between the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and…

Living on the Edge Season 12: Waqar Zaka dares to pay off Pakistan’s debt & take PM Imran’s place

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Undoubtedly, Waqar Zaka has come quite far from his days as a musician turned VJ turned cringe-worthy dare show host turned Ramzan show host turned…

President Alvi stresses deploying Artificial Intelligence to predict COVID-19 like epidemics

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

On Monday, President Dr. Arif Alvi underscored the need for acquiring the help of medical professionals in the fields of public health and artificial intelligence…

Karachi-based digital bookkeeping startup, CreditBook raises $1.5 million in seed funding

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Karachi-based digital bookkeeping startup CreditBook, which is trying to ensure that tracking of transactions goes digital, has announced that it has raised US$1.5 million…

Huawei Pakistan created 10,000 jobs & paid $120 million in tax revenue from 2018 to 2020, VP says

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Vice President of Huawei Middle East Region Li Xiangyu has revealed that Huawei has played a crucial role in uplifting Pakistan’s economy by creating…

Facebook subtly threatens to charge iOS users unless they share data after Apple’s privacy policy

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Apple has updated its privacy policy for iOS 14, which mandates app developers too. The social media giant Facebook had long been campaigning against this update.…

Pakistani freelancers receive more than 4 billion through Payoneer & Jazzcash

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistani freelancers received more than Rs. 4 billion since January 2020 utilizing a tech-based solution in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Ghazanfar Azzam,…

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