Monday, July 8, 2024

Technology

Google Marshmallow to enable Urdu feature for users

Karachi - The latest version of Google’s smartphone operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow features Urdu language support, is what landmark breakthrough for Pakistan’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. Earlier in September, the Silicon Valley-based technology giant unveiled two of...

ISOC and COMSATS to empower Communities through Wireless Connectivity

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - To connect rural communities with wireless connectivity, Internet Society and COMSATS Internet Services have initiated a pilot project in Chak Faiz, a rural community in Multan, Pakistan. The Wireless for Communities Programme (W4C) project will provide...

Google-FAO partnership to make remote sensing data efficient and accessible

Partnership enhances ability to assess changing forest and to estimate greenhouse gas emissions PARIS (France) - Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing a high-technology assist to...

BlackBerry to exit Pakistan to avoid Data Monitoring demands

BlackBerry has confirmed that it is exiting its entire operations in Pakistan entirely to avoid allowing authorities in the nation to monitor its main business enterprise server and e-mail messages. Back in July, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) said it...

Forget Wi-Fi, new technology Li-Fi offers 100 times faster speed

A new type of wireless internet technology has been developed that could provide a connection that's 100 times faster than traditional Wi-Fi. Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) has proved capable of sending data at speeds of up to 1GBps, around 100 times...

Google Live Traffic updates now available in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Pakistanis can now utilize the live traffic data on Google maps. The map indicates in green color routes where the traffic is moderate while heavy traffic is indicated by red color. The Google map displays construction zones...

Pakistan has the potential to become Internet transit hub for region: ISOC study

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - Despite having the lowest Internet user density of 13.8% in the region, Pakistan has the potential to become the Internet transit hub for Central and South Asia, according a new study. Pakistan’s geostrategic location and access to...

Gogoro’s electric scooter will launch in Europe next year

Gogoro, the all-electric, Bluetooth-connected scooter designed in large part by former HTC staff, has announced its first launch beyond its home market of Taiwan: Amsterdam, a city well known for its love of two-wheeled things. The machine — and...

Apple to power Singapore stores with solar energy

Apple on Sunday announced a deal that will see its Singapore operations fully powered by solar energy SINGAPORE - Tech giant Apple is going all out to tackle climate change, turning to solar power to run its entire Singapore operations,...

Driverless buses will soon hit the road in Switzerland

Driverless post buses will soon be operating in the canton of Valais after a collaboration between PostBus and a Swiss startup founded by recent graduates from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne. The Swiss city of Sion will...

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Keir Starmer becomes UK’s new prime minister as Labour wins UK general election 2024

UK Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has become prime minister of UK after a ceremonial meeting with King Charles III on July 5, 2024. Starmer has led Labour to secure a landslide victory in the UK’s 2024 general election to end 14 years of Conservative rule.