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07 May 2016
Pakistan, India Subject to Most Malware Attacks in the World
Pakistan, India Subject to Most Malware Attacks in the World Microsoft just released its bi-annual report on global malware threats and the highest rates of malware attacks were reported from Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Palestine, Bangladesh and Nepal. This puts these countries as the most insecure places for digital gadgets. The fewest malware threats were reported
07 May 2016
Apple is letting you create shareable Mother’s Day videos for Facebook
Apple is letting you create shareable Mother’s Day videos for Facebook Mother’s Day is coming up in the US, so brands are busy shifting their marketing to family love. Apple’s tactic: a website to let users create Mother’s Day videos, and then share them on Facebook. The gesture follows Apple’s ‘Mother’s Day’ ad released last week, and in
07 May 2016
British smartphone app Smartcoin wants to pay you to get fit
British smartphone app Smartcoin wants to pay you to get fit A free smartphone app set to launch Monday in the UK, ‘Sweatcoin,’ aims to give digital rewards — called ‘sweatcoins’ — to those willing to get off the couch and earn it. Sweatcoin uses your smartphone’s existing tools for measuring movement and location in attempt
07 May 2016
Facebook testing ‘Discover’ for Groups to help you find like-minded weirdos
Facebook testing ‘Discover’ for Groups to help you find like-minded weirdos Facebook Groups aren’t often talked about, but they’re a great resource for finding a community around specific topics. Whether it’s parenting, photography, food or sports, there are groups for nearly every topic — even a few that shouldn’t exist at all. Facebook is now testing
06 May 2016
Google Play icons just got a flat design makeover
Google Play icons just got a flat design makeover No need to blink twice — it’s not just you. Google Play is updating its icons today for a rounder look with brighter colors that’s more fitting with the redesigned logo from last year. The Google Play logo no longer has a gradient look and instead opted for
06 May 2016
Millions of Android devices have been vulnerable for 5 years (but don’t worry too much)
Millions of Android devices have been vulnerable for 5 years (but don’t worry too much) A security researcher has said that hundreds of different models of Android devices are vulnerable to leaking data to seemingly innocuous apps. Announced by FireEye in a blog post, the vulnerability allows an attacker to potentially do things like view
06 May 2016
Evernote for Android gets the desktop app’s best feature
Evernote for Android gets the desktop app’s best feature Although I’ve moved away from Evernote for my daily writing tasks because I prefer lightweight alternatives like Simplenote, it’s still the ultimate Swiss knife of note-taking tools. Today, its Android app has added image annotation, which makes it a whole lot more useful and a must-have
06 May 2016
KP Announces Free WiFi Internet for All Universities Across Province
KP Announces Free WiFi Internet for All Universities Across Province After Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has sprung into action by announcing free Wi-Fi facility at universities across the province“. They are calling it “KP Open Wi-Fi”. But the question raises, how to ensure its best use and avoid untoward situations or risks? Will it
06 May 2016
Foreign Ministry Website Comes Under Continuous Cyber Attacks
Foreign Ministry Website Comes Under Continuous Cyber Attacks While the government is focused on dealing with political issues, corruption allegations and terrorism, a threat which has been ignored for quite some time seems to be rising rapidly. Government websites are under regular attacks from hackers for the past few months. And recently, the Foreign
06 May 2016
NUST Ranks in Top 150 Young Universities in the World
NUST Ranks in Top 150 Young Universities in the World In what may come as a refreshingly pleasant development for those wanting to pursue a quality higher education in Pakistan, recently NUST secured a place in top 150 universities in the world to study. NUST is ranked at 101 from 150 universities worldwide that are