NEW YORK ( MEDIA ) Pornography is no longer the leading source of malware on mobile devices, according to a new study. The non-honor now goes to Web-based ads, according to Blue Coat, a security firm that analyzed data from more than 75 million global users for a report itRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA ) Yahoo Inc will stop letting consumers access its various online services, including Fantasy Sports and photo-sharing site Flickr, by signing-in with their Facebook Inc or Google Inc credentials. The change, which will be rolled out gradually according to a Yahoo spokeswoman, will require usersRead More →
ISLAMABAD( BMZ REPORT ) A meeting of the Spectrum Auction Advisory Committee was held under the chairmanship of Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar at the finance ministry here on Wednesday. Secretary Ministry of Information Technology, Akhlaq Tarrar briefed the committee on the progress made so far on the auction ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) In a shocking turn of events, cellular mobile operators have expressed serious concerns over the “Online” Auction Methodology being adopted by the PTA for the upcoming 3G/4G Auction and may not participate in the 3G/4G auction at all. According to details, a high profile meetingRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) Ongoing due diligence between Etisalat and Warid for the buyout of the Abu-Dhabi Group’s cellular service provider has remained inconclusive as Warid called off negotiations when it wasn’t able to get its desired price, said a Warid official on Tuesday. The News clamied. “The ongoing discussionsRead More →
LONDON ( MEDIA ) Malala Yousafzai may be the only teenager who doesn’t have a mobile phone — and is willing to admit it. The girl who was shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education set off a chorus of chuckles Monday night when she said sheRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO (MEDIA) Google has been allowed by a court to keep a controversial film trailer that mocks the Prophet Muhammad on YouTube, but the video has to be scrubbed to remove the performance of actress Cindy Lee Garcia, who claims infringement of her copyright. The U.S. Court of AppealsRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) The biggest search engine of the world, Google, has selected SMSall network, developed by two Pakistanis, for the entrepreneurs parties programmes, says the network chief operating officer (COO). According to SMSall COO and Director Idrees Butt, 16 entrepreneurs have been selected from all over the world,Read More →
In Planned Transition, Luca Maestri to Become His Successor (California – March 4, 2014) Apple® today announced that Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s senior vice president and CFO, will retire at the end of September. Luca Maestri, Apple’s vice president of Finance and corporate controller, will succeed Peter as CFO reporting toRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA ) Finance minister Senator Ishaq Dar has directed chairman of Privatisation Commission to get resolved the issue of transferring of properties in the name of PTCL within two weeks so that the government could get $800 million from the Etisalat. According to a press release, he gave thisRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) In a meeting with Pakistani delegation headed by the Minister of State for IT Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan, top brass of Turk Cell showed keen interest in visiting Pakistan very soon in context of forthcoming spectrum auction. The meeting was held during Mobile World CongressRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO (MEDIA) Google urged a US appeals court to let it repost an anti-Islamic movie on YouTube, pending a re-hearing of the copyright case that got it removed. The 2012 appearance of “Innocence of Muslims” on Google’s video-sharing site provoked deadly violence, but the current legal case against itRead More →