Pakistan reaches $2bn in mobile imports in 11 months

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan imported a whopping $1.946 billion worth of mobile phones during the July-May period of 2021-22. Compared to the figure of $1.860 billion over the…

Adobe to make Photoshop free for all on the web

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The photo-editing powerhouse might just be on its way to becoming fully accessible for everyone. Adobe has reportedly started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop…

FrieslandCampina, HBL & SEDF partner for subsidized financing to empower dairy farmers

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 3 min read

FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited (FCEPL), HBL and Sindh Enterprise Development Fund (SEDF) have collaborated to provide easily accessible, subsidized financing to dairy farmers in Pakistan…

OneLoad Partners With Kuunda Pakistan to Provide Tailored Liquidity Solutions for Pakistani Retailers

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 3 min read

E-Processing Systems’ flagship fintech platform Oneload has joined hands with Kuunda Pakistan. With the aim to solve the liquidity challenges faced by informal micro retailers…

VEON Ventures reignites Pakistan’s startup economy by investing US$ 15 million in Dastgyr

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 3 min read

VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global digital operator that provides mobile connectivity and services, announces today that the Group’s VEON Ventures division…

Internet Explorer will officially ‘retire’ tomorrow after 27 years

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

After years of being the butt of jokes and taking a backseat to other browsers, the Internet Explorer is bidding the world adieu. Microsoft announced…

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NUST researchers successfully test Pakistan’s first indigenously-designed microprocessor

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 3 min read

In a laudable development, researchers at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) have successfully completed full functional testing “NTiny-E”, the country’s first truly…

Spotify forms special council to tackle harmful content

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Spotify on Monday announced it has formed a Safety Advisory Council to provide third-party input on issues such as hate speech, disinformation, extremism and online…

+92Disrupt all set to kick off in Lahore this month

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Bringing together some of the most well-known change-makers and experts from Pakistan’s flourishing start-up scene, +92Disrupt – a national tech and innovation conference organized by…

Huawei is set to make an important contribution to quantum computing

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Huawei and quantum computing? While that might cause even the most loyal of Huawei consumers to do a double-take, the Chinese tech giant has declared…

South Korea increases employment quota for Pakistani workers: envoy

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Mr Suh Sangpyo, Ambassador of Korea to Pakistan, on Sunday disclosed that Korea has decided to increase the employment quota for Pakistani workers from 1000…

This Japanese company is betting on a giant turbine to provide “limitless clean energy”

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

While the world at large is facing an energy crisis, a Japanese company has been quietly tinkering away at a piece of technology that could,…

realme Pakistan Embarks on a Strategic Partnership with Advance Telecom

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 3 min read

realme is always on the lookout for avenues to increase product availability in the market. To this end, realme has recently joined forces with Advance…

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