Tips & Tricks Archive
14 Apr 2015
Microsoft Conducts Awareness Sessions for Students and Teachers
Microsoft Conducts Awareness Sessions for Students and Teachers Microsoft Pakistan recently conducted 15 different sessions on “Internet safety & security” in various cities across Pakistan, targeted at students and teachers. This is another step in Microsoft’s effort to raise awareness and educate young generation on internet safety and security. Microsoft Pakistan conducted these sessions in
11 Apr 2015
Ufone 3G Coverage Reached 27 Cities in Pakistan
Ufone 3G Coverage Reached 27 Cities in Pakistan On the other hand Telenor is leading with reach up to 60 cities while Mobilink is at 2nd position in the race of 3G deployment and Zong is at 3rd place with 31 cities reached in their coverage maps. Coverage Details: Following are the cities where Ufone
11 Apr 2015
Silicon Valley Based Founder Institute Tests a Launch in Pakistan
Silicon Valley Based Founder Institute Tests a Launch in Pakistan The Founder Institute (www.fi.co) — that claims to be the world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program — announced today that it is exploring a new chapter launch in Karachi, Pakistan. Based out of Silicon Valley, Founder Institute was founded back in 2009
11 Apr 2015
Pakistani Researcher Helps Google in Preventing a Massive Security Disaster
Pakistani Researcher Helps Google in Preventing a Massive Security Disaster A Pakistani security researcher, Rafay Baloch, has helped Google in preventing a privacy disaster. In a blog post published a month ago, Rafay detailed how the Same Origin Policy (SOP) protection used by modern browsers on Android could be bypassed. The bug identified by
11 Apr 2015
Win a Ticket to Thailand with LINE Messaging App
Win a Ticket to Thailand with LINE Messaging App LINE has officially started its ‘LINE Group Chat2Win Contest’ in Pakistan. The event is scheduled to run from September 22, 2014 to October 21, 2014 and promises the some exciting prizes for the winners of the contest. The winning prizes include: Return ticket to Thailand, 10
11 Apr 2015
Pakistani Man Gets Indicted in the US for Developing Spyware App
Pakistani Man Gets Indicted in the US for Developing Spyware App Hammad Akbar, a Pakistani national and the chief executive of InvoCode Pvt Ltd has been indicted in the U.S. state of Virginia for conspiring to advertise and sell StealthGenie, an app that can monitor communications on smartphone without detection. The characterization of the
11 Apr 2015
Man Behind Apple’s Latest Innovation is a Pakistani
Man Behind Apple’s Latest Innovation is a Pakistani Contactless mobile payments are not a new idea but with the entry of Apple in the arena, it is going to hit the mainstream. Apple Pay is going to allow users to shop in over 220,000 stores in the U.S. simply with their smartphones. It allows
11 Apr 2015
India-Pakistan Cyber War Intensifies Amid Tension on Border
India-Pakistan Cyber War Intensifies Amid Tension on Border Cyber war between India and Pakistan is always on the run, however, it gets serious during national days or when tension at the borders increases. For last few days the silos at borders aren’t in good shape as Indian forces are alleged to have violated the
11 Apr 2015
7 Million Dropbox Account Passwords Leaked Online
7 Million Dropbox Account Passwords Leaked Online If you use Dropbox, you might want to change your password immediately. A thread on an internet forum was discovered which linked to a site where hundreds of Dropbox login credentials were available in plain text. The hackers claimed to have more than 7 million passwords and
11 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 specific. This