Social Media Updates Archive
02 Mar 2016
Govt Reduces ICT R&D Fund Scholarships
Govt Reduces ICT R&D Fund Scholarships In a bid to help National ICT R&D Fund to balance out its funding, the number of Prime Minister’s National ICT R&D scholarship program (PMNICTSP) has decreased to 165 from 500. However, the move would deprive many talented youth of the opportunities to polish their skills and in curbing
01 Mar 2016
Gmail’s new security features just might save you from getting fired one day
Gmail’s new security features just might save you from getting fired one day Google Apps for Work Unlimited customers can now benefit from better attachment scanning in Gmail that uses optical character recognition to check before sensitive document copies or images are sent out of your company via email. Google’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) launched
01 Mar 2016
Snapchat’s Live Stories are a bid to push beyond ‘millennials’ but it has little to offer
Snapchat’s Live Stories are a bid to push beyond ‘millennials’ but it has little to offer Snapchat is a hugely popular, ephemeral photo-sharing service and ‘the kids’love it. Seriously, they’re crazy for that stuff – stickers, filters and a whole range of stupid effects to make your boring face and boring life less boring. You
29 Feb 2016
ShadiBox Is A Startup That Makes Weddings Less of a Hassle
ShadiBox Is A Startup That Makes Weddings Less of a Hassle Planning a wedding for yourself or for a loved one seems like an exciting experience but in truth, it can be exhausting and hectic. From finding for the perfect tailor to the reliable caterer; it is a frustrating, time-wasting, budget-tightening experience for many. You
26 Feb 2016
YouTube Allows You To Blur Any Part of A Video To Safeguard Privacy
YouTube Allows You To Blur Any Part of A Video To Safeguard Privacy Popular video uploading and streaming website YouTube had launched a face blurring tool during 2012 to help protect the privacy of those who upload videos. The website has now added a new feature that improves upon the original one that was introduced
25 Feb 2016
Facebook’s ‘Birthday Video Cam’ nudges you to say something more than HBD
Facebook’s ‘Birthday Video Cam’ nudges you to say something more than HBD Facebook is practically king at reminding you when your friends are celebrating their birthdays, pushing you to say hi and wish them well. Today, the company will now encourage you to leave a video — with the ‘Birthday Video Cam.’ When you access your Facebook
25 Feb 2016
Facebook Reactions – Now You Can Hate, Wow and Sulk All You Want
Ladies and gentlemen, Facebook finally understands that human beings have more emotions than merely liking and disliking something. So, in the honor of making Facebook ‘more human,’ the company has decided to launch a series of new emoting emojis namely – love, haha, wow, sad and angry. These new emotes have been dubbed as Facebook
24 Feb 2016
Kaymu.PK Celebrates 3rd Anniversary
Kaymu.PK Celebrates 3rd Anniversary Kaymu.pk, one of Pakistan’s online stores, is celebrating its third year of operations in the country with a website update, week-long anniversary sales and giveaways every day for the week Feb 22-Feb 29, 2016. The new website design promises enhanced user experience, allowing complete communication between buyers and sellers. “We owe a huge part
23 Feb 2016
TEDxIslamabad is Hosting an Event on March 19th
TEDxIslamabad is Hosting an Event on March 19th TEDxIslamabad is hosting an event in Islamabad on the 19th of March. It is a TED licensed event led by Saad Hamid. The Islamabad version of TED has brought over 15 events with over 50 TED talks by popular speakers from across the country. About TED and
17 Feb 2016
Wikipedia is building an open-source search engine – but it’s a little confusing
Wikipedia is building an open-source search engine – but it’s a little confusing There have been rumblings in the Wikimedia community since last year that a better search engine is on the way and it looks like that’s true – but not everyone’s happy. In a $250,000 grant document from the Knight Foundation for media innovation, Wikipedia