Dropbox’ valuation driven up by strong demand on IPO
SAN FRANCISCO: Dropbox Inc’s initial public offering, the largest tech stock debut in more than a year, was priced at $21 per...
Trump targets Chinese goods with $60 billion tariffs
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump lit a slow-burning fuse on Thursday to launch long-promised anti-China tariffs, but his actions appeared to be...
SBP welcomes entry of non-banks in payment systems
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Governor Riaz Riazuddin said on Thursday the central bank is facilitating the entry of non-banks in the...
Govt gunning to jump from 147th to 50th in ease of doing business: BOI Chairman
LAHORE: Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman, Naeem Y. Zamindar believes Pakistan can achieve a ranking among the top fifty of World Bank’s...
MoIT to boost IT products and services under ‘Digital Pakistan’ policy
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is making an all-out effort to facilitate IT companies to multiply their exports.
Ministry of IT is...
KeepTruckin raises $50mn for technology expansion
LAHORE:Â KeepTruckin a technology company owned by a Pakistani, Shoaib Makani, has raised $50 million to develop additional products and help it expand,...
SBP, FBR launch online collection of taxes and duties
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) today formally launched its online tax collection system. This...
Facebook troubles mount as EU, US regulators swarm in on data leak
LONDON: British privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica late Monday following reports...
Alibaba in talks with Rocket Internet to acquire Daraz: Report
LAHORE: Alibaba, amongst the world’s leading e-commerce players is contemplating to purchase Rocket Internet’s online retail unit Daraz in Pakistan.
According to a...
Huawei, postmodern China in microcosm
Coinciding with Deng Xiaoping’s inspired new modernization design to transform People’s Republic of China around 13 years post the Cultural Revolution turmoil,...
Interview: David-Dohyung Kim, Director, Global Brand Management
Huawei, constantly redefining the future of technology
Q: What has taken Huawei so long to become the brand it has? What is your...
Facebook suspends data analytics firm involved in Trump’s election campaign
CAMBRIDGE: Facebook on Friday said it was suspending political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 election...
Coca-Cola, US State Department to use blockchain to combat forced labour
NEW YORK: Coca-Cola and the United States (US) State Department along with two other companies said on Friday they are launching a...
Facebook introduces new features for Pakistani market
KARACHI: With the expansion of broadband internet services in Pakistan, technology companies like Facebook are taking keen interest to enhance their user...
IPO, WIPO organise international workshop on patent database
ISLAMABAD: Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) Thursday organised a three-day workshop on patents database search and the establishment of Technology and...