Social Media Updates Archive
19 Dec 2015
Just Eat Islamabad Rebrands to JustFood Pakistan
Just Eat Islamabad Rebrands to JustFood Pakistan It’s a good time to be an online food delivery startup in Pakistan, given the love for food here. However, there’s cutthroat competition amongst the food startups here, and the operative rule is to adapt or get swallowed up. Especially what we saw with the merger of FoodPanda
18 Dec 2015
Mamnoon Hussain Calls for Bridging the Digital Divide In Pakistan
Mamnoon Hussain Calls for Bridging the Digital Divide In Pakistan President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain, says that he wishes to accelerate digitalisation in Pakistan and transform Pakistan to become a knowledge-based economy. He was speaking to the attendants of the second World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China. Mamnoon Hussain stated that he realises the potential
18 Dec 2015
Reham Khan and Ayan Ali Lead Google Top Trends for Pakistan in 2015
Reham Khan and Ayan Ali Lead Google Top Trends for Pakistan in 2015 Every year, Google tracks the most searched terms or the top trending searches and categorizes them as the most trending Searches and most trending People for a country. Since its already end of 2015, Google released its list of top trending searches
17 Dec 2015
10 reasons to get excited about design in 2016
10 reasons to get excited about design in 2016 Despite a fast rise to prominence, digital design is still a relatively youthful field of study. As such there’s always a level of excitement surrounding new user interfaces. Of course, a front-end developer who spends hours trying to get a button to do what it’s supposed
17 Dec 2015
Facebook Messenger now lets you hail Uber rides
Facebook Messenger now lets you hail Uber rides Facebook and Uber are teaming up to allow users to request rides through the popular Messenger app, and offering quite an incentive to do so. According to a blog post, users will be able to hail rides directly within Messenger, provided they are located in a city
16 Dec 2015
LinkedIn brings more ‘Insights’ to help you land the job
LinkedIn brings more ‘Insights’ to help you land the job In an effort to boost the value found within its job listings, LinkedIn has announced an update today that will provide jobseekers on the platform with new information about who works at the company of their dreams. The new job listing page — which is
16 Dec 2015
Zong Launches Fiber Home, its New 4G MBB Device
Zong Launches Fiber Home, its New 4G MBB Device According to information available on Zong’s website, Fiber Home is going to be another wireless 4G MiFi device from the company that can be used with Zong’s Internet SIM for using Zong’s 3G and 4G services. Users will be able to create a WiFi hotspot with this device
15 Dec 2015
Telcos Urge KPK Government to Remove Internet Taxes
Telcos Urge KPK Government to Remove Internet Taxes After Punjab’s removal of internet taxes, mobile phone companies have now urged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to consider removing 19.5% tax that it deducts for wired and mobile broadband usage in the province. A letter written by all mobile phone companies and PTCL to KPK Chief Minister, Mr. Parvez Khattak,
15 Dec 2015
Dell Introduces its Range of Servers in Pakistan
Dell Introduces its Range of Servers in Pakistan Dell introduced its latest products and solutions at Dell Solutions Forum 2015 held in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan. The event brought forth IT professionals whilst seeking to help them address key issues in the industry and master the varying landscape to drive IT transformation. This strategy will
15 Dec 2015
Anusha Rehman Gets GEM-Tech Global Achievers Award 2015
Anusha Rehman Gets GEM-Tech Global Achievers Award 2015 Anusha Rehman, Minister for State for Telecom and IT, has been awarded with GEM-Tech Global Achievers Award in recognition of her exceptional efforts to boost women’s empowerment through ICTs. She was given the award at a ceremony held on the sidelines of World Summit on the Information Society in New York today.