Pakistan moves to tax US advertising space on digital giants Google, Facebook
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has proposed 5% tax on digital revenues, hitting US tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, while also moving to bring...
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Purple Cow Strikes Again!
In the field of monochrome Holsteins, entrepreneurs gathered again for the 4th edition of the Purple Cow event hosted by Kickstart-co working...
“Newspapers are in trouble, Journalism is not”
Chapel Hill/Austin/Karachi
When digital disruption hit newspaper businesses in the United States, most publications rushed to launch their Internet versions, some even tried...
Investment in electronic media to surpass $5b in FY 2016-17
There has been a cumulative investment of approximately $4b in the electronic media industry in Pakistan. According to official estimates, electronic media sector has generated...
Dunya Group backs away from the dumpster fire that is WorldCall
Rumours that WorldCall Telecom’s majority shareholder Oman Telecommunications Company is looking to sell its stake in the company have been swirling since...
CarFirst: Reinventing the used car trade through technology and infrastructure creation
With online traction gaining strength in almost every segment of the economy, the buying as well as selling of cars have also...
Did Bollywood revive Lollywood?
Without Dabang, producing Manto would have been impossible.
It is by now cliché among Pakistan’s artistic community to suggest that the revival of Pakistani cinema owes...
Can ‘Bothie’ do for Nokia what ‘Selfie Expert’ did for Oppo?
With the tagline ‘Be less Selfie, be more Bothie’, Nokia launched its new line of smartphones with Nokia 8 last month. The...
Mobile TV app TAPMAD TV launched in Pakistan
The launch ceremony of Mobile TV app “TAPMAD TV” was held at the Alliance Francaise, Karachi and hosted by Ayesha Omer. The...
“Buzz” from Buzzfeed fades, as Mashable searches for emergency buyer
NEW YORK: BuzzFeed has given up on going public for now and Mashable is looking for an emergency buyer. The honeymoon period looks to be...
Too little, too late
Classified ads were providing a fairly substantial and a steadily growing revenue stream to Pakistan's two leading newspapers, Jang and Dawn. Other...
Serena hosts Bosnian cultural evening fundraiser
Serena Hotels under its cultural diplomacy initiative arranged a Bosnian cultural evening featuring musical performances by the Bosnian sibling duo Jasmina and...
In Ads We Trust
The global ad market is reeling with notable boost each year and it appears the trend is even better in Pakistan, with...
55 companies to be conferred CSR Awards on Jan 19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's 55 most prestigious companies with a significant contribution for social development through different remarkable projects and activities will be given awards...