Tech and Telecom

The Regional Police Officers (RPOs) Conference gave the go-ahead to launch Lahore’s mobile application ‘E-Gadget’ across the province to curtail mobile theft and other crimes. Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP), Amjad Javed Saleemi, presided over the conference. The conference decided to train two officers in every district for E-Gadget app’s activation. The app, developed by Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), is used for tracing and recovering stolen and snatched phones. It generates an alert to the police control room on a possible sale of a snatched or stolen phone. The app will check if an FIR is registered against the IMEI number of the phone or not. It was also decided to establish a system that enables the plaintiffs to download a copy of their First Information Report (FIR) from home or any other destination rather than visiting police stations. The conference also agreed to digitize police’s development projects by Police Management System.

  A $3.1 billion agreement between Uber and Careem consists of $1.7 billion in convertible notes and $1.4 billion in cash.   Dubai-based Careem claims that it has more than 30 million registered users in 120 cities across the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. Uber is heading towards initial public offering (IPO) that, according to reports could value the company at as much as $120 billion. Uber announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal to acquire its rival Careem for $3.1 billion. Careem is based in Dubai which was founded in 2012, which claims to have more than 30 million registered users and provides its car-hailing services in 120 cities across the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa, from Morocco to Pakistan. It is anticipated that this deal is the biggest-ever technology industry transaction in Middle East as Uber approaches initial public offering at as much as $120 billion. It is believed to be one of the biggest tech IPOs in histo...

Xiaomi has launched its new gaming mobile with amazing and attractive features. The smartphone has all the great qualities ranging from 6.39-inch display and sizable up gradation to its processors compared to previous Smartphones. This Black Shark is build to enhance the experience of gamers and aimed to provide the best gaming experience. Xiaomi plans to target all the gamers as it has attractive and reasonable price. Design and Display: The design is similar to typical gaming phones. It comes in two colors i-e Jet Black and frozen silver color. There is no notch on the phone and gives great look from front. It has 6.39-inch AMOLED display made by Samsung with Full HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) resolution, 403 ppi pixel density and a 19:5:9 aspect ratio. Low latency of 43ms is also supported in this new device and it also has the pressure sensitive display. This pressure sensitive buttons are located on top and bottom of the Smartphone which can be used and triggered...

           "Checkout on Instagram" is new e-commerce service available to US customers Facebook is entering in new phase of retail, as company is collaborating with more than 20 brands to facilitate Instagram users to buy accessories, clothes and makeup on social network without leaving the app. “Checkout on Instagram” was a previous shopping feature on the service, which bounds buyers to switch on brand’s web page to process the transactions. Users had to enter payment and shipping details, and often had to sign up for new users account, forcing many to change their mind before completion of transaction. Now, Facebook has introduced in-app retail feature for its users. Users tap on a product they want to buy, and select features of product like colors, design, size. After this they move to a payment screen where they select mode of payment like credit cards and finally provide shipping details which they had already provided to Instagram. ...

Samsung seems ready to keep pace with the race of smartphones by launching another A-series phone. It has launched three phones last month and now it is announcing Galaxy A20. This phone is affordable for financially moderate people, which comes with basic specifications. Design and Display: This phone seems like traditional phones of 2018 which has same design of dual cameras on the top left and a fingerprint sensor in the center on its back. It will be available in two colors: blue and black. Body material of its back is a combination of glass and plastic. Storage and Internals: Galaxy A20 is powered by an Exynos 7 Octa 7884 chipset, which has already been used in A10. It includes Android 9.0 Pie and comes with 32 GB in-built memory and 3 GB RAM. More interestingly its memory is expandable up to limit of 512 GB with an external memory card. Cameras: It has dual rear view camera with a 32 MP main sensor which has f/1.9 aperture and a 5 MP secondary sens...

These two devices of the Apple are launched without any rumors and no specifications were released before its launch. Apple quietly launched 5th-generation Apple iPad Mini (7.9 inches) and third-generation Apple iPad Air (10.5 inches). These are updated version of its predecessors and both models are brought up to parity with the iPhone XS and the iPad Pro. Both iPads include Apple’s A12 Bionic chip processor, three times faster than its previous versions, in combination with Apple’s neural engine and M12 coprocessor, and most interestingly they support Apple Pencil. iPad Mini 5: Comparatively iPad Mini 5 has 3x better performance and 9x better GPU performance. Unlike its previous version, iPad Mini 4, it supports the first-generation Apple Pencil as well. it maintains its 7.9-inch screen which features and impressive resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels with 500 nits of brightness and True Tone technology. This display is 25 percent brighter than the earlier. Th...

According to sources, Google the global tech giant is going to launch Google Pay Services in Pakistan. If this is true, then it will revolutionize the financial market of Pakistan. It will enhance the efficiency of both individuals and companies. There is no exact timeline given but it is believed that it will be launched in couple of months. In a separate meeting, the Google team met with Minister for IT and Telecom and apprised the minister that company is also looking to start a training program for imparting basic digital expertise to the people in Pakistan. Other issues related to social media, e-commerce, digital expertise and digital payments were also discussed. Google was appreciated by the Federal IT Minister and was assured full support for the initiative. What can you do with Google Pay? You can use Google Pay to pay from your phone once you have linked your debit or credit card or PayPal account with it. You are just a tap away from paying ...