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02 Dec 2015
Twizoo mines Twitter to find you a great place to eat
Twizoo mines Twitter to find you a great place to eat There are plenty of ways to get restaurant recommendations online, with Yelp and Foursquare being two of the best. A little known iOS and Android app out of London is looking to challenge the incumbents by mining Twitter data for information on the best
02 Dec 2015
Spotify trumps Pandora as the world’s favorite music service, but Apple is nowhere to be seen
Spotify trumps Pandora as the world’s favorite music service, but Apple is nowhere to be seen In an increasingly crowded space, and with the noted absence of Taylor and Adele, Spotify has been named the global leader in music streaming across both iOS and Android. It knocked Pandora off the top spot among Apple users as
02 Dec 2015
Black Friday Broke All Previous Online Shopping Records for Pakistan
Black Friday Broke All Previous Online Shopping Records for Pakistan I am going to call it a massive hit. Daraz — and other online shopping stores — broke all previous sale records, with Daraz standing out as a clear winner during the entire event for more sales than anyone lese. Before we get into statistical details for Black Friday, I am
02 Dec 2015
Microsoft PowerApps Lets You Create Apps without Prior Programming Knowledge
Microsoft PowerApps Lets You Create Apps without Prior Programming Knowledge Would you like to start developing applications, without having any knowledge of programming whatsoever? Thanks to Microsoft PowerApps, this is now possible. The company has announced its latest application development solution catered towards businesses, which will easily be able to create applications for top-tier mobile
02 Dec 2015
PIF Launches National Innovation Awards to Celebrate Pakistani Innovative Spirit
PIF Launches National Innovation Awards to Celebrate Pakistani Innovative Spirit Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF) today launched Pakistan’s First National Innovation Awards to recognize and honor Pakistan’s leading innovators – both individuals and institutions/companies – that have remarkable achievements. The National Innovation Awards will be given at the Pakistan Innovation Forum 2015 – a regular future
02 Dec 2015
‘Most Used Words’ App Steals Your Private Information Off Facebook
‘Most Used Words’ App Steals Your Private Information Off Facebook If you’ve logged in to Facebook over the past couple of weeks, chances are that you’ve stumbled upon “Most Used Words”, a fun little application which tells you the words you’ve used in 2015. To-date, millions of users (and this author) have tried and entertained
02 Dec 2015
Pakistan Attracts $3 Billion Investment in Renewable Energy Initiatives in 2014
Pakistan Attracts $3 Billion Investment in Renewable Energy Initiatives in 2014 Pakistan’s Renewable Energy sector was able to attract an outstanding $3 billion worth of investment in 2014, indicating that the region has great potential here. Alternative Energy Development Board, also known as AEDB and its CEO Amjad Awan state that due to the following
02 Dec 2015
Wordseye App Transforms Your Texts Into 3D Images
Wordseye App Transforms Your Texts Into 3D Images Features of Wordseye After you have transformed your thoughts and ideas from your mind into 3d images, you can save your creations to your galley, or share them on social media with your family and friends. Here are some examples showing how the application performs. Screenshot of
02 Dec 2015
Mark Zuckerberg To Donate 99 Percent Of His Facebook Shares To Charity
Mark Zuckerberg To Donate 99 Percent Of His Facebook Shares To Charity Mark Zuckerberg To Donate 99 Percent Of His Facebook Shares To Charity The brain behind the most popular social networking platform in the world, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that he was going to give away 99 percent of his Facebook shares to
02 Dec 2015
Pakistan Slips 5 Points to 143rd Position in ITU’s ICT Development Index
Pakistan Slips 5 Points to 143rd Position in ITU’s ICT Development Index Pakistan has dropped on the Information and Telecommunication Union (ITU) ranking for ICT Development Index from 138th position in 2010 to 143rd position in 2015 amongst the 167 nations, said a recently published report titled “Measuring the Information Society Report for 2015”. According to