Nigerian Stock Exchange celebrates as it wins ‘2018 Best Use of Technology for Efficiency’ award
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has bagged the ‘2018 Best Use of Technology for Efficiency’ award from Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards 2018 (NTITA). The NTITTA is the most celebrated industry awards for the technology and telecom industries attracting top decision makers in the sectors. The annual event is...
The tiny Tiny Palm smartphone that baffles fans of mobile devices
The Tiny Palm will cost US $ 349 and will be available in the United States, only with the Verizon network, starting in November. It is very small, it has Android and it is designed to be a “complementary telephone” of the normal size cell phone that you use every...
PTA extends date, decision of cellular handsets IMEI blocking after 20th October postponed
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of All Pakistan Mobile Union held a meeting with Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar here on Tuesday. During the meeting, Hammad Azhar assured the delegation that the government will not block handsets and also allow them to continue trade in used mobile phones from other...
Youtube outage resulted due to an attempt by Pakistani government to block anti-Islamic content
YouTube’s video streaming service went out for more than an hour on Tuesday, apparently affecting locations around the world. YouTube acknowledged the outage in a tweet at 9:41 p.m. EDT, noting that it affected YouTube, YouTube Music and YouTube TV. The company said it was working on the issue and...
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen succumbs to Cancer and expires
Microsoft Corporation, co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer, the Allen...
Whatsapp rolls out a major updated feature
WhatsApp, earlier this year, launched its much-awaited feature ‘Delete for Everyone’ that allows users to revoke messages if they’ve been sent to the wrong person or group. But now the company is making a big change into this widely-popular feature. At the time of the launch, users were allowed to...
GSK pursues a digital transformation, aims at boosting e-commerce
On a mission to ‘rewire’ some of its brands for the modern consumer, GlaxoSmithKline is pursuing a digital transformation agenda aimed at boosting ecommerce performance and upgrading its media ROI. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is rethinking how its organization is set up to compete in the digital world as it faces competition...
Is your cellular device PTA compliant?
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed mobile phone users to register their cellular devices with the authority. In a text message sent to mobile phone users, PTA has warned that non-compliant devices will not work after October 20. To register your cellular device, you have to send your IMEI...
Instagram gears up to combat cyberbullying
Instagram on Tuesday added more weapons to battle cyber bullying, using artificial intelligence to scan photos for abusive content at the Facebook-owned service. The move comes after Facebook also increased anti-harassment measures, following a survey which said young victims of online abuse feel social media firms aren’t doing enough to...
Google challenges Apple, unveils Pixel 3 – Not just smart, but thoughtful
SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc’s Google unveiled on Tuesday the third edition of its Pixel smartphone, a Google Home smart speaker with a display and its first tablet computer, as it makes a come-from-behind push into hardware. A frame that automatically displays only the good pictures. A phone that screens telemarketer...
