The Infinix Hot 8 is Now Available in Pakistan in PKR 16,999 Hot 8’s Big battery perfectly complements its big 6.6 HD+ display. Hot 8 provides more screen-time with its powerful 5000mAh battery so that users can enjoy an ultimate viewing experience like never before. The big battery is also supported by 2A Fast Charge technology. With a tiny waterdrop notch housing only the front camera, users will get a screen-to-body ratio of 90%....
Is Tik-Tok actually copying Instagram? The screenshots depicted a variety of different features, many of which seemed to share striking similarities with Instagram features. The most noticeable one was a ‘For You’ page which seems to follow the grid-style layout of the Instagram Explore. This would allow users to scroll through a selection of videos and select which one to view rather than swiping through videos one by one as their current format requires....
As we know that MWC 2020 had lately postponed due to Coronavirus threat in majority parts of the world and mainly in China, the largest producer of smartphones. Many smartphone manufacturers had refused to appear in conference, now finding different platforms to launch their new smartphones. Recently. HMD global has made it official that Nokia will feature its new 5G handset in the upcoming 25th flick of James bond. As an official smartphone partner, Nokia’s premium handsets will be part of this movie, forming part of an integrated marketing campaign including digital media, Cinema, retail, OOH where its goes live on 8th March....
JazzCash will be the official digital payment partner for the Jazz Drive-In Cinema with all food stalls and ticket counters offering mobile payment solutions. Furthermore, JazzCash will also offer 50% cashback on tickets and food at the venue for a limited time to promote digital payments. Movies will be screened in the evenings from Friday to Sunday and will follow a week-wise theme ranging from classics to action, science fiction, fantasy, and animations – a movie for each member of the family....
This solution allows business owners to swiftly and seamlessly register their business accounts online via the JazzCash website and start receiving digital payments through QR codes. Customers can make payments by scanning the QR code via the JazzCash app or USSD. JazzCash is the first player in Pakistan to offer this service while complying with the State Bank of Pakistan’s regulations on digital merchant onboarding. JazzCash Introduces Country’s First Self-Onboarding Feature for Businesses “In today’s world, the success of a business is also dependent on the convenience that it offers to its customers....
Xbox Game Pass The event in Los Angeles on Sunday began and ended with two major games from Bethesda, which Microsoft acquired in 2020: Redfall, a first-person shooter in which players fight vampires, and Starfield, a space-themed role-playing game. Activision Blizzard Inc.’s Overwatch 2, which will enter early access in October with a competitive and open multiplayer mode, and Diablo IV, which will be released in 2023, were also mentioned. All four games will be available on Xbox Game Pass, which is at the heart of Microsoft’s gaming agenda and the reason it spent $7....
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Aminul Haq stated this while chairing the first meeting of the Committee on IT Exports Growth. Haque said that the proposals were tabled in the meeting with the ultimate focus on achieving the exports target of +ACQ-3.5 billion by the end of the current fiscal year. MoITT Proposes Tax Exemptions for 10 years for Freelancers Secretary IT Dr Sohail Rajput, officials from the State Bank of Pakistan, the Federal Board of Revenue, the Commerce Ministry, the Board of Investment, and the MD PSEB Osman Nasir were also present in the meeting....
Google trends manifest that Vivo V20 remained in the top searched smartphone in Pakistan during the year 2020 along with 3 other Vivo devices; Vivo S1, Vivo Y51 and Vivo Y20. Google released its annual “Year in Search” list which features the top trending searches in Pakistan and around the globe this year. The top trending searches had been further classified by Google in multiple categories to showcase what people were curious about....
Multidimensional Poverty in Pakistan Stands at 38.4 percent, says Dr Sania Senator Lt.Gen ® Abdul Qayyum said that the recent skyrocketing inflation coupled with rupee depreciation have turned table and more people were sent below the poverty line. Dr Sania Nishtar responded that according to old data income poverty measures at 24.3 percent while multidimensional poverty stands at 38.4 percent. To get the correct picture, digital survey is in the field and to be finalized by February next year, she added....
“Technologies like QUIC are more extensible to enable future innovation,” said IETF Transport Area Director Martin Duke. “Beyond QUIC, IETF participants have been exploring a broad range of ideas in Internet technologies, such as the next version of Web Transport, HTTP/3, the Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S) service architecture, and Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN).” A new building block that can improve application performance by reducing latency and enabling the multiple data streams needed by many modern Web services and other applications is provided QUIC....
The company also explains in the press release that the 10-bit Full Path Color Management System will be included in the Find X3 Pro. This technology provides “real, vivid and rich visual experiences, through capture, encoding, streaming, and display,” according to the company’s statement. Find X3 Pro also has a 120Hz high refresh rate that provides HDR display. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC and 5G support include in the device....
The government’s aim to reduce oil import bill and improve the environment by promoting electric vehicles is synced with this collaboration. The Pakistan Electric Vehicles Policy 2020-2025 with the objective to robust the electric vehicle market having a 30% and 90% share in passenger vehicles by 2030 and heavy-duty trucks by 2040 will also be complemented by the Pak-Korea collaboration. At the office of Korea Trade Investment Cooperation Agency in Karachi, the signing ceremony took place....
This is the Global Founders Capital’s first investment in Pakistan, which is co-leaded by the Berlin-based Global Founder Capital and the Pakistanis-based VC Indus Valley Capital. According to MENAbytes info, this seed round was the second-largest startup ever in the MENA region and the largest in Pakistan. It should also be noted that Bazaar has a variety of leading global and regional institutional and angel investors in addition to its leading investors....
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing called on Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Tuesday. Pakistan Formally Invites China to Invest in Digital Businesses Talking exclusively to this correspondent, Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui said that the meeting was held in a cordial environment where Pakistan tabled proposals for investment in IT sectors – the seventh pillar of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)....
Introducing the vision behind Changan Alsvin, Danial Malik, CEO Master Changan said “Our next car is the essence of the same win-win philosophy where the customer doesn’t have to compromise on their dreams. A car that can bring unparalleled value to our customers, our dealers, auto-parts manufacturers, and the nation overall.” “This is a car that will transform the landscape of the Pakistani automotive industry by bringing features and technology to the customers in the segment that they could previously only have dreamt of,” he added....
Federal Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui has directed the management of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) to devise a comprehensive marketing plan and prepare a strategy to accelerate growth of Pakistan’s IT sector. The Federal Secretary IT was chairing a meeting to review efforts for enhancing Pakistan’s IT industry exports on Monday. The meeting was held through video conference and attended by officers of the Ministry of IT and PSEB....
With the most votes from the audience, Safepay from Pakistan won the Audience Favorite award for CEMEA and received $10,000 in prize money. Karachi-based fintech Safepay was founded in 2019 by Ziyad Parekh and Raza Naqvi with a vision to accelerate the adoption of digital payments in Pakistan by attracting a wave of entrepreneurs who want to accept online payments from their customers. Safepay specializes in secure payment processing for eCommerce stores and helps merchants increase checkout conversions, expedite receivables and streamline sales by allowing their customers to pay online....
The vivo V23 5G offers a wide range of features including the 50MP Portrait selfie camera that detects key details of the face and automatically enhances the face to create the perfect ambience and take HD portraits. A triple camera setup at the back includes an outstanding 64MP Night camera, an 8MP Super Wide-Angle Camera, and a 2MP Super Macro Camera, which triples the photographic power and allows users to elegantly capture images in any environment, from bright skies to dark nights – the GW1 super sensor allows users to achieve next-level artistic photos....
Addressing a signing ceremony of the five-year US$ 188 ‘Pakistan Hydromet and Ecosystem Restoration Services project’ agreement here on Monday. Under the agreement, the World Bank would join hands with Pakistan and providing funding and technical support to latter’s disaster resilience and ecosystem restoration initiatives through more reliable and timely weather forecasting, improved disaster risk management services as well as overall environmental sustainability and achieving green growth targets of the country....
Also Read: FAST University Students Win Microsoft Imagine Cup 2021 Prepare Your Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint New Feature Whenever you prepare your presentation, PowerPoint Presenter Coach listens to you that analyzes what you’re saying and also informs you that you speak too quickly or slowly, filling words as “um” or “achh,” or just reading the words from paper or slide. It performed amazingly well on both Windows and iOS and did almost everything that Microsoft promise about the feature....
