Social Media Archive
23 Mar 2016
Facebook has a feature that automatically catches troll accounts — and lets you kill them
Facebook has a feature that automatically catches troll accounts — and lets you kill them Facebook may be testing a new feature that proactively finds accounts that are trolling you. If Facebook notices there’s an account that may be mimicking you by using your name and likeness, it will send you a notification. From there,
23 Mar 2016
PEMRA Finalizes Minimum Standards for Digital Cable TV Set-Top-Boxes
PEMRA Finalizes Minimum Standards for Digital Cable TV Set-Top-Boxes PEMRA has finalized the minimum standards / specifications for Digital Cable TV set-top-boxes in pursuance of its endeavor to meet the cable TV Digitalization deadline of September 30, 2016. It is said that maximum facilitation along with protection of subscribers’ rights were kept in mind while deciding
23 Mar 2016
PerkUp Raises Rs. 15 Million in Seed Funding Round
PerkUp Raises Rs. 15 Million in Seed Funding Round PerkUp, a startup providing customer loyalty and engagement platform, has raised PKR 1.5 Crore in seed funding round led by DotZero Ventures and followed by Crescent Ventures. Parties didn’t disclose total evaluation of the PerkUp. As a result of this transaction, Bilal Lakhani from DotZero Ventures has
18 Mar 2016
Fake social media accounts could soon be illegal in the UK
Fake social media accounts could soon be illegal in the UK There’s been a long-running war on the Web against fake user accounts, often because ad-funded platforms like Facebook need to know who you are so they can serve you ads, but police are now cracking down on this in the UK. That’s because people can’t
18 Mar 2016
Google engineer promises Plus won’t be a ‘den of infamy’ after hiring 4Chan founder Chris Poole
Google engineer promises Plus won’t be a ‘den of infamy’ after hiring 4Chan founder Chris Poole With the hiring of Chris Poole, Google got everyone talking about Plus again, but not in the way it may have wanted. According to one engineer, Plus won’t be the new 4Chan, so we can rest easy. Yonatan Zunger
16 Mar 2016
Pak Suzuki Profits Up By 203% in 2015
Pak Suzuki Profits Up By 203% in 2 Punjab Rozgar Taxi Scheme has resulted in 203% more profit for Pak Suzuki in 2015 as compared to the corresponding period of 2014. According to official results announced by the company recently, the overall profit of the company increased to Rs 5.842 billion in 2015 as compared
16 Mar 2016
Book a Ride from Uber Straight from Google Maps
Book a Ride from Uber Straight from Google Maps Another exciting Google update that makes commuting and deciding on routes much easier. You can now book a cab right from Google Maps instead of jumping between apps. Uber will be Google’s global partner for the integration, while popular taxi services in select countries such as
15 Mar 2016
Top 5 Healthcare and Medical Apps for Pakistani Patients
Top 5 Healthcare and Medical Apps for Pakistani Patients When it comes to robust app development, we are still far from getting it right in comparison with medical apps like Medscape or the likes. However, the good thing is, Pakistani app developers aren’t lost in oblivion and are making every effort to come to the
11 Mar 2016
Twitter Moments now has embedded links that support AMP mobile pages
Twitter Moments now has embedded links that support AMP mobile pages Twitter Moments now have embedded links, so users can get more out of newsworthy snippets. Embedded links take you to an article or blog post, and users can navigate back to Moments at any time. You’ll also be taken back to the Moment you
11 Mar 2016
Facebook Lite is the Company’s Fastest Growing App with 100m Monthly Active Users
Facebook Lite is the Company’s Fastest Growing App with 100m Monthly Active Users Facebook Lite, the Facebook app which is low on data-consumption, has hit 100M active monthly views globally. The app, which was rolled out on June of 2015 is now the fastest growing Facebook app, and is most popular in markets such as