‘Approaching 100 Starlinks active in Iran’: Elon Musk
The satellite-based broadband service could help Iranians circumvent the government’s restrictions on accessing the internet and certain social media platforms amid protests around the country SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday that the company is now close to having 100 active Starlinks, the firm’s satellite internet service, in Iran, three months after he…
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Connected Women Conference to be held tomorrow
The Connected Women Conference (CWC22), an exciting and informative event to empower women by increasing their participation in the digital economy would be held at Aiwan-e-Quaid of Fatima Jinnah Park tomorrow (Saturday). Organizer of the event Muhammad Umar said that the day-long conference was being organised by ‘Connected Pakistan’ featuring a range of activities designed…
Pakistan clinches 2nd position in ‘Huawei ICT Competition 2022’
Pakistan has clinched second position in the Huawei Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Competition 2022 held in Muscat, Oman. According to the statistics, 12,000 students from 135 universities attempted the nationwide test in which two teams comprising six students qualified for the Middle East Regional Finals from Pakistan. Pakistan Team One including Team Lead Faeez…
TikTok steps up efforts to clinch US security deal
POPULAR short-video app TikTok is offering to operate more of its business at arm’s length and subject it to outside scrutiny as it tries to convince the US government to allow it to remain under the ownership of Chinese technology company ByteDance, according to people familiar with the matter. TikTok has been seeking to assure US…
France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies
FRANCE’S privacy watchdog said (Dec 22) it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros (S$86 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users. In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said Microsoft’s search engine Bing had not set up a system allowing users to refuse cookies…
Ishaq Dar meets Pakistan software houses association for IT & ITES
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting with a delegation of the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES. SAPM on Finance Tariq Bajwa, SAPM on Revenue Tariq Pasha, Khurram Rahat Vice Chairman ‘P@SHA’, Syed Ahmed exchairman P@sha, Mohsin Ali, CEO Inbox and senior officers from the finance division attended…
Pakistan earns $854 million from IT services’ export in 4 months
Pakistan earned US$ 854.100 million by providing different Information Technology (IT) services to various countries during the first four months of the current fiscal year 2022-23. This shows a growth of 2.92 percent as compared to US$ 829.890 million earned through the provision of services during the corresponding months of the fiscal year 2021-22. During…
Ishaq Dar lauds UAE support for Pakistan’s economy, terms it major ‘economic partner’
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was one of the major economic partners of Pakistan. “Pakistan attaches great value to brotherly relations with the UAE,” the minister added. These views were expressed by the minister while meeting with a delegation of Etisalat International led…
Govt committed to end digital divide: Syed Amin Ul Haque
Federal Minister for Information and Technology an Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque said that the government is committed to end the digital divide between the urban and rural areas of the country. Effective measures are being taken for digitalization in the country and the Ministry of IT is taking every possible step for a better…
APICTA promotes Pakistan’s image and culture among Asia-Pacific Economies
APICTA and P@SHA’s teams came together for an exclusive press conference prior to the final award ceremony for APICTA 2022. Asia Pacific Information Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) held its APICTA Awards in the lush green foothills of Islamabad. Pakistan had won the bid in early 2022 to host the APICTA and the teams had been…