In recent news, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has canceled Wi-Tribe’s license for its telecom services, due to its failure to comply with the terms and conditions of licenses concerning the provision of uninterrupted authorized services to its customers. The telecom authority has further directed all cellular mobile licensees, Long Distance & International, Local […]
Pakistan’s information technology exports have reported a 42 percent increase on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Following this 42 percent increase, the profits of Pakistan’s IT exports and IT-enabled service reached $635 million from July to September this year against last year’s $445m. We Will Cross Pakistan’s IT […]
Recently, a blog post published by the famous microblogging platform, Twitter reveals that Twitter’s algorithm favors right-leaning political content more often than left, however, the reasons for that remain unclear. The conclusions were extracted from internal research on Twitter’s algorithmic amplification of right-leaning political content. Right-Leaning Political Content Receive More Algorithmic Amplification Furthermore, during the […]
On Monday, Amazon announced the rollout of two new programs which will integrate its Alexa-based program into hospitals and senior care. The latest programs, operating through Alexa Smart Properties, will assist healthcare workers to interact with patients without using protective devices. “Early on in the pandemic, hospitals and senior living communities reached out to […]
On Thursday, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that in this period of advanced technology, it is crucial to protect the nation’s youth particularly the kids from being exposed to immoral and unethical online content. Character Building is Extremely Essential: PM Imran Khan Furthermore, PM Imran Khan, while directing a conference on blocking obscene websites in […]
On Saturday, Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT) and Telecom, Syed Amin-Ul-Haq announced that Pakistan’s telecom industry market capacity and exports of IT services have improved “considerably” in recent years. He further added that in line with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ‘Digital Pakistan Vision’, 5G technology will be launched by December 2022. The Precondition for […]
Google Meet is now rolling out a new Audio and Video Lock feature that enables hosts to turn off the microphones and cameras of selected members during a meeting. It further limits the participants from turning them back on until the host unlocks them. Earlier this year, the tech giant has provided Google Meet hosts […]
In the recent news, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has chosen to acquire a web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) Portal for population coverage, planning, and the quality of service. The services offered by the web-based GIS Portal include installation, configuration, customization, data migration, training, maintenance, and support (services). The Web-Based GIS Portal Will be […]
Microblogging giant, Twitter has now expanded Twitter Spaces to all users. The Twitter Spaces team on Thursday announced that the users on both Android and iOS will now be able to host their own chat room. The Clubhouse-like feature, which enables users to create public and private audio chat rooms on the microblogging platform, was […]
Facebook is now launching a new AR Group Effects feature on Facebook Messenger video calls and rooms. Group Effects bring new AR filters and effects that can be applied to all members on a call, at the same time. These AR Group Effects feature will be rolled out soon to Instagram, Facebook says. Facebook Messenger […]