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10 Apr 2015
Fundstak: Crowd Funding Comes to Pakistan
Fundstak: Crowd Funding Comes to Pakistan Fundstak is a crowd-funding platform for Pakistan where ordinary people, teams and organizations can raise money online for anything and everything. Creating a short movie, developing a video game or making a new product are all possible options. If you have a good idea about a new product, service
08 Apr 2015
Pakistani IT Delegation Signs MOUs with Chinese Companies
Pakistani IT Delegation Signs MOUs with Chinese Companies An IT delegation comprising of delegates from Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), CEOs of IT companies, and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), recently visited China to enhance bilateral cooperation and trade between the IT sectors of the two countries. Pakistani delegation was headed by Mr.
08 Apr 2015
Nest Tech Incubator Opens Applications For First Batch Of Entrepreneurs
Nest Tech Incubator Opens Applications For First Batch Of Entrepreneurs The Pakistan Software House Association, or P@SHA, is poised to launch the largest technology incubator in Karachi in collaboration with its global partners Google and Samsung. As reported earlier, the incubator is known as The Nest I/O, and will most likely be operational by the end of
08 Apr 2015
5 Free WordPress Alternatives For Your Blog And Projects
5 Free WordPress Alternatives For Your Blog And Projects WordPress is the de facto standard when it comes to content management systems. It’s ubiquitous, customizable, has a ton of plugins and has a great selection of free and paid themes. However, there could be plenty of reasons why you’d want an alternative. You might
07 Apr 2015
eLearn.Punjab Celebrates One Year of Revolutionizing Education
eLearn.Punjab Celebrates One Year of Revolutionizing Education It has been one complete year since CM Punjab Mian Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the eLearn.Punjab initiative. The basic idea behind the project was to revolutionize education as properly as we imagine it in this day and age. Also, it carries the aim of infusing vibrancy into education by making an online
07 Apr 2015
Zong Enhances Customer Data Protection with Symantec Software Solutions
Zong Enhances Customer Data Protection with Symantec Software Solutions Zong has announced that it has selected Symantec Netbackup Appliances and Software solution to enhance its customers’ data protection. Being one of the largest Telecom operator in Pakistan, Zong was looking for a robust, unified and scalable solution to deal with data expansion challenges and at
07 Apr 2015
Relation Between Sleep and Smartphone Usage Revealed
Relation Between Sleep and Smartphone Usage Revealed While the effects of computer and smartphone displays on our sleep are now well known, a new study published by BMJ Open posts figures to support them. The study was conducted in Norway with over 10,000 teenagers and questioned them about their habits. The results showed that teenagers
07 Apr 2015
Everything You Need to Know About Punjab Youth Internship Program
Everything You Need to Know About Punjab Youth Internship Program Ever since its launch in 2012, Punjab Youth Internship program has been operated with the primary aim of instilling in youngsters the kind of skills that make them creative and productive. This hands on training not only complements the knowledge attained but enhances the
07 Apr 2015
End of Passwords? Windows 10 To Support Biometric Authentication
End of Passwords? Windows 10 To Support Biometric Authentication Identity and information theft has been a matter of significant concern over the years, with user login data being a vulnerable target for hackers. To tackle the issue, Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will include support for the latest iteration of the Fast Identification
06 Apr 2015
First Ever Civic Hackathon in Islamabad Concludes
First Ever Civic Hackathon in Islamabad Concludes The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) hosted the first ever civic hackathon in Islamabad on February 20th. The event was co-managed by Open Islamabad and “Code for Pakistan” which aims to bring citizens together to “create innovative open-source web and mobile applications to spark civic