Social Media Updates Archive
02 Jun 2015
Google’s Project Soli Aims to be the Ultimate Gesture Technology for Wearables
Google’s Project Soli Aims to be the Ultimate Gesture Technology for Wearables Motion and gesture-based technology has been attempted in the past in various way. Microsoft tried its hand with the Kinect and motion-driven games in the game console domain, while Leap Motion made it possible to navigate the Windows operating system via
02 Jun 2015
Carmudi Launches Scholarship Program for Pakistani Students
Carmudi Launches Scholarship Program for Pakistani Students Understanding that education is a pathway toward a better economic future,Carmudi.pk has launched its Scholarship Program. The Carmudi Scholarship program offers an incentive to brilliant and hardworking students in the fields of marketing, communications, business and media studies by offering a financial reward of 30,000 PKR per semester. The
02 Jun 2015
Telenor Launches TOP Trainee Program for Young Professionals
Telenor Launches TOP Trainee Program for Young Professionals Telenor has launched the 2015 edition of the TOP Trainee program for young professionals. Open to both graduates and post-graduates, it is aimed at people with less than 2 years of experience. Over the course of 12 months, candidates will be placed in multiple roles across
02 Jun 2015
You Can Now Post GIFs on Facebook
You Can Now Post GIFs on Facebook GIFs have been around for ages but they have recently become a “big thing” again. While other social networks have been supporting the format for years, Facebook is finally following the crowd. The company recently confirmed that it will now support GIFs in your news feed. Previously, users would
02 Jun 2015
Chromebook Sales Could Hit 7.5 million This Year
Chromebook Sales Could Hit 7.5 million This Year Chromebooks are Google’s take on portable computing. Many manufacturers have opted to build light and portable notebooks that run on Chrome OS and they have seen wide endorsement. Some like Samsung have even abandoned Microsoft Windows in favor of Chrome OS. Their popularity is not because
02 Jun 2015
Digital Rights Activist Nighat Dad Honored as a Next Generation Leader by TIME
Digital Rights Activist Nighat Dad Honored as a Next Generation Leader by TIME Pakistani Nighat Dad has been honored as one of the six Times ‘Next Generation Leaders’. A lawyer by trade and the Director of a non-profit called Digital Rights Foundation that helps educate Pakistanis about online harassment, she has also been vocal about Pakistan’s
02 Jun 2015
Bookme.PK Raises Six Figure Funding with $4 Million Valuation
Bookme.PK Raises Six Figure Funding with $4 Million Valuation Bookme.pk — an e-ticketing platform for cinemas and bus services — has raised seed stage funding from Element Ventures at $4 million valuation. Company didn’t reveal the exact value of investment but said that the money it raised is well north of six figures. With this development, Bookme.pk also announced
01 Jun 2015
UBL Wiz Card Works on Facebook Ads in Pakistan
UBL Wiz Card Works on Facebook Ads in Pakistan Previously its been a big issue that you are not able to pay to Facebook and Google Ads via UBL Cards especially UBL Wiz Visa Debit Card. UBL cards are only accepted by certain websites across world as UBL says its security policy does not allow
30 May 2015
Gadget Ogling: Casting Discs, Scent-uous Sunrises and Surfing Without Waves
Gadget Ogling: Casting Discs, Scent-uous Sunrises and Surfing Without Waves Welcome to the latest edition of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares. Hop on our express train to utopic recently announced gadgets, whizzing by the ghost towns of those that fail to pass muster. Ahead on the tracks this week are a new player in the streaming
29 May 2015
Apple vs. Lenovo: Lenovo’s Coming-Out Party
Apple vs. Lenovo: Lenovo’s Coming-Out Party If Apple falls — and this outcome is anything but certain — then Lenovo has the greatest likelihood of emerging as the leader in most of the worldwide markets where Apple currently leads. If Apple holds, there is no vendor that currently is structured to take its unique