NADRA, Police and Telcos data being sold publicly on Facebook

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

Sensitive information of millions of Pakistani citizens may have been compromised in what can be dubbed as the biggest data breach of Pakistan. In August…

Govt must unban Telegram, Digital Rights Foundation demands

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Last November, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) instructed PTCL to ban a popular messaging app, Telegram. Known for its encrypted messaging service, Telegram gained popularity for…

World Summit Awards calling applications of digital innovators

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The World Summit Awards (WSA) are now accepting applications of local digital innovations that are producing high impact by improving societies. Essentially, WSA is an…

Startups from 2014: What have tech founders learned whilst hustling for the past four years?

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 10 min read

From academics to professional life, it is difficult for a regular Pakistani youngster to break away from conventional careers and deal with societal and family…

This year’s #IsMay Box is delivering change with Yayvo.com

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Last year, Yayvo announced the first ever pre-Ramadan Shopping Day in the country with a mysterious #IsMay black box. The campaign sparked curiosity and made…

Will Pakistan ever witness the emergence of a tech unicorn?

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 7 min read

At the fourth edition of Digital Youth Summit, Pakistan’s premier technology conference, a billion dollar question was asked to an eminent panel, Will Pakistan ever…

ConnectHear organizes Pakistan’s first deaf-inclusive interpreted concert

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ConnectHear is a technology startup bridging the gap between the deaf and the community, through a video-based and in-person sign language interpretation system. A Nest…

Electricity Generation

Now you can monitor your electricity consumption with this new bill

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Starting this month, K-Electric has introduced a revamped version of their bill that is not only simpler but extremely user-friendly. As compared to the previous…

Pakistani high-school entrepreneurs win $11,000 at the Global Diamond Challenge Summit

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Team Aab-e-Hayaat has won the Global Diamond Challenge winning $11,000 in prize money. It is the first Pakistani team to reach the semi-finals of the…

Apply for the Zayed Sustainability Prize to win up to $600,000

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Are you building a sustainable project to help solve challenges of Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools? Then apply to Zayed Sustainability Prize…

Digital Rights Foundation raises questions on Careem’s security breach

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Careem recently revealed they suffered a massive security breach in January that compromised data of riders and captains. The ride-hailing company is now experiencing an…

National Incubation Center Karachi to begin operations next month

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Ministry of IT and Ignite’s flagship initiative National Incubation Center (NIC) will kickstart in Karachi, next month. After the establishment of NICs in Islamabad, Lahore,…

This MIT Gadget can order pizza just by hearing your thoughts

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Arnav Kapur, a graduate of MIT’s coveted Media Lab has developed an intelligent augmented (IA) project called Alter Ego, a computer system that transcribes words…

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