Trump’s immigration ban: Airbnb offers free residence to the Muslim refugees

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

As the subject matter over the Trump’s Muslim immigration ban worsens, the tech giants based inside the Silicon Valley and outside it, within the US…

Punjab govt declares Careem & Uber illegal

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

Punjab Government has declared the mobile app taxi service providers including Careem, Uber, and A-One as illegal. A notice “Illegal Operations of private cars as…

Hotel forced to pay Bitcoins after hackers locked the guests out of their rooms

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A luxury hotel in Austria was forced to pay ransom money to a bunch of hackers after they locked the guests out of their rooms…

Xiaomi partners with Smartlink Technologies to officially launch in Pakistan

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

Xiaomi has partnered with Smartlink Technologies to officially launch in Pakistan. In November 2016, Xiaomi got approval from PTA and a no objection certificate (NOC)…

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Trump’s immigration ban: Google pledges its largest ever humanitarian fund to support US immigration organizations

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google has pledged a huge fund worth $4 million in support to the US immigration organization, as a response to the US President Donald Trump’s…

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Code for Pakistan hosts Open Source Day for Women in Karachi

By K Balkhi ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Code for Pakistan (CfP) hosted ‘Open Source Day for Women’ (OSDW) in Karachi in collaboration with Habib University. About 40 young women and guests participated…

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NUST campus to be setup in Sialkot: Government releases funds worth Rs 180 million

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Federal Government of Pakistan has released the essential preliminary funds to establish a dedicated campus of the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)…

Law Enforcement Agency confiscates counterfeit smartphones during a raid in Karachi

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

Law Enforcement Agency has conducted a successful raid on a mobile market in Karachi and confiscated counterfeit smartphones. Law Enforcement Agency raided Al-Najeebi Market at…

Yayvo exclusively launches iDroid Balr X7 in Pakistan

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Yayvo.com by TCS is exclusively launching iDroid’s Balr X7 smartphone in Pakistan for a launch price of PKR 9,499. The device was officially launched at…

Google is working on a budget level Pixel variant: report

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Last year, we saw different new technological innovations. We saw smartphones quipping dual lenses, going cheaper, and getting jack-less. Google also killed its smart phone…

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ITU to open first ever FinTech center in Pakistan

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

Information Technology University (ITU) and Digital Financial Services Research Group (DFSRG) University of Washington (Seattle, USA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish…

Nearpeer raises investment at 6 figure (USD) valuation from Shopistan

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Nearpeer, Plan9’s startup incubated under Ilm Ideas 2, has raised a product acceleration investment at 6 figure (USD) valuation from Shopistan.pk. Nearpeer is a Massive…

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Mobile TV application TAPMAD TV launched in Pakistan

By Muhammad Asadullah ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Last night, the launch ceremony of ‘Tapmad TV’ was held at the Alliance Francaise, Karachi which was hosted by the vibrant Ayesha Omar. The event…

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