China to give $2 billion loan to Pakistan

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

China has agreed to give $2 billion loan to Pakistan that will be categorized as an “official bilateral inflow” to ease pressure on the next…

Mobile users

Postpaid users are still paying tax on mobile cards

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Cellular companies are still charging taxes to their postpaid customers even after the Supreme court announced the suspension of taxes on mobile cards. The suspension…

This Pakistani artist worked on the new ‘Mission: Impossible’

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan’s first and youngest female Visual Effect (VFX) artist, Laraib Atta has worked on the new Mission: Impossible film — Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Laraib,…

A Canadian startup comprising of Pakistani team members has won the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2018

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A Canadian startup SmartArm featuring Pakistani and Bangladeshi members have won the final of Microsoft Imagine Cup contest 2018. Organized by Microsoft, contestants from all…

Google Docs gets AI-powered grammar checker

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google has announced an AI-powered grammar checker for its Google Docs. The new grammar suggestions in Docs are powered by a machine translation algorithm and…

Samsung claims it has made an ‘unbreakable’ display for future smartphones

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Samsung claimed that it has developed an “unbreakable” OLED screens of smartphones made from flexible plastic rather than glass. On 26th July, Samsung announced it…

Apple sells 3.5 million smartwatches in the Q2 of 2018

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Apple has shipped 3.5 million Apple Watches globally in the latest quarter (Q2 2018) which is a 30% increase over the same period last year.…

NUST

NUST’s NEED program is helping hundreds of deserving students to ensure quality education

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

NUST Endowment for Educational Development (NEED) is an initiative to ensures quality education will be made accessible to everyone who deserves it. Launched in 2015,…

Google bans cryptocurrency mining apps on Play Store

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google has recently updated its policy and banned several apps including cryptocurrency mining apps on Google Play Store. On July 26th, Google announced in a…

Saudis one of the highest active users of Snapchat

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

According to Snapchat, in Saudi Arabia, there are around 9 million active daily users, 55% of them are women, out of Saudi Arabia’s 32 million…

Google Drive to soon achieve 1 billion users

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google Drive is going to be the eighth platform of Google to add over 1 billion users. The cloud service Drive is joining the league…

Pakistani startup Fe Amaan qualified for Microsoft Imagine Cup Semi finals

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A Pakistani startup Fe Amaan has reached the semi-finals for the Microsoft’s Imagine Cup start-up contest. The startup aims to provide a safe solution to…

A new Technology park to be developed in Faisalabad to promote high-tech industries

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A twelve-acre land has been allocated in M3 Industrial Estate in Faisalabad to develop a technology park in Faisalabad. The technology park is to be…

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