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Pakistanis launch online campaign to protest against high fruit prices

Price hike in Ramazan compel Pakistanis for 3-day boycott of fruits In an effort to protest against soaring prices in Ramazan, an online campaign has been launched asking citizens all across the country to boycott fruit vendors from June 2...

EU fines Facebook $122 million over ‘misleading’ WhatsApp takeover

Facebook fine became third social media’s penalty in Europe within a week Facebook has been fined by the European Commission for "providing misleading information" during its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp. The European Commission called it a "proportionate and deterrent fine". European Union's competition commissioner...

Chief Justice takes suo-motu notice of Bahria Enclave tragedy

CJ called Chief Commissioner and IGP Islamabad to report within 48 hours After massive criticism on social media, Chief Justice of Pakistan took notice of stage collapse incident happened at Bahria Enclave, Islamabad. The incident took place on April 28, but...

WhatsApp new feature will let you pin your favourites chats on top

User press the favorite chat and selects the Pin symbol from the prompt list WhatsApp, most popular smartphone messaging application with over 1.2 billion users has reportedly been testing a feature that allows users to pin conversations with their favorite...

ECP bans social media, YouTube use in its offices across Pakistan

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has banned the use of social media websites in its offices across the country The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notice for it banning the use of social media and video streaming sites...

FIA arrested 3 bloggers for blasphemous content on social media

Anti-Terrorism Court granted seven-day remand and ordered FIA to submit report 31st March The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Pakistan has arrested three persons allegedly involved in a case regarding blasphemous content publishing on social media websites. The arrested bloggers were presented...

Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech giants oppose Trump’s travel ban

Tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix draft letter highlights how immigration supports entrepreneurship and corporate America Top American companies and technology giants, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Uber and Stripe, have co-authored a draft letter formally opposing...

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up to curb terror content online

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube would cooperate to fight terrorist propaganda and limit the spread of terrorist content online. Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are joining forces to more quickly identify the worst terrorist propaganda and prevent it from spreading...

Gates, Bezos and Zuckerberg are the Richest Billionaires in Tech

Americans and Asian dominate Richest in Tech 2016 list as it features 51 Americans and 19 Chinese people On the top of the chart is Bill Gates, with a net worth of 78 billion U.S. dollars. Gates is not only...

Information Blackout: Facebook criticized for censoring Kashmir-related posts, accounts

Facebook has been taking down accounts and posts related Kashmir unrest, which some term as "a violation of the right to free speech" SRINAGAR - Facebook has come under fire in recent days for suspending certain accounts on the social...

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Storms cause flooding in Switzerland, Italy and France as wildfires rage in Turkey and Greece

Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.