23 Mar 2016
Android Pay will launch in the UK ‘soon’
While Apple Pay has been available in the UK for quite a while now, Android users have had to settle without their own version. Luckily, they won’t have to wait much longer, according to Google, which announced today that UK users will be getting Android Pay “in the next few months.” Look, it’s better late
23 Mar 2016
PEMRA Finalizes Minimum Standards for Digital Cable TV Set-Top-Boxes
PEMRA Finalizes Minimum Standards for Digital Cable TV Set-Top-Boxes PEMRA has finalized the minimum standards / specifications for Digital Cable TV set-top-boxes in pursuance of its endeavor to meet the cable TV Digitalization deadline of September 30, 2016. It is said that maximum facilitation along with protection of subscribers’ rights were kept in mind while deciding
23 Mar 2016
PerkUp Raises Rs. 15 Million in Seed Funding Round
PerkUp Raises Rs. 15 Million in Seed Funding Round PerkUp, a startup providing customer loyalty and engagement platform, has raised PKR 1.5 Crore in seed funding round led by DotZero Ventures and followed by Crescent Ventures. Parties didn’t disclose total evaluation of the PerkUp. As a result of this transaction, Bilal Lakhani from DotZero Ventures has
18 Mar 2016
275,000,000 Android devices at risk from hacking says report
275,000,000 Android devices at risk from hacking says report Israeli-based software research agency, NorthBit, has released a report that claims millions of Android devices might be vulnerable to hacking. According to NorthBit’s research (see full PDF here), the security concern comes from Stagefright, Android’s mediaserver and multimedia library. This isn’t the first time Google has struggled to safeguard Stagefright.
18 Mar 2016
Fake social media accounts could soon be illegal in the UK
Fake social media accounts could soon be illegal in the UK There’s been a long-running war on the Web against fake user accounts, often because ad-funded platforms like Facebook need to know who you are so they can serve you ads, but police are now cracking down on this in the UK. That’s because people can’t
18 Mar 2016
Google engineer promises Plus won’t be a ‘den of infamy’ after hiring 4Chan founder Chris Poole
Google engineer promises Plus won’t be a ‘den of infamy’ after hiring 4Chan founder Chris Poole With the hiring of Chris Poole, Google got everyone talking about Plus again, but not in the way it may have wanted. According to one engineer, Plus won’t be the new 4Chan, so we can rest easy. Yonatan Zunger
18 Mar 2016
The iPhone SE rumored to be a Trojan Horse with 6s specs in a 5s frame
The iPhone SE rumored to be a Trojan Horse with 6s specs in a 5s frame According to sources who spoke with 9to5Mac, the incoming iPhone SE will not be a smaller iPhone 6 — at least aesthetically. It seems there will be some holdovers from both the iPhone 5s and 6 in the SE,
18 Mar 2016
Mobicash to Introduce Mobile Account Application
Mobicash to Introduce Mobile Account Application In line with the continuous digitization of its services to meet demands of smartphone users, Mobilink announces an Android-based Mobicash application for the facilitation of Mobile Account users. Mobicash Mobile Account application offers a user-friendly interface and a secure transactions platform. The application allows users to perform all necessary
18 Mar 2016
Android N and Unpatched Marshmallow Can Bypass Factory Reset Protections
Android N and Unpatched Marshmallow Can Bypass Factory Reset Protections With Android N expected to be shown to the public shortly, and with Android Marshmallow improved in every single way possible thanks to the addition of new features, you would think that added protection would be enabled for the owner of the smartphone incase their
18 Mar 2016
Microsoft Finally Starts to Roll Windows 10 Mobile to Old Phones
Microsoft Finally Starts to Roll Windows 10 Mobile to Old Phones You have been waiting for it for months and now it’s finally here. People of Microsoft village, your phones are finally being upgraded to the new Windows 10 Mobile. There is currently a list of 18 phones which run on Windows Phone 8.1