Featured Archive
06 Jul 2015
Windows 10’s new WiFi Sense shares your WiFi password with Facebook, Outlook, and Skype contacts
Windows 10’s new WiFi Sense shares your WiFi password with Facebook, Outlook, and Skype contacts option, brought over from Windows Phone 8.1, is called WiFi Sense, but it’s debut on the desktop could be controversial given what the feature does. WiFi Sense will automatically connect you to detected crowdsourced WiFi networks, acquire network information
06 Jul 2015
Pakistan is Part of the Biggest Corporate Powergrab in History
Pakistan is Part of the Biggest Corporate Powergrab in History According to WikiLeaks, Pakistan is part of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Currently being negotiated away from public eyes between the US, EU and 23 countries that make up two thirds of the world’s GDP, it has the potential to alter the service economy
06 Jul 2015
Mobicash Now has the Largest Mobile Account Registration Network in Pakistan
Mobicash Now has the Largest Mobile Account Registration Network in Pakistan In a bid to facilitate customers, enable ease of access and grow its network, Mobicash has announced it shall now be utilizing its 55,000 strong retailer base for registration of new Mobile Accounts. This first of its kind initiative enables Mobicash to have
06 Jul 2015
7 Business Apps Every Professional Should Download
7 Business Apps Every Professional Should Download Smartphones have given today’s mobile workers the ability to not have to worry about having everything they need before they get moving. Which is great, until they end up in a conference, airplane, or other no-reception zone without the crucial One Thing I Need. Good smartphone and
06 Jul 2015
Windows 10 Features Businesses Should Be Excited About
Windows 10 Features Businesses Should Be Excited About Doesn’t it seem like déjà vu all over again? Ah, how quickly the new world of work spins. It wasn’t all that long ago that businesses were undertaking a massive effort to upgrade their desktops to Windows 7. And while Windows 8was more of a step
06 Jul 2015
14 Hidden Facebook Features Only Power Users Know
14 Hidden Facebook Features Only Power Users Know Facebook is the principal digital public square of today. Well, it’s the principal digital public square for those of a certain age (i.e. post-college, the young’ns aren’t into it!) But Zuck & Co’s site is still an extremely integral virtual venue and will continue to be
03 Jul 2015
Inventor of SMS, Matti Makkonen, Dies at 63
Inventor of SMS, Matti Makkonen, Dies at 63 Matti Makkonen, widely referred to as the “father of SMS,” has died due to an illness at the age of 63. The Finnish tech pioneer pitched the original idea for text messaging over cellular networks at a telecoms conference in Copenhagen in the year 1984. Back
03 Jul 2015
14% Advance Tax Imposed on Internet Across Pakistan
14% Advance Tax Imposed on Internet Across Pakistan Another day and we have a news about another tax. Reports suggest that Government of Pakistan has imposed 14% tax on internet across Pakistan. With this new advance tax — which can be reclaimed at the time of filing of returns — 14% of the bill amount
03 Jul 2015
Microsoft Kills Nokia X, Series 40 and Nokia Asha Phones
Microsoft Kills Nokia X, Series 40 and Nokia Asha Phones Finally, what we could see coming over the past few months has finally arrived. Microsoft has announced some major changes in Nokia’s product line-up, with virtually everything except Windows Phone being shown the door. The current Asha, Series 40 and X series phones
03 Jul 2015
Nokia Outs the Highly Affordable 225
Nokia Outs the Highly Affordable 225 Nokia has been announcing pretty attractive phones over the past few months, but that doesn’t mean it has forgotten its important lower-end market. It has now presented another option for customers by launching the new Nokia 225. The Nokia 225 comes with a 2.8″ 256K colour display with 320