NUST’s N-ovative Health Technologies Pvt Ltd receives praise from National Assembly Standing Committee

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National University of Sciences and Technology’s very own N-ovative Health Technologies Pvt Ltd. (NHTPL) recently welcomed a 17-member delegation of the National Assembly Standing…

IT Ministry starts working on additional spectrum auction

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Upon the directives of Federal Minister of IT and Telecom Syed Amin-ul-Haque, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications has started working on the launch…

Pakistani baby products startup Baby Planet raises $250k in latest seed round

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Baby Planet, a Lahore-based ecommerce platform for baby products, has raised $250,000 in a seed round led by Singapore-based High Output Ventures. VC Karavan, a…

Pakistani startup GrocerApp secures $1 million seed investment round

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A Pakistani grocery delivery startup has raised $1 million in a seed round led by Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group. Based in Lahore, GrocerApp also happens…

Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API now offers Custom Voices

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a blog post published on the 1st of September, Google Cloud has released a number of fresh updates for its Contact Center AI product.…

Nvidia announces new RTX 3080 GPU with a price tag of $699

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Having teased its new series of graphics cards for weeks on end, Nvidia has finally revealed its GeForce RTX 3080 today. In fact, there have…

Uber will now require some riders to take mask selfies

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Yes, you got that right: Uber is dead serious about following SOPs during these difficult times. With its ride-sharing business floundering as a result of…

Realme celebrates 45 million users worldwide

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Less than a year after it was ranked the fastest growing smartphone brand, Realme announces that the company has gained over 45 million customers worldwide.…

Telenor Microfinance Bank receives US$45 million Equity Injection to continue its Growth on Digital Strategy

By Press Release ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Telenor Microfinance Bank, the first scheduled microfinance bank of Pakistan and the operator of the country’s leading digital payments platform Easypaisa, has received an investment…

Facebook has removed more than 450 fake accounts in Pakistan

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook removed fake accounts last month in Pakistan as it seeks to combat ‘influence operations’ on its platform. In a blog post, the internet giant…

A Chinese manufacturer will invest $50 million to launch electric buses in Pakistan

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry announced that Skywell, a Chinese automaker, will invest $50 million in Pakistan for the launch…

Samsung heir found guilty of “unfair transactions”, charged with fraud

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a dramatic development for Samsung, South Korean prosecutors indicted the company’s vice-chairman, and the person expected to lead the company in the future, over…

Punjab Qeemat app has hit 700K downloads

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A popular app by the Punjab government intended to fight against the price hike and profiteering on utility items known as Qeemat Punjab has crossed…

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