There is a large open manhole on the road leading to your home. The pungent smell of the toxic sewer gases being released from it makes you want to avoid that area as much as possible. What do you do now? You …Continue reading
Developers of App Allowing Remote Control of Vehicle Operations Win Seed Funding
The developers of a smartphone application allowing remote control of various vehicle operations including locking and unlocking it and turning it on and off have secured seed funding of $150,000 from a local corporation. The application developed by Car Chabi, an Internet …Continue reading
Combating Obesity Through Technology
Pakistan is the 9th most obese country in the world. According to recent studies, one-in-four Pakistani adults are now overweight. To stop this trend of obesity, especially in today’s world where changing lifestyles and oil-rich food are contributing to it, more people …Continue reading
WhatsApp is about to stop working at the end of 2016
Popular communication application Whatsapp has announced that it will drop support for older mobile platforms by the end of 2016. “While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they don’t offer the kind of capabilities we need to …Continue reading
Google’s New Personal Safety Application
Google has introduced a new way to let your friends and family know that you are safe in case of an emergency. The new “Trusted Contacts” application enables you to keep your loved ones updated as to your location and activity status. …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
Data Science Lab in Pakistan Makes Urdu-Hindi Dictionary
With the advent of smart keyboards, the Urdu script has arrived in mobile phones. However, its application remains tedious at best. Most people resort to writing in Urdu by using the English script, which is also known as writing in Roman Urdu. …Continue reading
PITB Develops Mobile Application to Aid Afghan Refugee Registration
The Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, its occupation till 1988 and the subsequent civil wars in the country led to one of the greatest refugees crises of the 20th century. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans poured into Pakistan, and were welcomed …Continue reading
Taking on the Mobile Phone Repair Industry
We’ve all done it. Had that moment where you forgot that you were holding your phone in one hand. Then there is that heart stopping moment when your phone slips from your grasp and free falls to the floor. You hear a …Continue reading
WhatsApp Will Use Your Data to Target Ads at You. But Everything Else on Your Phone Is Doing so Too
The company’s decision to provide user information to Facebook is only the latest attempt by app-makers to collect information about their users. The world’s most widely used app-based instant-messaging service has made a change that is about to affect its one billion …Continue reading
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