Govt suspends tax exemption on phones brought by international travelers

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

For quite a while, the government had made it permissible for international travelers to have one phone registered with the Device Identification Registration and Blocking…

Pakistani Internet users are the most skeptical in the world, according to study

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan might be going through a rough patch nowadays, but if there’s one thing that can be said about our nation, it’s that we have…

Trump’s anti-trust lawyers prepare to face off against tech’s “Big Four”

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Makan Delrahim (left) and Joe Simons (right) The big tech quartet of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple has been running rampant in recent years, as…

2020 iPhones might be the first to use the smallest and most efficient chip in the market

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In this age of devices that continue to get smaller, faster and more powerful, the secret weapon is the unassuming chip which packs millions of…

Citibank officially invites Pakistan to international fintech competition

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

With fintech trends like cryptocurrency and decentralized payments applications shaping the future of our economy, it is imperative that a healthy section of the entrepreneurial…

Saudi Arabia in talks with Pakistan to invest $4 billion in solar energy project

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Minister for Power and Petroleum Omar Ayub Khan has laid out a plan of economic development for Balochistan, with the view that effective utilization of…

Huawei says Facebook applications will continue to work on its devices

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Unsurprisingly, things have gone from bad to worse for Huawei as the US government continues to intensify its blacklisting of the Chinese tech giant’s devices.…

Scientists are baffled by a black hole that is way smaller than they expected

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

We are all used to the idea of a black hole that is incomprehensibly massive and inexplicably powerful, resting at the center of a galaxy…

A look at how Europe is regulating tech giants

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The inception of tech companies is important in terms of how they drive both employment and innovation, but when a company gets too big for…

Jazz is breaking new ground by providing a self-care service window on WhatsApp

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Having already itself as a premier telecommunications operator in Pakistan, Jazz has now officially become the first in the country to offer its post-paid subscribers…

Introducing the new most competitive economy in the world (no, it’s not China)

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The United States is a superpower in many aspects, especially in terms of economy, and for quite a while, it has held the title of…

Here’s what to expect from Apple’s WWDC 2019 keynote

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

As Apple’s primary annual developer’s conference, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is an event awaited with anticipation by Apple enthusiasts, consumers and aficionados all over…

Here’s how to make a daily digest list using Google Assistant

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Most of us tend to be scatter-brained nowadays simply because of the burgeoning number of commitments that we find ourselves dealing with on a daily…

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