How IT enabled a Matric-qualified carpenter earn $50,000 in 18 months
Matric-qualified Muhammad Muawiya, a 22-year-old resident of Karachi, earns more than a bank manager every month and that too from the comfort of his...
Pakistan’s first blockchain-based cross border remittances service launched
The blockchain-powered remittance service will make round-the-clock, real-time money transfers between the two countries possible at a competitive exchange rate, with Alipay’s transaction fees waived during the one-year trial period
Bill Gates desires to invest heavily in Pakistan’s IT sector
Bill Gates, a billionaire philanthropist and the founder of Microsoft, in a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, expressed his desire to...
Amazon becomes most valuable publicly-traded company
The online sales goliath assumed the top spot after notching a 3.4 percent gain to finish with a market capitalisation of $796.8 billion, about $13.2 billion more than Microsoft
Chinese tech investors flee Silicon Valley as Trump tightens scrutiny
SAN FRANCISCO: New Trump administration policies aimed at curbing China’s access to American innovation have all but halted Chinese investment in US technology startups, as...
Mercedes aims to be among top two players to scale autonomous tech: paper
FRANKFURT: Mercedes-Benz’s is not aiming to be the first manufacturer to develop a self-driving car but it wants to be among the first two...
Samsung, Huawei supply majority of own modem chips, Qualcomm says
For the second quarter of 2018 - the most recent figures available from IDC - Apple was the third-largest smartphone supplier by volume, with Samsung and Huawei in first and second place, respectively
Big IPOs eyeing a brittle Wall Street in 2019
The market is coming off an outstanding 2018 for stock offers, with 231 companies going public and raising $61 billion, the best year since 2014 when Alibaba entered Wall Street, according to Dealogic
While PSX has a horrible year, one company more than doubled its share price
Avanceon Ltd’s CEO Bakhtiar Wain gears up for even faster expansion as cash flows in
Can ITU become Pakistan’s MIT?
Umar Saif’s brainchild is meant to be a research-focused institution. But it remains to be seen whether it has the ingredients necessary to be globally competitive
200 million people and zero unicorns
A successful Pakistani Silicon Valley entrepreneur opens up about building
the next great startup in Pakistan
Huawei smartphone shipments surpass 200 million in 2018
In 2010, Huawei's smartphone shipments were 3 million units, according to market research firm IDC
Innovation, technology key to sustainable growth for economy: Bizfest18
LAHORE: Google Business Group (GBG) on Saturday held the #Bizfest18 where experts from various industries participated in panel discussions about the state of technology,...
OICCI stresses need for digital revolution in Pakistan
Chamber recommends urgency for creating a tech-friendly ecosystem to encourage digital entrepreneurship among youth ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) on...
Foxconn not in settlement talks with Qualcomm in Apple battle: attorney
Last week, Qualcomm secured a preliminary victory in a patent lawsuit in China that would have banned sales of some Apple iPhones there
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Air France mulls returning to Pakistan after 11 years: minister
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British supermarkets battle to secure stocks as chaotic Brexit looms
With no deal in sight as Britain’s March 29 exit date approaches, supermarkets are stockpiling, working on alternative supplies and testing new routes to cope with an expected logjam at the borders but say they face insurmountable barriers
