Pakistan now has a National Center in Big Data and Cloud Computing (NCBC) that brings together 12 laboratories across 11 leading universities of the country working in fields ranging from medicine and agriculture to energy management and distribution. The PKR 1.5 billion …Continue reading
Big Data: A New Way to Govern
Good governance is built on merit, transparency, and service orientation. In turn, the guiding principles for ensuring merit and transparency are timely decisions based on facts. Governments around the world are realizing the importance of timely and accurate information for good governance …Continue reading
Google Launches App Maker for Non-Developers
Google has announced the launching of App Maker, a low-code integrated development environment (IDE), which organizations can use to build instant custom applications for their business needs. Currently, Google is accepting applications for early access to the App Maker from organizations that …Continue reading
Social Media and Big Data in Politics
Growing role of social media and technology in Pakistani politics. All politics is local,” the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O’Neill is usually credited with this particular catchphrase. However, this is a universal principle when it comes …Continue reading