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Lahore-based start-up launches app to replace car keys
The app was initially only intended as a do-it-yourself project for themselves, Yasir says
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Ransomware aimed to shake down Mac users
If a Mac user tries to open a known infected version of Transmission, a warning message appears on screen
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Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
His work changed the way the world communicates
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Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines
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Electric supercar wins young Croatian global fame
Rimac Automobili is selling Concept One supercars for 850,000 euros each
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Hubble telescope's latest find pushes back clock on galaxy formation
Astronomers discover galaxy formed 400m years after Big Bang explosion
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US tech companies unite behind Apple ahead of iPhone encryption ruling
Support from Apple's rivals showed the breadth of Silicon Valley's opposition to government's anti-encryption effort
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Popular smartphone app fails to measure blood pressure: study
The app, which was available for $4.99, was removed from the Apple store in August 2015 for reasons that are unclear
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It’s official: Uber launches in Pakistan
Service is operational in Lahore, but will eventually launch in Karachi and Islamabad as well
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German watchdog says Facebook may breach data protection rules
Company enables its advertising customers to better target users activities, Federal Cartel Office says
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Here's why you could be banned from using WhatsApp
App will stop supporting many older phones – all Blackberry, some Nokia and Android – by end of this year
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Google says it bears 'some responsibility' after self-driving car hit bus
The crash may be the first case of one of its autonomous cars hitting another vehicle
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New internet-connected bags can help you track your luggage
Smart luggage can perform tricks such as fingerprint-activated unlocking and built-in phone charging
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Frankfurt seeks to win over FinTech whizzkids
FinTechs use computer and Internet technology to develop innovative financial services and applications
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Indian villages ban single women from owning "distracting" mobile phones
The ban applies to girls under the age of 18 and unmarried women
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Facebook donates servers to speed up research into AI
The first four servers will be donated to a laboratory at Berlin's Technical University
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US looks to Facebook, private groups to battle online extremism
US Justice Department convened meeting with Facebook Inc, Twitter and Alphabet Inc's Google
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Google speeds news to smartphones, challenging Facebook
AMP said to load mobile Web pages an average of four times faster than the current norm, and use 10 times less data
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Air New Zealand to use 3D printing to create aircraft cocktail trays
The airline aims to install the trays in the coming weeks once it receives regulatory approval
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EU to launch action plan to develop superfast 5G mobile network
EU commissioner says cannot afford being left behind in most important transformation since industrial revolution
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Internet by light promises to leave Wi-Fi eating dust
Tests have shown theoretical speeds of over 200 Gbps - fast enough to "download the equivalent of 23 DVDs in a second
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Startup sells Pakistani handcrafted women’s shoes to the world
Fuchsia’s founders Afshan Abbas and Rameez Sajwani quit jobs at Microsoft and Amazon to start the venture
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Ever wondered why ‘F’ and ‘J’ keyboard keys have bumps? Here’s why
Placing fingers on bumps are called ‘home row’, meaning the row where one rests his fingers without seeing...
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What 5G Will Mean for You
With 5G, downloading feature-length movies could take less than five seconds
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Nokia 5G pickup could begin as early as 2017: Chief executive
Suri says in contrast to past big bang rollouts of mobile equipment cycles, 5G will require lots of equipment upgrades
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Samsung, LG improve smartphone cameras, turn to virtual reality
Zuckerberg appeared at Samsung event to announce partnership to promote use of virtual reality on the social network
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San Bernardino victims to oppose Apple on iPhone encryption
Victims have an interest in the information which goes beyond the Justice Department's criminal investigation
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Inefficient in innovation
Pakistan ranks an abysmal 131 out of 141 countries on the Global Innovation Index Report of 2015
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Technology: KU offers 3D printing
We acquired the printer in 2015 and Ali Yusuf has been training students to use the facility, she added
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Augmented reality looks to future where screens vanish
Using HoloLens, Kipman used turned the space around him into a cave, a fantasy land and even the surface of the moon
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Indian company briefly sells $4 smartphone before website crashes
Company says it is receiving 600,000 hits per second on its website
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Lahore-based startup helps fund critical healthcare for country’s poor
Founder says venture is entirely not-for-profit and came about after thorough analysis of existing healthcare segment
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Apple launches payments service in crowded China market
But unlike most other countries, mobile payment systems are already well-established in China
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Twitter users applaud new search function with moving images
Twitter said in a blog post that users could search and browse a GIF library when composing a tweet or direct message
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What does the 'i' in your iPhone stand for?
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs gave the letter ‘i’ a complete identity
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This bug can completely disable your iPhone
Apple is currently working on a fix for this problem
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Pakistani scientist develops device to diagnose cancer rapidly
Samir Iqbal, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, is an NED Karachi graduate
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Apple to launch new iPhone, iPad in March
Apple could not be immediately reached for comment
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Upgrade required : Stress laid on use of modern equipment
Official wants farmers to keep pace with technology
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'Time to say goodbye' to comet probe Philae: space agency
Philae's initial landing was bumpy -- lab bounced several times on surface before ending up at an angle in deep shade
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A welcome move: ABL launches free smartphone app
The app provides live news feeds, forex rates, commodity prices, and local and international money market rates.
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Here's how you can extend your iPhone's battery life
One of the most downloaded apps on iOS, Facebook has long been cited as a cause of fast-draining iPhone batteries
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Instagram finally launches account switching
Instagram confirms the feature is part of the 7.15 update for both iOS and Android users
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India introduces net neutrality rules barring Facebook's free Internet
The new rules came after Facebook launching an advertising campaign in support of its Free Basics program
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Technology & innovation to the rescue
Focus of NGOs should be to automate; digitise, so as to accelerate change in overcoming society’s colossal...
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Rocket Internet to shut down carpooling app Tripda
Startup fails to secure series B funding, will announce global shutdown later this week
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Indian Revenue Service website taken down by 'Pakistani' hackers
Messages, which read, 'Pakistan Zindabad' and 'We are team Pak cyber attacker', were posted on the website
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Apple’s ‘Error 53’ could completely shut down your iPhone forever
The problem appears to occur because Apple wants to ensure that the hardware stays safe
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Instagram tests new account switching feature on iOS
New feature will come handy for people who use more than one account on Instagram
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Apple will start letting you trade in broken iPhone
The objective it seems is to encourage phone upgrades rather than just repairs