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Govt to establish science & technology institutes across Pakistan

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

The government is planning to establish science and technology institutes in different disciplines for rapid socio-economic development of the country. For this purpose, Ministry of…

Govt to auction last 4G spectrum for around $300 million

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

The Advisory Committee for the Auction of unsold Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) spectrum has geared up for the auction of the last spectrum of…

Qualcomm’s new Mobile Platform brings 4G connectivity to low-end feature phones

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

Qualcomm Technologies has introduced Qualcomm 205 Mobile Platform to enable 4G LTE for feature phones. ‘Snapdragon’ rebranded to ‘Platform’ for lower-end devices Last week, Qualcomm…

10 startups selected in Prosperity Cup for Gilgit-Baltistan & Chitra

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

Prosperity Cup, a mentoring & coaching program customized to the needs of budding entrepreneurs from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral regions, has finally reached its conclusion after…

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NSPIRE announces Pakistan’s biggest Startup Cricket tournament

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

NSPIRE – business incubator of Pakistan’s leading IT company, NETSOL Technologies – is launching Pakistan’s first-ever Startup cricket carnival, The Startup Champions League. The Startup…

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Wi-tribe installs first ever 4.5G LTE network in Pakistan

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

Wi-Tribe has installed first ever 4.5G supported equipment in the Head Office in F-8 Islamabad. In February 2017, wi-tribe announced a $15 million contract and…

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Cellular services to remain partially suspended this week

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

The cellular phone services will remain partially suspended this week in the twin cities, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, on account of the Pakistan Day, 23rd March.…

Google’s new encoder reduces JPEG file size by 35 percent

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

Google has developed and open-sourced a new JPEG algorithm that reduces file size by about 35 percent — which means faster web page loading and…

7 Pakistani heroes you should definitely know about

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Sparkistan is an initiative taken by Atlas Battery to show the immense talents of the unsung heroes of Pakistan. While our country has the highest…

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Microsoft’s new Bug Bounty Program will pay up to $15,000 for finding security flaws

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

Microsoft has announced a new Bug Bounty Program for Office Insider Builds on Windows with a payout range of USD $6,000 to $15,000. The bug…

Yet another iPhone exploded, this time in owner’s hands

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

An exploding iPhone 6 Plus was caught on the camera of a mobile repairer’s shop. Australian Simon Owen shared a closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage on…

Google introduces Family Link, a parental control app

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

Google has launched “Family Link”, an application for parents that let them control the mobile devices of their children. Family Link lets you create a…

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Pakistan seeks help of Interpol & Facebook to curb blasphemy online

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

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has contacted Interpol and Facebook to identify the social media pages and accounts containing blasphemous contents that violate international laws. Pakistan…

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