Twitter Acquires London-Based Chat App Sphere to Broaden its Product Offerings

Twitter has acquired the London-based chat app Sphere. The acquisition of Sphere is the latest move by Twitter to expand its product offerings to users. As per reports, the microblogging platform, Twitter could use the acquisition of Sphere to improve its personal and group messaging capabilities. Sphere Admires Twitter’s Focus on Developing Community-Building “Much like […]

WhatsApp Launches New Collections Feature To Make Shopping Easier

The popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp is now rolling out a new feature called “Collections” to make shopping easier for users by placing items using categories. The Facebook-owned platform is now rolling out WhatsApp Collections Feature to small businesses around the world.   WhatsApp Collections feature Will Make Shopping Easier for People   Moreover, the […]

E-Commerce Logistics Startup Rider Raises $2.3 Million Seed Funding

Rider, a Karachi-based e-commerce logistics startup has successfully raised $2.3 million seed funding in a round directed by Global Founders Capital, Fatima Gobi Ventures, and Asian Development Bank, as announced by the company today. Moreover, TPL E-Ventures and Transhold also participated in the seed funding round. The E-Commerce Logistics Startup Has Over 500 Drivers in […]

Oppo is Developing its Own High-End Chips for Flagship Mobile Phones

Chinese smartphone manufacturing company, Oppo is now developing its high-end chips for flagship mobile phones, according to a recent report by Nikkei. Two people who spoke to the publication stated that the idea was to release custom SoCs in 2023 or 2024 “depending on the pace of development.” Oppo reportedly wants to utilize TSMC’s advanced 3nm […]

PTCL Cements its Business Standing: Increase of 7% Revenue and 136% in Profit

The country’s leading telecom and ICT services provider, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), posted a significant 7.3% growth in its revenues, owing to a robust commercial strategy that cements its market standing. The company has announced its financial results for the nine months period ended on September 30, 2021 at its Board of Directors’ meeting on October 18, […]

PITB signs Digitization Agreements with Punjab Irrigation Department

According to a recently issued official statement, Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has signed two separate digitization agreements with the Punjab Irrigation Department. These agreements intend to act on the implementation of an e-Procurement System and e-Library for the department. The Signing of Digitization Agreements Was Hosted at Arfa Software Technology Park  The signing ceremony […]

Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max Chips Are to Power Upcoming MacBook Pro Models

Tech giant, Apple at its Unleashed event announced Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, two custom-built successor high-end processors to the original ‌M1‌ Apple silicon chip. The latest MacBook Pro computers are to be powered by the new chips, which can deliver up to 70% faster CPU performance than the ‌M1‌.   Apple M1 […]

Google Now Prepares to Launch TaskMate Globally After the Roll Out in Kenya

Recently, tech giant, Google has rolled out TaskMate in Kenya, a crowdsourcing application that allows people to use smartphones to perform tasks and get paid, tapping the expanding gig market. The company stated that it has launched the beta version after a year-long trial in the East African country and is planning to introduce it […]

WhatsApp Integrates its Joinable Calls Feature Directly into Group Chats

In recent news, the popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp has now integrated its joinable calls feature, which allows its users to join an ongoing group video, directly into group chats. The newest update will provide users the choice to join an ongoing group call right from the group chat tab. The joinable calls feature was […]

Facebook Refutes Report that its AI Can’t Identify Hate Speech and Violence

On Sunday, Facebook responded to a news report that its artificial intelligence (AI) program has had little impact at curbing and eliminating content containing hate speech and violence from the social network platform. The Wall Street Journal cited internal documents from 2019 in its article that the social network’s engineers considered the company’s algorithms to remove only […]

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