Social Media Updates Archive
31 Dec 2015
Rawalpindi Will Host The Electronic Sports Festival 2015 for Gamers
Rawalpindi Will Host The Electronic Sports Festival 2015 for Gamers Esports Infinity will be holding the Electronic Sports Festival 2015 (ESF 15) in Rawalpindi early next year. Organisers are inviting dedicated and professional gamers to enter this competition and prove they are the best for high-level play. ESF 15’s Facebook page rightly notes that this
30 Dec 2015
Twitter’s new rules finally explicitly ban hateful speech and keep users from self-harm
Twitter’s new rules finally explicitly ban hateful speech and keep users from self-harm Twitter has had something of a rocky history with dealing with abuse and harassment on its platform, but recently the company has been making some moves to mitigate that. Its latest action comes today in the form of an update to the
30 Dec 2015
Facebook test adds multiple news feeds for different topics on mobile
Facebook test adds multiple news feeds for different topics on mobile If you use one of Facebook’s mobile apps, you might have come across something odd: multiple news feeds for various different topics. The change (first spotted by Jason Stein) is a follow up to an earlier test on the Web, and allows you to pull up
30 Dec 2015
Tripda Celebrates Its First Anniversary in Pakistan
Tripda Celebrates Its First Anniversary in Pakistan Tripda, one of the largest carpooling platforms in Pakistan, recently hosted an annual community meet-up in Lahore, to celebrate the completion of its first year of successful operations in Pakistan. The event attracted a large number of Tripda’s loyal users and professionals belonging to the tech/IT fraternity. This
30 Dec 2015
Google To Establish Its 15th Data Center for $600 Million
Google To Establish Its 15th Data Center for $600 Million Google has announced that it will be constructing a new global data center. The new data center will be constructed at the former Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Clarksville. TVA was once the home to Hemlock Semiconductor Company. Google has set an amount of US
30 Dec 2015
Celebrating Humor: 18 Amusive Tweets on Faisal Qureshi’s Pose in Newspapers
Celebrating Humor: 18 Amusive Tweets on Faisal Qureshi’s Pose in Newspapers Ufone’s response to Mobilink’s Nargis Fakhri ad won the internet yesterday. It remained in top trends on Twitter for over 9 hours, while millions of Pakistanis — including celebrities — tweeted, retweeted and discussed the classic humor originating from Ufone’s marketing desks. Majority of Pakistanis liked the
29 Dec 2015
The best gadgets from 2015 to buy with your Christmas money
The best gadgets from 2015 to buy with your Christmas money Every year there’s a plethora of new gadgets for you to spend your well deserved Christmas cash on. The list of devices out there is basically endless, so we’re here to try and clear up the best of the year, so you know what
29 Dec 2015
Your next Samsung TV could also be the hub for your connected home
Your next Samsung TV could also be the hub for your connected home Samsung has announced that all of its 2016 smart TVs will be ‘Internet-of-Things ready,’ meaning that they can acts as a hub for connected home devices from Samsung and third-party devices and sensors that use the company’s popular SmartThings system. This means
29 Dec 2015
Muhammad Haris Is the First Developer to Earn $10 Million on Envato Marketplace
Muhammad Haris Is the First Developer to Earn $10 Million on Envato Marketplace It appears that Muhammad Haris, the developer-extraordinaire from Karachi, has finally achieved a new global milestone. The Karachi-based Haris and his designer-partner Luke Beck made history in 2013 to score $1 million in income with their ultra-popular WordPress theme called Avada on
29 Dec 2015
Taxes Explained for Companies and Individuals in Pakistan [Infographic]
Taxes Explained for Companies and Individuals in Pakistan [Infographic] The detailed graphic lists down the ‘Provincial services sales tax’, ‘Company income tax’, ‘Employee income tax/ payroll tax’, ‘Witholding tax on services’, ‘Tax on purchase of hardware’, ‘Internet tax’ and ‘EOBI’. via PASHA