23 Nov 2015
CheezMall Announces Rs. 5,000 Flat Discounts on Bills on Nov 25th
CheezMall Announces Rs. 5,000 Flat Discounts on Bills on Nov 25th While Pakistan is abuzz over Nov 27th discounts from Daraz, Kaymu and HomeShopping on Black Friday, or White Friday for some, CheezMall has announced that it will offer Rs. 5,000 flat discounts on Nov 25th, 2015 for orders valued at Rs. 10,000 or more. CheezMall is calling
20 Nov 2015
Facebook at Work now has a companion messaging app on Android
Facebook at Work now has a companion messaging app on Android Facebook has launched Work Chat, a messaging app on Android for companies that use its Facebook at Work collaboration service. From the screenshots, it looks more like Messenger than rival chat services for teams like, say, Slack. Users can chat one-on-one or in groups,
19 Nov 2015
Anonymous is crowdsourcing #OpParis, publishes ‘noob guide’ to hacking
Anonymous is crowdsourcing #OpParis, publishes ‘noob guide’ to hacking In the 24 hours since Anonymous declared “total war” on Islamic State, the loose-knit hacktivist collective has claimed its first victims by way of leaked information of suspected extremists. If future follows past, Anonymous will no doubt try to win this war through a series of
19 Nov 2015
Do you stream movies with Popcorn Time? You might be interrogated by film studios
Do you stream movies with Popcorn Time? You might be interrogated by film studios A federal court in Oregon has granted a movie studio’s request to interrogate four users of the popular torrent streaming service Popcorn Time for allegedly illegally downloading the recent Adam Sandler film ‘The Cobbler’. TorrentFreak reports that the studio behind
19 Nov 2015
How mobile became the perfect home for flat design
How mobile became the perfect home for flat design There were doubters when flat design started emerging, but this design trend isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Flat design is only getting started and is more popular than ever when it comes to mobile UI design. The principles behind this design technique are so universally —
19 Nov 2015
Google aims to be ‘cloud company’ by 2020, predicts more revenue from cloud platform than ads
Google aims to be ‘cloud company’ by 2020, predicts more revenue from cloud platform than ads At today’s Structure event in San Francisco, Urs Hölze, Google’s senior vice president of technical infrastructure, predicts that within the next five years, Google’s Cloud Platform revenues could surpass its advertising revenue. “The goal is for us to talk about
19 Nov 2015
Samsung’s Note 5 now comes with a warning about inserting the S Pen backwards
Samsung’s Note 5 now comes with a warning about inserting the S Pen backwards Remember Pen Gate? If you’re not familiar, the whole tech-o-sphere (including yours truly) made an uproar a few months ago over a design flaw in the Galaxy Note 5: if you insert the S-Pen backwards, you’ll permanently damage the ability for the phone to recognize when
19 Nov 2015
Google Play will soon warn you about in-app ads before you download
Google Play will soon warn you about in-app ads before you download The ‘free’ ad model adopted by much of the web has been called the “internet’s original sin” and 2016 could mark the beginning of the end of ad-funded apps as Google unveils plans to introduce labelling across its entire app store. An email sent to
19 Nov 2015
Social media can assure in times of disaster
Social media can assure in times of disaster Now that so many people use social media – Facebook claims more than 1.5 billion users – it makes an excellent, swift, alternative means of communication. This can be useful in times of terrorist attacks, such as in Paris, during events such as the Arab Spring or
19 Nov 2015
DARPA wants your crazy ideas for space robots
DARPA wants your crazy ideas for space robots I’ve always had a fascination with robots. I used to spend hours watchingRobot Wars as a kid and always dreamt of making my own. However, life got in the way and I never got around to it. But now, the US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) has