LONDON ( MEDIA) The European Commission has adopted new rules that will allow the use of 3G and 4G mobile devices on board aircraft flying over the European Union. This means that from now on, spectrum for 3G (UMTS) and 4G (LTE) communications may be used above an altitude ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Google has made its app translation service available to all Android developers to enable them to offer their apps in different languages. The service, first previewed in May at Google I/O, allows developers to purchase professional app translations through the Google Play Developer Console from third-party service providersRead More →
UNITED NATIONS (MEDIA) Pakistan assigns the “highest importance” to ensuring the safety and security for the country’s nuclear programme, Ambassador Masood Khan told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, assuring the body that the weapons stock pile was safe and secure for the entire spectrum of threats, including cyber attacks.Read More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has reason to be angry. Last week, the Washington Post reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on Google and Yahoo servers without telling the Internet giants. Schmidt expressed his disappointment in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. AccordingRead More →
WASHINGTON (MEDIA REPORT) NSA hacks Google. How could it affect you? Emails? Online searches? Think bigger… Recently it was leaked that the National Security Agency tapped into primary overseas communication links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. According to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the agencyRead More →
Washington DC (MEDIA) John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has admitted that some of America’s spying activities have “reached too far”. He said many of the surveillance practices were carried out “on automatic pilot, because the technology is there and the ability is there.” Speaking to a conference inRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Google, and seven Android handset manufacturers have been hit with patent infringement lawsuits based on patents formerly owned by the bankrupt Nortel. Google lost an attempt to buy the patents when they were put up for sale, and now faces paying out extra if it loses the lawsuits.Read More →
Islamabad(Media) The Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Monday seized control of an online tool used by an advocacy organization for U.S. President Barack Obama to redirect links sent from his Twitter and Facebook accounts. Reuters reported. The link shortener used by OrganizingRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Saturday said that State of Qatar has been selected as host country for ITU Telecom World 2014. The 2014 annual edition of ITU Telecom World will take place in Doha in December 2014, at the state-of-the-art Qatar National Convention Centre. The eventRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Telenor Group on Monday said that its President and CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas will serve as GSMA chairman for the remainder of the current Board term through December 2014. In this role, Baksaas will oversee the strategic direction of the organisation, which represents nearly 800 of the world’sRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The full-sized iPad got the biggest upgrade. It’s now called the iPad Air and is significantly thinner and lighter than the last iPad. It weighs just one pound and is 7.5 mm thin. Inside, the iPad Air is powered by Apple’s new A7 processor, the same zippy chipRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) In a matter of weeks, everyone on Facebook will be searchable by name. But you’ll still have ways to control who sees your content, as long as you can navigate Facebook’s web of privacy controls. Facebook is pulling the plug on a setting that allowed people to preventRead More →