Technology

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked over 900 uniform resource locators (URLs) and about 10 websites of proscribed organizations, under the National Action Plan (NAP).…

WomenTechQuest, a community building event for women in tech, comprising of a Hackathon and Testathon was held at 10Pearls University, Karachi. 10Pearls University is a…

Intel Corporation has closed its offices in Pakistan recently as part of its global business strategy, sources have confirmed to ProPakistani. The global strategy is…

The government is planning to establish science and technology institutes in different disciplines for rapid socio-economic development of the country. For this purpose, Ministry of…

Qualcomm Technologies has introduced Qualcomm 205 Mobile Platform to enable 4G LTE for feature phones. ‘Snapdragon’ rebranded to ‘Platform’ for lower-end devices Last week, Qualcomm…

Wi-Tribe has installed first ever 4.5G supported equipment in the Head Office in F-8 Islamabad. In February 2017, wi-tribe announced a $15 million contract and…

Google has developed and open-sourced a new JPEG algorithm that reduces file size by about 35 percent — which means faster web page loading and…

UBL has launched Pakistan’s first Digital Branch. This pilot branch is located at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA-City Campus), Karachi. True to its Progressive…

Microsoft has announced a new Bug Bounty Program for Office Insider Builds on Windows with a payout range of USD $6,000 to $15,000. The bug…

Google’s Code Jam, one of the most challenging programming competitions in the world, has returned and registrations are now open. Code Jam calls on programmers…

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has submitted instructions to the chief commissioners for the compilation of budget proposals including taxation of e-commerce in coming budget…

Gmail for Android has added a feature to send and receive money within the app. Google has made it much easier for users to do…

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has signed an agreement to procure electronic voting machines (EVMs) and biometric verification machines (BVMs) for a trial run…