The Punjab Information Technology (IT) policy draft is not just about IT. Rather, it aspires to be about governance in the age of IT. The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has held a public consultation on the draft and is now revising …Continue reading
WhatsApp Video Calling Goes Live in Pakistan
WhatsApp Video Calling is finally available for use in Pakistan. Users just need to update their app for the feature to appear on their Android, iOS or Windows phones. To video call, users have to press the call button on the top …Continue reading
How Political Candidates Know If You’re Neurotic
When a state representative named Thom Tillis ran for U.S. Senate in North Carolina in 2014, his campaign followed the now-standard practice of sending voters online and direct-mail advertisements referring to particular issues. Which issues mattered to which people, from ISIS to …Continue reading
Exclusive First Look at Foodible
The application that promises to make the process of eating out easier is set to launch on the 22nd of August. Foodible uses a phone’s GPS to locate the closest restaurants to the user, while providing the feature to filter the options …Continue reading
Riding the New Wave of Data Science
A brief review of the limitations of big data in Pakistan. Big data has been a big deal in marketing circles for quite some time. Most marketers agree, big data helps. It is one of the most effective ways decision makers and …Continue reading
The Debate on Cybercrimes Law
A study of the proposed law and the way forward. By Verda Munir The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) apprehends one Fahad Bari. He is accused of harassing women on Facebook. The raiding team finds objectionable content on his computer and confiscates it …Continue reading
What It’s Like to Have Super Hearing Abilities
I never thought much about what it would be like to change the way the world around me sounds; if I don’t like the sound of a street musician or the din of a busy shopping mall, I either put up with …Continue reading
Research Landscape of Pakistan
An in-depth analysis of global figures reveals Pakistani researchers are more focused on volume over value, quantity over quality; Pakistan needs a drastic policy shift. Knowledge has become crucially important in global economies since many economies are becoming knowledge-based. The emerging economies …Continue reading
Working Hard for the Money
Pakistan’s freelance programmers already account for $850 million of the country’s software exports. Is the underground gig economy poised for take-off? By Hafsa Shorish TALENT, reliability and low cost is highly sought and prized in staff. There is no such thing as …Continue reading
Fighting ISIS Online
The two men pecked out messages on opposite sides of the country. “Yes the Islamic State was a fantasy in 2004, now look at it. The U.S. was a fantasy in 1776, now look at it,” the man in Virginia wrote in …Continue reading
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