GIK Institute to officially launch an incubation facility for startups

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI) is officially launching The Incubator, its first entrepreneurship program, on February 16, 2017. The Incubator,…

A high-tech Data Center launched to tackle money laundering in Pakistan

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A high-tech Data Center to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing has been inaugurated at Financial Monitoring Unit, Karachi. The Governor of State Bank of…

Over 12 million internet users in Pakistan use Adblock, Report

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

About 32% internet users in Pakistan are actively using adblocks. Pagefair has published “Adblock Report” recently which shows combined adblock statistics of mobile and desktop…

17 year old Pakistani becomes 3rd highest earning gamer in the world

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Sumail Hassan, a 17 year old Pakistani, has become third highest earning gamer in the world. His total earnings amounted to $2,401,560 after a recent…

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Pakistan to get first ever Urdu Domain Name dot پاکستان

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Minister of Information Technology (MoIT), Anusha Rehman has revealed that Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board has passed a resolution on Internet…

Xiaomi is finally launching in Pakistan on Feb 20

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Note: A previous version of the story had incorrect information related to CheezMall and its relation with Xiaomi Brand. The mistake is regretted and the…

These are the top 10 malware that can breach your security

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report presents research on the most commonly observed malware. Cisco is a global IT leader that provides cyber intelligence and…

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Google might remove millions of apps from Play Store soon

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Google will limit the visibility and/or remove those applications from the Google Play Store which are violating company’s User Data Policy by March 15, 2017.…

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Challenges faced by IT sector of Pakistan

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The IT sector of Pakistan currently faces many challenges and barriers like unavailability of the internet in many areas, inadequate educational capacity in IT, inadequate…

Askari Bank goes live with AutoSoft’s Islamic treasury management system

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Askari Bank has successfully incorporated AutoSoft Dynamics’ Islamic treasury management system – ADAMS Islamic and RTGS STP utility (Real-time Gross Settlement System Straight Through Processing)…

WhatsApp is finally rolling out Two-Step Verification to everyone

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

WhatsApp is finally rolling out Two-Step Verification or Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to everyone. 2FA for WhatsApp was first announced in fall 2016 for beta version.…

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You can un-send a message on Instagram, in case you didn’t know

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Users can unsend or, in other words, delete a direct message (DM) on Instagram. Instagram Direct lets users share a message, picture or video with…

The use of laptops and desktops in web browsing in Pakistan has decreased by 22%

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan is gradually on its way to becoming a digital landscape but it still has a long way to go. Hootsuite, a global social media…

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