Quick, what was the first portable gaming system Nintendo made? If you said “Game Boy”… solid guess, but not quite. For nearly a decade before Nintendo released that iconic gray beast, it was making the Game & Watch — a collection of handheld devices, each dedicated to playing just one or two simple games and, occasionally, doubling as a clock. …
The federal government has decided to raise the matter of sale tax on information technology export revenue in Sindh as IT industries/companies are moving to other provinces. Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul- Haque while chairing the 7th meeting of the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on IT and Telecom stated that he will soon meet Chief Minister Sindh …
Kevin Mayer, known for his role as the president of TikTok’s US operations, has left the company on account of the ongoing political turmoil. Since the past month, Trump administration has been forcing ByteDance to sell the US operations of TikTok to any of the interested US companies. Amidst all this, Mayer believes that the global role he took on …
Airschool has announced a 4 weeks long course on public speaking for students and professionals who want to learn the art of public speaking through a complete guide based on instructions and practice; to add influence to the words you speak! The course is conducted by Bilal Khiyani. He is a certified digital marketer and consultant in Pakistan. The course …
Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has asked video-sharing platform YouTube to immediately block vulgar, indecent, immoral, nude and hate speech content for viewing in Pakistan. PTA has done so keeping in view the extremely negative effects of indecent/immoral/nude content available on YouTube and to prevent repugnant discord due to the presence of hate speech and sectarian material. PTA has approached YouTube …
Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) of the Government of Sindh not only began online classes but also provided training to teachers on conducting online classes on the digital platform of Microsoft Teams and 365 Office Software. Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the foundation has been able to engage teachers and students in digital classrooms through a pioneering collaboration with …
FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd’s profits saw a decline of 31.7% in 2019 to Rs. 653 million as compared to a profit of Rs. 956.48 million in 2018. According to the annual report, during 2019 the bank’s net-markup income registered an increase of 13% and closed at Rs. 5.314 million as compared to Rs. 4.703 billion in 2018. The mark-up on …
Government apps for Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP), ICT Police, CDA, and others were reportedly hacked by Indian groups and were being siphoned for personal data. This forced the authorities to halt these services and prevent any further damage. These applications, ‘Capital Smart City’ and ‘ICT Administration’, were launched by Islamabad Administration to provide convenience, but it was later discovered that …
Dastgyr, a Karachi-based B2B E-commerce startup founded earlier this year, has raised a six-figure (USD) investment from angel investors in the US, Middle East, and Pakistan, the company has announced without disclosing the exact amount of the investment. Dastgyr connects small retailers to suppliers all over Pakistan, aiming to revolutionize the traditional retail business through empowering technologies and innovative supply-chain …
E-commerce in Pakistan has a huge potential for creating 2 million jobs and boosting the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up to the level of $40 billion in the next couple of years. This was stated by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), President Saboor Malik. He stated that transformation is required to promote the Information, Communications, and …
Byonyks, an American startup based in Lahore, has successfully invented Pakistan’s first of its kind dialysis machine that would allow kidney patients to receive dialysis treatment at their homes. Named “Robo-Kidney,” the machine will go into mass production in the coming few months after receiving approval from the healthcare regulators. Robo-Kidney has been designed in consultation with Pakistan’s leading nephrologists and …
For years businessmen have had the trouble of making digitizing their business and payments, the technical and financial resources required to digitize any business was a risk not everyone was prepared to take. On the other hand ordering from something online has been a difficult decision to make for customers. The problems with CODs, frauds in eCommerce, unavailability of verified …
Twitter may describe itself as the town square, but that doesn’t mean you have to talk to everyone walking past your seat at the cafe. Today, to increase the amount of “meaningful conversations” that take place on Twitter, and to help people weed out abuse and spam in their replies, the company announced that it is rolling out a new …
Last week’s hack of over 100 very high-profile Twitter accounts did in fact expose the direct messages of many of those accounts, the company admitted today — including those of an elected official in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders. The attack saw numerous popular accounts of celebrities and politicians taken over and tweeting a very obvious Bitcoin scam that nevertheless seems …
Google has been expanding its video call functionality and accessibility to support people during the pandemic. Therefore, the integration for Google Meet is being introduced to different platforms and now it is Gmail’s turn. Just as the search engine giant promised, Google has started rolling out Google Meet integration for Gmail for iOS and Android. It is rolling out for …
The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 81.14 million by the end of June 2020 as compared to 79.88 million by May 2020, registering an increase of 1.26 million, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The number of mobile phone users in Pakistan reached 167.27 million by the end of June as compared to 166.36 million by the …
Federal Minister for Information and Technology, Syed Aminul Haque, has said that everyone should wait for the court to decide the fate of the popular mobile game, PlayerUnknonwn’s Battlegrounds. Talking to journalists, the MQM lawmaker said that his ministry has no administrative control over Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The internet regulator banned the game temporarily on 1st July due to …
Google announced the Android Go Edition for low-end devices back in 2017. The Go edition was never a requirement for entry-level smartphones. However, things are going to change from now on. Recently, a leaked copy of Google’s “Android 11 Go edition Device Configuration Guide” dated April 24, 2020, surfaced on the internet. The document details that Android Go Edition a …
Sensor tower, famous for its application analytics, recently revealed the ‘Top Apps Worldwide for June 2020 by Downloads’ report detailing the top app publishers around the globe. According to the report, the top publisher for both iOS and Android was Google for the month of June, with more than 317.6 million downloads and a whopping 68.5 percent year on year …
Over the past few years, personalized learning has established itself as a focal point of innovation in education. Despite the focus, the rate of progress in establishing personalized learning practices in both K-12 school systems and online learning has been slower than expected. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative have together invested millions of dollarsin …
