Social Media Updates Archive
19 Jan 2016
Ministry of Planning and Development Gets Online with Social Media Accounts
Ministry of Planning and Development Gets Online with Social Media Accounts The use of social media is not just the exclusive domain of normal, everyday citizens but also for government organizations and functionaries to keep connected with all stakeholders at all times. Pakistan still has ways to go when it comes to official government organizations maintaining
19 Jan 2016
Twitter Experiences A Brief Outage for Most Users Worldwide
Twitter Experiences A Brief Outage for Most Users Worldwide Twitter is down for most users worldwide. A recent fix has enabled the social network for some users but most are still incapable of accessing the service. Web visitors are facing error pages while mobile users can’t seem to access to read or tweet anything as
18 Jan 2016
IT Companies in Pakistan Moving Abroad Due to High Taxation: Report
IT Companies in Pakistan Moving Abroad Due to High Taxation: Report The Pakistani government’s move to tax IT companies is proving to be counter-productive. What was aimed at increasing revenue is now having some negative repercussions. One of the alarming outcomes is the relocation of IT companies to foreign countries. The decision of imposing tax on IT
18 Jan 2016
MoIT Officially Presents the Telecom Policy 2015
MoIT Officially Presents the Telecom Policy 2015 Telecom operators termed the policy as a milestone and catalyst for the industry growth; however, they linked it with the condition of implementation. Jeffrey Hedberg, CEO Mobilink, said on the occasion that partnership between the industry and IT ministry/Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is progressive, which is being recognized
16 Jan 2016
Facebook’s Reactions emojis are working so they’re quietly rolling out across the world
Facebook’s Reactions emojis are working so they’re quietly rolling out across the world Facebook has quietly been rolling out its Reactions emojis since it started testing them in Ireland and Spain in October last year. Having evidently experienced enough success to keep going, Reactions came to Chile later that month, followed by Portugal and the Philippines in November.
16 Jan 2016
World Bank & Empower Pakistan Open Applications for Workshops to Digitally Empower Youth
World Bank & Empower Pakistan Open Applications for Workshops to Digitally Empower Youth Pakistan ranks number 5th in world’s top outsourcing destination countries. According to Matt Cooper (Vice President of International & Enterprise for Upwork – Formerly Elance-oDesk). With time, Pakistan has proved itself to be a premium service provider for the global IT industry
15 Jan 2016
Mobilink Empowers Women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through M-Learning
Mobilink Empowers Women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through M-Learning Mobilink Foundation, under its ‘Make Your Mark’ initiative, has teamed up with The Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS) and GuarantCo for ‘SMS-based Adult Female Literacy Programme’, which is enabling learners to receive ICT based education in close proximity to their homes. Through this initiative, Mobilink
15 Jan 2016
Government to Establish COMSATS University Campus in Quetta
Government to Establish COMSATS University Campus in Quetta Rana Tanveer Hussain, the Minister for Science and Technology, revealed that the government will be funding the development of a COMSATS University campus in Quetta. He was addressing the Senators from the Upper House about the measure that’s designed to facilitate the people of the area and promote
15 Jan 2016
Telenor & CFx Comics Partner to Promote Pakistan’s Comic Industry
Telenor & CFx Comics Partner to Promote Pakistan’s Comic Industry CFx Comics has announced Telenor as its exclusive telecom partner in Pakistan. The free CFx Comics app and comics are now available at the Telenor app store with zero data charges and integrated carrier billing. There will be an nationwide push for the CFx Comics
14 Jan 2016
Group Video Feature For Skype Comes To Android, iOS And Windows 10 Mobile
Group Video Feature For Skype Comes To Android, iOS And Windows 10 Mobile Skype will be celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a brand new feature coming to Android, iOS and Windows 10 Mobile called Group Video. In an effort to increase its presence across the globe as well as to simplify video calling from