ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistani house-hunters are now embracing social media over traditional offline methods for finding their ideal home. This can be attributed to the increasing Internet penetration in the country. Pakistan currently boasts 30 million Internet users, 15 million smartphone users and around 12.8 million active, monthlyRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Facebook finally launched its free but limited internet facility “internet.org” in Pakistan in, making it the 11th country to have this service. In a Facebook post on Thursday Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that “Internet.org is now live in Pakistan for people onRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA )Facebook has released a new version of its community standards, defining in detail what it means by offensive content on issues such as nudity, bullying and hate speech. The move by the social networking company comes shortly after its peers including Twitter and Reddit have changed theirRead More →
ISLAMABAD( BMZ REPORT ) The spokesman of the Pakistan army, termed the twitter account with the name of chief of army staff Raheel Sharif as ‘fake’ . It is clarified that COAS and DG ISI do not have any facebook or twitter accounts. There is only one twitter and oneRead More →
LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) Warid Telecom today announced “Free Social Suit” for its users through which they can access unlimited Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter on their mobiles without paying any charges. Warid has recognized the ever increasing demand of social networks usage now its users can stay connected withRead More →
NEW YORK ( MEDIA ) Facebook announced Thursday it was buying California-based cyber security startup PrivateCore, in a move to boost defenses of its vast server network. “I believe that PrivateCore´s technology and expertise will help support Facebook´s mission to help make the world more open and connected, in aRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) As of August 2014, there are 15.4 million Pakistanis on Facebook, representing approximately 8.5 per cent of the country’s total population; a virtual city set to rival Karachi in terms of sheer numbers. Without a doubt, Facebook is Pakistan’s largest social network, and — unlike whenRead More →
KABUL (MEDIA ) The Afghan government on Sunday rejected a proposal to ban Facebook during an ongoing deadlock over the presidential election, despite fears that social media postings have fanned ethnic hatred. The dispute between candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah over alleged fraud in the June 14 election hasRead More →
NEW YORK ( MEDIA ) Twitter and Facebook lit up in a World Cup frenzy this week as millions of people around the world took to social media to share in the ups and downs of the matches. Defending champion Spain’s stunning elimination Wednesday after a 2-0 defeat to ChileRead More →
BANKOK ( MEDIA ) Thailand’s Dtac has confirmed that it has been ordered by the military government to block access to the Facebook website in a revelation that appears to have angered the telecoms regulator. Dtac’s majority shareholder is Norway’s Telenor, and it Telenor’s Asia vice-president Tor Odland who confirmedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Facebook Inc is developing its own video-chat app, known internally as Slingshot, after its failed attempt to acquire mobile messaging startup Snapchat, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Facebook has been working for several months on the planned video-chat app, which would allow users to sendRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA ) Facebook on Wednesday began pushing smartphone chats between friends to a stand-alone Messenger application The move to make members of the world’s leading online social network resort to Messenger for text exchanges on the move comes shortly after Facebook outlined a strategy to focus onRead More →