Govt actively monitored internet during lockdown: PTA

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The year 2020 was memorable for loads of obvious reasons. It was the year that witnessed a meteoric rise in the number of Pakistani internet…

Cook vs. Zuckerberg: Apple CEO bashes his Facebook rival over data privacy

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Apple CEO Tim Cook clearly has zero qualms about voicing his opinion against his rivals in the world of tech. The executive recently launched a…

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Signal has gained more than 7.5 million users globally at the expense of WhatsApp

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

WhatsApp has lost millions of followers after the announcement of its new privacy policy that was not received well in the global community as WhatsApp…

Beware! New Android malware found circulating as links sent via WhatsApp

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

The malware, which is found to be a worm virus, is essentially spread through WhatsApp messages carrying a link. When this link is clicked, the…

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Huge privacy breach as phone numbers of 500 million Facebook users are up for sale on Telegram

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook’s security has been exploited once again according to the evidence found by a security researcher, Alon Gal. The researcher has found that a user…

TikTok makes all under-16 accounts private to improve child safety

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

In a welcome move for the safety and privacy protection of the app’s youthful users, TikTok has officially changed the default privacy setting for all…

WhatsApp’s decision to delay privacy policy change is a positive step: Fawad Ch

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

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has called WhatsApp’s decision to postpone the implementation of its controversial privacy policy change “a positive step”.…

Banning President Donald Trump from Twitter will have huge consequences

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Twitter recently banned the former US president, Donald Trump, for using the platform to incite violence in the capital right before the US Electoral College…

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#WhatsAppheadquarters trends no.1 on Twitter as Pakistanis can’t get enough of the new privacy policy

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

After a very mixed response to the new privacy policy by WhatsApp with many people considering switching to alternatives like Signal or Telegram. Others have…

Government of Pakistan’s developed social media platform is a really bad idea

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Minister of IT and Telecom has announced that the Government of Pakistan is working on its own social media platform for citizens. As per the…

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#WhatsAppPrivacyPolicy – So suddenly we are all privacy centric?

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

WhatsApp has announced changes to its Privacy Policy which will take effect from 8th February. The question now arises that with the update in the…

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SnackVideo aiming to compete with TikTok and Bigo in Pakistan

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Social Media platforms like Bigo and TikTok are already extremely popular in Pakistan. After the ban of TikTok as well as Bigo, a new platform…

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Twitch beats its own records with 1.7 billion hours watched in November

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Twitch users have logged a record-breaking 1.7 billion hours watching streams on the platform in the month of November. It seems that everyone is just…

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