Govt launches app to track ongoing plantation drive

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar on Sunday announced that the government has launched an application...

Twitter expresses interest in buying TikTok’s US operations

AGENCIES: Twitter Inc has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the US operations of the video-sharing app, two...

PTA offers leniency in VPN registration process. But will it be enough?

During the Covid-19 pandemic, PTA has allowed applicants to pay fee online and send undertaking on their business letterheads instead of judicial papers

Amazon officially enters Pakistan with web services

SINGAPORE: Having registered a local office under the name Amazon Data Services Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, Amazon is forming a team for Amazon...

Google cost per click falls 22pc in 2nd quarter of 2020: reports

SINGAPORE: Advertisers and media agencies that continued spending money on paid digital advertising did so with the lowest costs of media recorded...

Microsoft aiming to buy TikTok’s entire global business: report

TikTok is currently facing a Sept 15 deadline to either complete a sale of its US operations to Microsoft or face a ban in the United States

Facebook launches TikTok-like product inside Instagram

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook rolled out its own version of social media rival TikTok in the United States and more than 50 other...

President Alvi calls for adoption, facilitation of Artificial Intelligence

ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday said that the adoption and growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the country...

PTA re-extends VPN registration deadline till Sept 30

ISLAMABAD: In order to facilitate businesses and the public for registration of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has...

Pakistan lifts ban on PUBG after PTA meets company

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) on Thursday lifted a ban on popular online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) after a meeting with the...

Telecom infrastructure ready to support 5G networks: PTA chief

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Maj Gen (r) Amir Azeem Bajwa has said that the country's telecom infrastructure is ready to...

COMSTECH to hold first AI, IoT exhibition on Aug 4

Thirty organisations from public and private sectors will display their products in diverse sectors including agriculture, health, and automation

PTA issues detailed order, retains ban on PUBG

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday issued a detailed order which said that the online game PlayerUnknown's BattleGround (PUBG) will remain...

Kantar research agency wants Pakistan’s advertisers to invest in influencers, omnichannel

By 2020, advertisers in Pakistan are expected to create products and services that keep up with expectations around the speed of service,...

Unilever admits Munchies is a joint venture and will appoint a dedicated CEO soon

Less than two weeks after Profit reported that Munchies is a joint venture of Unilever and VentureDive, the CPG leader and the technology consultancy both admitted to the assertion in a webinar with The Nest I/O, including confirming multiple speculations in the original report