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09 Apr 2015
PTA Blocked SMS Donations for SKMCH Peshawar
PTA Blocked SMS Donations for SKMCH Peshawar To build another Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) in Peshawar by the end of this year, Imran Khan together with celebrities around country and staff of Hospital started a more than 2 hours Telethon on Ary Entertainment Television to boost the donation process. The task was simple, collection
09 Apr 2015
Re-Verify Sims SMS Alert by Telecom Mobile Companies
Re-Verify Sims SMS Alert by Telecom Mobile Companies After more than 4 sit-in between PTA, Interior Ministry, IT Ministry, NADRA and 5 Cellular Mobile companies i.e Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong, it was decided by Interior Ministry that re-verification of SIMs through Biometric Verification System (BVS) must be initiated so as to stop any
09 Apr 2015
Microsoft Announces Free Upgrade to Windows 10
Microsoft Announces Free Upgrade to Windows 10 Great news for Windows users, Windows 10 will be free to upgrade from its previous versions i.e Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in the first year of launch. Yes this is official news from Windows blog given by Terry Morrison. After launching the Technical Preview of Windows 10 in 2014,
09 Apr 2015
Whatsapp Introduced Web Client for Instant Messaging
Whatsapp Introduced Web Client for Instant Messaging Whatsapp launched its new web client for Desktop Browser, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry and Nokia phone while iOS is not available because of restriction imposed by Apple. Whatsapp Web client is made for opening your whatsapp from browser. It gives users flexibility to login from multi platform. However
08 Apr 2015
Google Adds Pakistan to the List of Supported Countries for Play Store Merchant Accounts
Google Adds Pakistan to the List of Supported Countries for Play Store Merchant Accounts Previously Android developers from Pakistan were only able to create publishers’ accounts to publish their free apps on Google’s play store, however, they were denied to have merchant accounts that are essential or a prerequisite for publishers to sell paid apps or
08 Apr 2015
After 3G/4G, Pakistan Now Needs an Online Payment Gateway
After 3G/4G, Pakistan Now Needs an Online Payment Gateway Around four years or so ago I had written this piece titled: “Why Does a Pakistani Website Earn 32 Times Lesser than any American Counterpart?” In this post I explained that why e-commerce infrastructure is important and how it could boost Pakistan’s economy in general and online businesses in
08 Apr 2015
Banks Deny to Issue Credit Cards to Freelancers, Bloggers and Entrepreneurs
Banks Deny to Issue Credit Cards to Freelancers, Bloggers and Entrepreneurs Just yesterday we told you that Pakistan ranks in top five nations with freelancers. To be more precise, Pakistan stands 4th on Elance.com and fifth on oDesk for all the freelance work that is done on these websites. Top 10 Freelancers Countries (elance.com) Source
08 Apr 2015
1st IT Park In Islamabad Gets Financial Backing From Exim Bank Korea
1st IT Park In Islamabad Gets Financial Backing From Exim Bank Korea At the 28th Board of Directors meeting of PSEB in Islamabad, Minister of State for IT, Mrs. Anusha Rahman, announced that Exim Bank Korea has agreed to financially back the establishment of the first IT park in Islamabad. The bank’s official feasibility study will
08 Apr 2015
Don’t Waste Thousands of Rupees on Online Clicking Jobs
Don’t Waste Thousands of Rupees on Online Clicking Jobs Ever heard of online jobs, CAPTHA jobs, ad clicking jobs, ad posting jobs or similar sort of other jobs that require initial registration worth thousands of rupees? If no, then you are probably not aware of one of the biggest on-going scams in the country. But those
08 Apr 2015
E-government Plan Being Worked On For Good Governance
E-government Plan Being Worked On For Good Governance A master plan for E-government is being worked on for good governance, transparency and accountability in Pakistan, according to Anusha Rahman, Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom. The plan would cover providing E-services to the population in the most effective possible manner. The services would