Technology News Archive
11 Apr 2016
WiFi Usage without Consent of Owner is Illegal: Fatwa Issued
WiFi Usage without Consent of Owner is Illegal: Fatwa Issued Theft it seems, isn’t just about the physical and tangible things anymore. Take WiFi for instance. You know, those invisible signals that allow you to browse the internet and check up on social media? Religious authorities are finally taking a look at classifying the stealing
08 Apr 2016
Bing just became the best search engine for developers
Bing just became the best search engine for developers At your day job as a professional code Googler – I mean developer – you probably search for quick snippets multiple times a day to find the best way to perform a particular task. Almost always as developers we end up on Stack Overflow or Mozilla
08 Apr 2016
Vivaldi Wants To Be the Ultimate Browser for Power Users
Vivaldi Wants To Be the Ultimate Browser for Power Users Web Browsers have almost stopped innovating nowadays. The browsers of old, which were full of features had to leave them in order to improve speed and security. Most of the web viewership has moved to mobile devices. Most desktop browsers are based on Chrome (Chromium)
06 Apr 2016
HP Spectre 13.3 Is the World’s Slimmest Laptop
HP Spectre 13.3 Is the World’s Slimmest Laptop Apple may have got its biggest competitor, and it is coming from the most long-standing companies around: HP. Its latest laptop, the Spectre 13, is the thinnest in the world at 10.4mm, almost 3 mm thinner than the new MacBook. And thankfully, the features don’t stop there
04 Apr 2016
Intel Makes Move to the Cloud Faster and Easier
Intel Makes Move to the Cloud Faster and Easier Intel Corporation today announced a range of new technologies, investments and industry collaborations aimed at making it easier to deploy agile and scalable clouds so businesses can deliver new services faster and drive revenue growth. Businesses want flexibility and choice in cloud deployment models to support
01 Apr 2016
Here’s How You Can Become an Uber Partner in Pakistan
Here’s How You Can Become an Uber Partner in Pakistan With Uber’s arrival in Pakistan, the transportation service provider is heating up. Careem, another international player, recently acquired Savaaree to reduce competition and hold its own against a multinational such as Uber. Its launch has also provided the locals with an opportunity to work with the
28 Mar 2016
Lahore Blast: Facebook Mistakenly Enabled its Safety Check Globally
Lahore Blast: Facebook Mistakenly Enabled its Safety Check Globally Facebook today turned on its “safety check” tool after deadly blast in Lahore that has killed over 50 innocent people — mostly children and women — till now. Facebook’s “Safety Check” tool automatically sends notifications to people thought to be with-in the troubled/attacked area and
24 Mar 2016
WhatsApp to get encrypted voice calls ‘within weeks’ as US starts clampdown on messaging
WhatsApp to get encrypted voice calls ‘within weeks’ as US starts clampdown on messaging Facebook-owned WhatsApp already encrypts your messages sent via the service, but that additional security doesn’t apply to voice calls at present. However, according to The Guardian, that will change “within weeks,” thereby preventing the authorities from accessing any of the contents
23 Mar 2016
Google is finally killing its silly Chrome app launcher for Mac, Windows and Linux
Google is finally killing its silly Chrome app launcher for Mac, Windows and Linux If you were tired of navigating around the Chrome app launcher, it won’t be around much longer, according to Google. Today, the company announced it was getting rid of its wannabe OS-in-your-OS Chrome launcher, which launched three years ago and housed
10 Dec 2015
MoIT Starts Final Work On IT Policy Framework
MoIT Starts Final Work On IT Policy Framework The Ministry of Information Technology has formally started consultative process on IT Policy frame-work in order to get inputs from all stakeholders. In this regard consultative meeting was held between Ministry and Academia herein Islamabad in the chair with State Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication