Beware! Popular VPN plugin Hola is a botnet in disguise

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A popular Google Chrome extension Hola, which was used to access blocked content and overseas TV shows has been found to turn their own customers…

20 jargon words a startup must know to raise money

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Raising finances for startups may seem an uphill task, also pitching an idea requires using language that your potential investors understand. It would be a…

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Kaymu and Plan9 are partnering to stimulate entrepreneurship in Pakistan

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Plan9 and Kaymu have partnered together to initiate mentoring of upcoming aspiring startups along with promoting entrepreneurship in Pakistan. Plan9’s mission statement is to instill…

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Anonymity enables individuals to exercise their rights says UN report

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The United Nations outed a report Thursday which puts forth the argument that strong online encryption is critical to exercising basic human rights. “Encryption and…

Pakistani Hacker Hacks Popular Indian Music Streaming Service

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Gaana.com  which hosts 7.5 million users monthly was defaced and hacked yesterday by a Pakistani hacker MakMan. The hacker who apparently resides in Lahore posted…

USAID funds MITEFP’s business acceleration program 2015

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The USAID – US Agency for International Development has funded MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan (MITEFP) Business Acceleration Program 2015 under its Training For Pakistan…

Back to the basics: Net Neutrality 101

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

What is Net Neutrality? Net Neutrality means that all organizations and individuals can access all internet content equally and free. In simple words, all websites…

HEC ranks top 5 business, engineering & technology universities

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced its much after sought rankings for universities in Pakistan for the year 2013/2014 yesterday. Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) of Islamabad…

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Pakistani Startup Interacta raises $220k investment in seed funding.

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Interacta, a Pakistani startup focusing on revolutionizing traditional television broadcasting has successfully raised US $ 220,000 in seed funding. This latest round of funding was…

Android Keeps Private Information Even After Factory Reset

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The factory reset option on Android has been found to be inadequate in removing user data. A research paper entitled “Security Analysis of Android Factory…

5 business accounting and financial tools for Startups

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Emerging Startups have plenty of ideas at hand, but innovation remains the key to success. After receiving the initial round of investment from Venture Capitalists,…

Cyber Child Protection: Dangers and Guidelines of using Internet

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Dangers In this era of the internet; it is important that we protect our children online in the same manner as we do in the…

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Utility to check if ISP is secretly throttling your internet speeds

By Mohammad Farooq ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ISP’s in Pakistan, promote their services as the fastest in their own respective manner. PTCL which controls 65% share of the broadband market in Pakistan,…

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