Pakwheels.com hacked, more than 600,000 accounts compromised

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

Pakwheels.com, Pakistan’s no.1 automotive classified portal was hacked and data of more than 600,000 users were compromised. The company alerted the registered users about their…

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Bloggers detained by FIA for posting fake images online

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

According to a report by ProPakistani, few bloggers have gone missing after appearing before FIA Cyber Crime Wing Islamabad yesterday morning. Sources close to those…

Female car booking app, Pink Ride Pakistan, to launch in January 2017

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

The cab booking application Woo Ride will launch “Pink Ride” service in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad on January 15, 2017. Pink Ride offers female chauffeurs…

Wish New Year with Facebook Fireworks, Messenger Masks, Google Doodle, Snapchat, Twitter & Instagram Stickers

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

This New Year Eve and January 1st, you can set off fireworks on your Facebook News Feed, use cool effects on Messenger, stickers on Twitter…

Pakistan tops Asian stock markets in 2016

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

Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has topped Bloomberg’s “Best Performing Equity index 2016” in Asian markets. Globally, PSX has been ranked 5th best-performing stock exchange with…

Mobilink and Warid top in terms of user data privacy policies and protection, a study

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

A study of major telecommunication companies has shown lack of consistency concerning the companies’ policies on user privacy and data protection. Of the five major…

Patari raises US$ 200,000 in seed funding

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Patari, an online music streaming platform, has just announced that it has raised US$ 200,000 of seed stage funding from Sarmayacar. The details of the…

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Apple beats Samsung with double market share during holidays

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

According to Flurry statistics, Apple has topped the list of manufacturers with most device activations during holidays by claiming 44 percent of total market share.…

Cyanogen Inc. kills off CyanogenMod, but the fork lives on

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Cyanogen Inc. has ceased all support and development for the open source CyanogenMod project. The news comes as a result of the discontinuation of Cyanogen…

Duolingo goes social with the latest update

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

Duolingo, the popular language learning platform, is gaining new social functionalities with its latest update. The update comes at a ripe time as more and…

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Bill Gates tops Forbes’ richest list, Mark Zuckerberg jumps to sixth place

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

Forbes has released the list of richest people in the world for the year 2016. Bill Gates has maintained his top position while Mark Zuckerberg…

Rescue 1122 to launch Motorbike Ambulance Service

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

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the Rescue 1122 staff to launch motorbike medical services in case of emergencies in crowded areas of Punjab.…

Top 5 Apps and Games of 2016, Google Play

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

Google Play announced the top trending applications and games of 2016 earlier in December. Face Changer 2 and Pokémon Go topped the charts in apps…

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