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Careem secures the first close of US$500 million in Series F investment round

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Careem, the leading ride-hailing app for the Middle East, has secured the first close of the Series F round of investment. Worth $200 million, the…

Shell Tameer to fuel 5 energy and clean water innovations

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Shell Tameer, a social investment program by Royal Dutch Shell executed Tameer Dice Shark, a business plan competition at NED University, Karachi. In collaboration with…

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The Ministry of IT is given 4 months to bring PayPal in Pakistan

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

The Ministry of IT & Telecom (MoITT) is being given four months to bring PayPal into Pakistan, said Finance Minister Asad Umar. A US-based financial…

What to expect from Huawei Mate 20 launch?

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

After appearing in a series of leaks, Huawei Mate 20 devices are about to be unveiled. What is being termed as Huawei’s take on Samsung…

Pakistan bags a gold and six merit awards at 18th APICTA Awards

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Pakistani technology companies and startups have once again proven their potential at the 18th Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards that took place in Guangzhou,…

Meet the 7th cohort of i2i Accelerator

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Invest2Innovate (i2i) Accelerator, the coveted and highly selective startup acceleration program in Pakistan has announced its seventh cohort of accelerated startups. i2i Accelerator provides business…

Meet Moqaam, the new entrant in Pakistan’s online recruitment space

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

In the past decade, online job portals have revolutionized the recruitment industry in Pakistan. These portals encompass various features to facilitate the posting and search…

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Shop Heroes turns 3 with millions of players, crossing PKR 1.5 Billion in revenue

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Shop Heroes, the critically acclaimed game from Cloudcade, is celebrating its three year anniversary. Since its inception in 2015, the game has reached over five…

Mountain Dew launches Pakistan’s biggest gaming championship, Dew Gamers Arena

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan’s gaming community has been thriving over the past few years, yet there are limited avenues for Pakistani gamers to showcase their mettle. Gaming in…

Facebook admits using your two-factor-authentication phone number for ad targeting

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has admitted using the phone number provided by the user (for two-factor-authentication) to target them with ads. The original purpose of the two-factor-authentication (2FA)…

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Facebook has started to roll out the new UI for Messenger

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook, earlier in May announced a redesign of their uber-popular messenger app. For those who use the Facebook messenger application, it is no secret that…

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iPhone XS and XS Max devices are experiencing charging troubles

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Ever since the release of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, Apple has been in the news for the right and wrong reasons. While…

Information Ministry’s fake news buster Twitter account gets fabricated in a day

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Ministry of Information and Broadcast launched yesterday, a Twitter account FakeNewsBusterMoIB to curb the spread of misinformation and fake news through social media. Pakistan…

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