Wasim Akram joins Careem as a CEO, but only for a day

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

If you opened Facebook today and felt surprised that Wasim Akram, a world renowned cricketer, has joined Careem as a CEO, you were not alone.…

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WhatsApp to launch digital payments service

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

WhatsApp is planning to launch digital payments service in India, its largest market with over 200 million users. Facebook-owned instant messaging platform is working to…

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ECP bans use of social media & YouTube in its offices across Pakistan

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

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notice banning the use of social media and video streaming sites in its offices across the…

Social media joins the celebration as an iPhone buyer is congratulated on print media

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

iPhone 7 Plus is one of the top flagship phablets from the last year. Some might disagree, but given what happened with Galaxy Note 7,…

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Facebook copies Snapchat AGAIN to launch Stories, in-app Camera and Direct feature

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

Facebook has rolled out Snapchat-style stories, camera effects and Instagram-like direct sharing option. Snapchat was the first of all social media to launch ephemeral stories…

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Facebook & Messenger will soon stop working on these devices

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

Facebook and Messenger apps will stop working for the older versions of these apps for Android, iOS and Windows, by the end of March 2017.…

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Facebook delegate to visit Pakistan this week for blasphemous content issue

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

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Khan said in a press conference that more than 60 Facebook Pages and about 45 websites containing blasphemous material have been…

Facebook has taken down 85% of the blasphemous content, Interior Ministry Pakistan

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

During the court hearing today, the Interior Ministry told Islamabad High Court (IHC) that Facebook has taken down 85 percent of blasphemous content from the…

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FIA arrests a woman from Sialkot under Cyber Crime Law of Pakistan

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

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has reportedly arrested a woman in Sialkot for blackmailing a man on social media. Sadia Mirza, a resident of Sialkot,…

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Twitter may soon start charging you for its premium services

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

Moved by poor financial results and low profits, Twitter is thinking to introduce premium memberships to turn its fate around. The social media giant said…

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Instagram to blur sensitive content, adds two-factor authentication

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

Instagram will now blur sensitive photos and videos in your feed and it is also rolling out two-factor authentication to everyone. Facebook-owned photo and video…

Twitter declined Pakistan govt requests for accounts removal

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

Twitter has released its “Transparency Report” which shows that it suspended 376,890 accounts in the second half of 2016 (July-December) for “promotion of terrorism,” an…

Facebook now lets you go Live from computer, adds feature for PC gamers

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

Facebook is rolling out a feature to broadcast live from the personal computer through a webcam. The social networking giant globally launched the live broadcast…

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