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09 Mar 2016
Dropbox Boasts 500 Million Registered Users For Its Cloud Storage Service
Dropbox Boasts 500 Million Registered Users For Its Cloud Storage Service Dropbox has announced that it has reached a new milestone with it now having 500 million registered users. The company announced 100 million users in November 2012, 200 million a year later, and from then on it sped up and added more than 200
09 Mar 2016
‘Flash Pack’ Is A Portable Power Bank That Charges in 14 Minutes
‘Flash Pack’ Is A Portable Power Bank That Charges in 14 Minutes Tired of your phone running out of battery just before an important phone call or Skype meeting? Abdullah Soomro, a 23 year old entrepreneur from Pakistan, has invented a power bank called‘Flash Pack’, which charges up completely in just 14 minutes from any
07 Mar 2016
Gmail’s new security features just might save you from getting fired one day
Gmail’s new security features just might save you from getting fired one day Google Apps for Work Unlimited customers can now benefit from better attachment scanning in Gmail that uses optical character recognition to check before sensitive document copies or images are sent out of your company via email. Google’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) launched
07 Mar 2016
Brands may soon send you ads via Facebook Messenger, whether you like it or not
Brands may soon send you ads via Facebook Messenger, whether you like it or not Facebook’s selling point for Messenger is that businesses can tap into it to chat with customers. A new report suggests Facebook will also let those businesses target their customers with ads via Messenger. A document allegedly obtained by TechCrunch details
07 Mar 2016
Facebook’s hosting 27 live-streaming parties for its F8 conference
Facebook’s hosting 27 live-streaming parties for its F8 conference If you want to make sure you’re the first to hear about Facebook’s latest updates to its developer ecosystem but can’t make it to San Francisco for F8 on April 12, you might want to quickly sign up to attend a live viewing party in your
07 Mar 2016
Facebook launches interactive full-screen ads called Canvas
Facebook launches interactive full-screen ads called Canvas At an event in New York today, Facebook launched its newest product for marketers: interactive mobile ads called Canvas, which it first announced back in September. Canvas is an evolution of the earlier Carousel ads, which allowed users to swipe through multiple product or brand photos if they
07 Mar 2016
Google gets 113,668 copyright takedown requests an hour in game of cat and pirate
Google gets 113,668 copyright takedown requests an hour in game of cat and pirate Google’s playing a cat and mouse game with link-sharers on the Web and the search giant is increasingly swamped with takedown requests from rights holders, or those acting on behalf of them, mainly in the music and film industries. In the
07 Mar 2016
New Android Malware Affects 500 Million Devices Worldwide
New Android Malware Affects 500 Million Devices Worldwide Think your phone is free from data-theft in 2016? Think again, for a new Android malware called “accessibility clickjacking” is here, leaving more than 500 million Android devices worldwide vulnerable. The vulnerability, discovered by the founders of mobile security firm Skycure, deceives users through a “malicious UI
07 Mar 2016
Win an iPhone 6S Today by Filling this Short Survey
Win an iPhone 6S Today by Filling this Short Survey Here’s how you can win an iPhone 6S: Fill out the online survey here. Input your contact details, including your CNIC at the end of survey. That’s it! Please note that filling the original CNIC number is mandatory. Any entry without a valid CNIC will
05 Mar 2016
Google just gave developers a handy new analytics tool for Google Cast
Google just gave developers a handy new analytics tool for Google Cast Developers using Google Cast were left with a lot of blind spots when it came to user behavior. Now, the company is introducing a new visualization tool in the Google Cast Developer Console. It’s fairly robust, too. Google is tracking several points of