Smartphone Boom In Pakistan

Budget 2016-17 Roundup: Mobile phone sales tax increased yet again to upto Rs. 1,500

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Federal Budget for 2016-2017 period was presented yesterday, bringing about a lot of pros as well as cons for tech-users in Pakistan. However, many…

FBR put tax on Laptops and Computers

Budget 2016-17 Roundup: Government may exempt taxes for laptops imports and export of IT services and products

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Federal Budget for 2016-17 may have brought some bad news for mobile phone-enthusiasts with an increase in sales tax but it has also proposed…

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India beats US to become the second-biggest internet-using population

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

India has now become the second-biggest internet-using population around the globe after it beat out the United States this year. South Asia, and specifically India,…

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This Pakistani healthcare startup lets you book doctor appointments and get free medical advice online

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The healthcare sector of Pakistan has remained unchanged for the most part since decades. Recently though, it has been getting a lot of attention through…

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Pakistani wins Sweden’s most prestigious innovation award for a device to help the elderly

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A Sweden-based Pakistani scholar has won the country’s most prestigious invention and innovation award, the SKAPA Development Prize 2016, for inventing a device to aid…

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Facebook’s new Artificial Intelligence system scans your private messages

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook has unveiled “DeepText”, a completely Artificial Intelligence-based system that has the ability to analyze several thousand messages and posts per second across 20 languages…

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For every iPhone Apple sells, 5 Androids are sold

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Renowned Wall Street venture capitalist, Mary Meeker, has released the 2016 Internet Trends report, providing an interesting look at statistics about smartphones, the internet and…

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This online internship program from “Women Engineers Pakistan” and Ananke Magazine offers women international exposure and experience

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Ananke Magazine has partnered with Women Engineers Pakistan (WEP) to launch a one-of-its-kind internship program to economically empower women through digital media, technology and journalism.…

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One Plus 3 goes Invite-free, coming on 14th June

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The third version of the famous “flagship-killer” from OnePlus is finally coming this month and thankfully, the company is doing away with the infuriating invite-based…

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Pakistan is 6th on the list of top smartphone markets for growth by value

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Smartphones are everywhere and apps are the way forward for almost any budding online business. In Pakistan too, the smartphone boom is taking over the…

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Facebook now notifies you if a friend is writing a comment

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A new feature in Facebook’s smartphone app will now let you know if a friend is typing a comment while in the comments section. Comments…

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Pakistani real-estate portal “Zameen.com” hacked

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The web portal of Pakistani property-portal “Zameen.com” was compromised today as it went down for a short while, along with all the site’s source code…

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Only 11 percent of Pakistanis own smartphones

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A new report on smartphone ownership statistics in 40 nations around the globe has found out that only 11 percent of Pakistanis own smartphones. More…

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