Reviews Archive
21 Dec 2015
Why Facebook Didn’t Give Safety Check Option before Paris Attacks?
Why Facebook Didn’t Give Safety Check Option before Paris Attacks? In his statement issued on official Facebook account, Mark Zuckerberg has said that the policy of Facebook was to only active Security Check option on natural disasters before Paris attacks. But after this attack, the management of the popular social media website decided to active
21 Dec 2015
Warid Launches Warid Stream App, A Complete Entertainment Service
Warid Launches Warid Stream App, A Complete Entertainment Service After releasing Warid Sports and Warid Mobile World during the past few months, Warid has released yet another video and audio streaming service called Warid Stream. This time Warid targets the music and movie lovers by bringing them an on-the-go entertainment service. Warid claims its new
21 Dec 2015
The Definitive Guide to Marketing Yourself on Twitter
The Definitive Guide to Marketing Yourself on Twitter Twitter has 302 million active users (numbers from May 2015) and the count is increasing rapidly. These users send out more than 500 million Tweets/retweets on a daily basis. This data presents a great opportunity for local businesses to get in touch with local and global audiences.
21 Dec 2015
Online College Admissions System: How to Apply to Colleges in Punjab Online
Online College Admissions System: How to Apply to Colleges in Punjab Online You’ve finished schooling and are now looking to find admission in a public college in Punjab. Now, instead of running and getting admission forms from each and every college you know of, the whole process of applying for college-level studies have become simpler
21 Dec 2015
PTCL Brings Online Gamers Together With Gaming Lounge Platform
PTCL Brings Online Gamers Together With Gaming Lounge Platform In order to bring the local gaming community together, PTCL has announced its Gaming Lounge platform. The platform happens to be Pakistan’s first state of the art multiplayer gaming service. After holding a launch event on December 19 and 20 at Centaurus Mall, Islamabad, the service
21 Dec 2015
Pakistan Falls Short of Harnessing its Solar Energy Potential: SBP Report
Pakistan Falls Short of Harnessing its Solar Energy Potential: SBP Report Despite having enormous potential for solar power, the generation capacity in Pakistan is almost non-existent and the use of solar energy is still in its evolutionary stage, said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Germany, which receives almost one-third less sunshine in a given
19 Dec 2015
Buffer expands into social media helpdesk as it acquires Respondly
Buffer expands into social media helpdesk as it acquires Respondly Social media scheduling service Buffer has big news today: it’s acquiring Respondly, a tool made for turning social media into your front-line support center. We covered Respondly when it launched in 2014, which is now used by a number of larger companies like Slack to deal
19 Dec 2015
Facebook video players now run on HTML5, continuing Flash’s impending extinction
Facebook video players now run on HTML5, continuing Flash’s impending extinction Many tech giants are working to finally kill off Adobe Flash — largely due to the format’s vast bugs and security flaws. And, less than six months after Facebook Chief Security Officer called for Flash to get an end-date, the company announced today that all
19 Dec 2015
Obama to foreign visitors: We’re monitoring your social media accounts
Obama to foreign visitors: We’re monitoring your social media accounts At a press conference earlier today, President Obama was asked by Reuterswhether the government monitors the social media posts of foreign nationals traveling to — or seeking residence in — the United States. The answer was definitive: yes. According to Obama: It’s important to distinguish between
19 Dec 2015
Pakistan Lags Behind in Cyber Security Preparedness
Pakistan Lags Behind in Cyber Security Preparedness Pakistan lags behind even from its neighboring countries like India and Iran in legislation and well-devised policies to react to any cyber offensives, which at worst could even affect the country’s territorial sovereignty. This was the crux of a seminar titled ‘Cyber Threats: Implications on National Security’ organized