Apple results beat sets eyes back on $1 trillion
Apple Inc shares rose almost 5 percent on Wednesday, pushing the iPhone maker?s market valuation back towards $1 trillion as its quarterly report and upbeat forecast calmed investors worried about slowing growth.
Jazz And Enfrashare To Spur Telecom Infrastructure Development
Karachi (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th May, 2019 ) Jazz, Pakistan?s leading digital communications company, and Enfrashare (Private) Limited have signed off on a partnership with the commitment to accelerate growth in telecommunications infrastructure. Under this partnership, Enfrashare will develop the telecom infrastructure and also provide key services for Jazz, thereby reducing Jazz?s capital investment, paving the ...
Alibaba to pay $250m to settle lawsuit over pre-IPO warning on counterfeiting
The lawsuit accused Alibaba of securities fraud for failing to disclose it had met with China?s State Administration for Industry and Commerce on July 16, 2014, two months before the company?s $25 billion initial public offering. Alibaba?s American Depositary Shares slid 12.8 per cent on Jan 28-29, 2015, after the SAIC issued a white paper based on concerns raised ...
Google set to launch privacy tools to limit online tracking: WSJ
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc?s Google is set to roll out a dashboard-like function in its Chrome browser to offer users more control in fending off tracking cookies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Google?s 3 billion users help make it the world?s largest seller of internet ads, capturing nearly a third of ...
Facebook bans US black leader, conspiracy theorists
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has banned controversial black leader Louis Farrakhan, far-right icon Alex Jones and several others in a heightened crackdown on ?hate content? at the leading social network. ?We?ve always banned individuals or organisations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,? Facebook, which has been under intensifying pressure to curtail controversial content, said in ...
Facebook overhauls design as it pivots to private messaging
SAN JOSE: Facebook Inc debuted an overhaul of its core social network on Tuesday, taking its first concrete steps to refashion itself into a private messaging and e-commerce company as it tries to move past scandals while tapping new revenue sources. The new design showcases Facebook?s messaging app, online marketplace and video-on-demand site while giving greater prominence to the ...
‘Call Sarzameen App’ launched to address issues of overseas Pakistanis
The app?s web portal was introduced in November last year on trial basis which received around 531 complaints, out of which, 361 had been resolved while 96 were in process, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari told state-run wire service. Bukhari said he would monitor the complaints himself, in addition to ...
Workplace messaging startup Slack to list on Wall Street
Washington: The workplace messaging startup Slack filed documents Friday to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, the latest of a group of richly valued tech enterprises to look to Wall Street. Slack, which has become a popular application for businesses looking to move away from email to real-time messaging, said it had some 10 million users ...
High Tech Industry Demand An Aerospace Manufacturing Policy
President, Pakistan Aerospace Council, Dr. Haroon Qureshi outlined the activities of the council during the past three years and contributions of its members for the advancement of science and technology, through collaboration with universities , national research organizations as well as manufacture of a diverse range of products for the national and global markets. ...
5G conference warns on security as Huawei controversy rages
Responding to the conclusions of the conference, Huawei said in a Friday statement that it was ?committed to working with regulators, operators and industry organisations to develop effective rules which can build a stronger, more resilient and safer network.? ?As the EU continues its deliberations, we firmly believe that any future security principles should be based on verifiable facts ...
Facebook sues New Zealand company to thwart fake likes
The company and three people targeted in the lawsuit operated a service to raise the profile of Instagram accounts by bolstering them with bogus followers, views and "likes," Facebook director of platform enforcement and litigation Jessica Romero said in a blog post.
Facebook's user base may be taken over by dead people
NEW YORK: Facebook may turn into a "digital graveyard" as more dead users will make up the world's largest social network than the living, a new study suggested. A minimum of 1.4 billion users will pass away before 2100 if the tech giant ceases to attract new users as of 2018, according to a study published in the journal ...
Apple defended decision of removing few parental control apps
The latest version of Apple's iOS mobile operating system added Screen Time tools, which let people see how much time they spend using their favourite apps. Some app-makers claimed Apple had removed their products from the App Store after Screen Time was launched, and said it was trying to limit competition. Apple Said it had taken action against apps ...
5G network security not a political issue: FM spokesman
Commenting on the gathering, Geng Shuang, the spokesman, said at a regular press briefing that the 5G network is a kind of frontier and guiding technology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, closely bonding up with the global economic development, the interests of all countries and the progress of human civilization. The attempts to introduce political factors into 5G development, ...
UPDATE - Russia To Launch Nearly 50 Satellites For GLONASS System In Coming 15 Years - Roscosmos
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th May, 2019) plans to launch 46 for its Global Navigation Satellite System GLONASS by 2034, the materials of space agency Roscosmos, shared with Sputnik, showed on Thursday. In late , a source in the rocket and space told Sputnik that the launch of the GLONASS-M navigation satellite ...
PTA to block mobile devices with non standard IMEI starting December 1
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's (PTA) long-anticipated Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) will become operational from December 1, it was announced on Wednesday. However, after December 1 all such mobile devices that have a non-standard International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) will be blocked by the PTA. PTA has advised all mobile consumers to check IMEI status of a ...
SpaceX, NASA tight-lipped on cause of crew capsule incident
Washington: NASA and SpaceX remained tight-lipped Thursday about what caused a mysterious but apparently serious incident last weekend during engine tests on the Crew Dragon capsule designed to carry US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) later this year. SpaceX has not issued any more details since its statement on Saturday, and NASA has referred any questions back ...
Samsung denies new Galaxy phone burnt from malfunctioning
SEOUL: Samsung on Tuesday stood by its new Galaxy S10 5G model after a South Korean smartphone owner posted pictures online of a charred handset claiming it had mysteriously "burnt".
German scientists create see-through human organs
?Therefore, I believe we are much closer to a real human organ for the first time now.? Erturk?s team plan to start by creating a bioprinted pancreas over the next 2-3 years and also hope to develop a kidney within 5-6 years.
دنیا بھر میں سمندروں کی لہریں خطرناک ہونے لگیں
اس تحقیق سے معلوم ہوا ہے کہ عالمی سمندروں پر چلنے والی ہواؤں کی رفتار ڈیڑھ میٹر فی سیکنڈ تک پہنچ چکی ہے جو گزشتہ 30 برس کے مقابلے میں 8 فیصد اضافہ ہے۔ عین اسی عرصے میں لہروں کی بلندی میں اوسط 30 سینٹی میٹر کا اضافہ ہوا ہے جو 5 فیصد اضافہ ہے۔ اس معاملے پر تحقیق کرنے والے ...
