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08 Apr 2016
Bing just became the best search engine for developers
Bing just became the best search engine for developers At your day job as a professional code Googler – I mean developer – you probably search for quick snippets multiple times a day to find the best way to perform a particular task. Almost always as developers we end up on Stack Overflow or Mozilla
08 Apr 2016
Google is said to be considering Swift as a ‘first class’ language for Android
Google is said to be considering Swift as a ‘first class’ language for Android About the time Swift was going open source, representatives for three major brands — Google, Facebook and Uber — were at a meeting in London discussing the new language. Sources tell The Next Web that Google is considering making Swift a
08 Apr 2016
Getting Your Degrees Certified From HEC Is Not As Simple As You Think It Is
Getting Your Degrees Certified From HEC Is Not As Simple As You Think It Is It takes an average of 3 to 4 years to get professional recognition in Pakistan. For skill-based education where the candidate is awarded a certificate or a diploma, the time duration is shorter. In reality, things take longer in Pakistan
08 Apr 2016
Vivaldi Wants To Be the Ultimate Browser for Power Users
Vivaldi Wants To Be the Ultimate Browser for Power Users Web Browsers have almost stopped innovating nowadays. The browsers of old, which were full of features had to leave them in order to improve speed and security. Most of the web viewership has moved to mobile devices. Most desktop browsers are based on Chrome (Chromium)
08 Apr 2016
All You Need to Know about Facebook’s Live Video Streaming
All You Need to Know about Facebook’s Live Video Streaming Facebook just announced the biggest changes to its mobile platform in a long time. Its Live video is now one of the prime features on its mobile app and has gone on to replace the message button that occupied the center of the app. Since
08 Apr 2016
MCB Bank Customers Face Unavailability of Services Due to Technical Snags
MCB Bank Customers Face Unavailability of Services Due to Technical Snags The news of MCB Bank’s bidding to acquire New Kabul Bank sounds great for the country but not for its customers who have been facing unavailability of services mainly at their ATMs for the most than 48 hours. Unhappy customers of MCB Bank having
08 Apr 2016
Facebook Messenger Adds Usernames, Personal Links and More
Facebook Messenger Adds Usernames, Personal Links and More Facebook has been bringing new features to its Messenger App for quite a while now. Since the announcement of Messenger as an app platform, the app itself has also seen many more upgrades. The update brings usernames, codes and links to the popular messaging app. Usernames Messenger
07 Apr 2016
Twitter is adding a new DM button to tweets so you’ll chat privately
Twitter is adding a new DM button to tweets so you’ll chat privately Twitter is adding another button to tweets, but it’s doing so to encourage you to use the Direct Message feature instead of tagging other users. In the iOS and Android Twitter apps, a new DM button will appear below tweets in your
07 Apr 2016
Facebook is bringing video ads to its Instant Articles platform
Facebook is bringing video ads to its Instant Articles platform The recent announcement that Facebook would soon allow all publishers to access its Instant Articles platform wasn’t the only change coming to the platform. The social network also told The Wall Street Journal that it plans to enable publishers to place video ads into content
07 Apr 2016
Apple may soon let us hide stock iOS apps from our home screens
Apple may soon let us hide stock iOS apps from our home screens Those iOS apps you don’t use — you know, the ones you’ve tucked away in a folder on your third or fourth home screen — may soon be completely out of the way, according to some iTunes metadata. First spotted by AppAdvice,