The privacy policy of Life360 revealed that it sells the data that it collects from app users in de-identified form. When The Markup questioned the employees of the company, they revealed that no proper steps are taken to ensure that the information does not let others, trace back to people. Evens some customers are sold raw location data since the company believes that they are trustworthy and will not use that information wrongly....
Xbox Game Pass The event in Los Angeles on Sunday began and ended with two major games from Bethesda, which Microsoft acquired in 2020: Redfall, a first-person shooter in which players fight vampires, and Starfield, a space-themed role-playing game. Activision Blizzard Inc.’s Overwatch 2, which will enter early access in October with a competitive and open multiplayer mode, and Diablo IV, which will be released in 2023, were also mentioned. All four games will be available on Xbox Game Pass, which is at the heart of Microsoft’s gaming agenda and the reason it spent $7....
The store update also features improved navigation, which should make finding apps to download and install on Windows 11 a little easier. Along with these navigation upgrades, Microsoft is offering native Arm64 compatibility, which will make the Microsoft Store more faster on devices like the Surface Pro X. Microsoft is Testing a New Update for its App Store This latest Microsoft Store upgrade is now available in the Dev channel for Windows Insiders, and it will be rolled out to all Windows 11 users in the upcoming months....
Mobile Import Taxes Increased, Find out what You’ll Have to Pay Now! Increased Import Taxes for Mobile Phones on CNIC: Now as you can see in the above-mentioned table, the taxes have been increased with respect to price range (in USD). For phones coming under 0-30$ price range, the tax has been increased from PKR 407 to PKR 550. For smartphones coming in the range of 30$-100$, the import tax has been increased from PKR 2000 to PKR 4350....
While Sheikh Rasheed did not confirm exact timings, the cellular services — particularly in areas through which processions pass — are expected to remain suspended from morning till 6 pm on both days. He also added that a specific notification had been issued by the government. There are 511 madrassahs and 1,000 mosques in Islamabad, and security forces and the police are in touch with them. Mobile Services to Remain Suspended on September 27 While talking about Jamia Hafsa, a women’s seminary located near Lal Masjid, Sheikh Rasheed said: “One of these madrassas always gives us trouble, referring to the incident involving the hoisting of the Taliban flag on its roof....
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Aminul Haq stated this while chairing the first meeting of the Committee on IT Exports Growth. Haque said that the proposals were tabled in the meeting with the ultimate focus on achieving the exports target of +ACQ-3.5 billion by the end of the current fiscal year. MoITT Proposes Tax Exemptions for 10 years for Freelancers Secretary IT Dr Sohail Rajput, officials from the State Bank of Pakistan, the Federal Board of Revenue, the Commerce Ministry, the Board of Investment, and the MD PSEB Osman Nasir were also present in the meeting....
Google trends manifest that Vivo V20 remained in the top searched smartphone in Pakistan during the year 2020 along with 3 other Vivo devices; Vivo S1, Vivo Y51 and Vivo Y20. Google released its annual “Year in Search” list which features the top trending searches in Pakistan and around the globe this year. The top trending searches had been further classified by Google in multiple categories to showcase what people were curious about....
Moto G9 is Now Official at A very Reasonable Price First of all, it has a 6.5” LCD of HD+ resolution. The phone comes with a waterdrop notch the top to house the 8 MP f/2.2 selfie camera. To keep the price low, the company has put the fingerprint scanner at the back. As mentioned above, the phone has come with the triple rear camera setup. The back camera setup includes a 48 MP main sensor with f/1....
To begin with, the camera module is now positioned in the centre’s top left corner (as seen on the Moto G9 and Moto G9 Play), with a rectangular profile. On the top, Motorola opted with a more conservative hole-punch style rather than a waterdrop design , making the Moto G9 Plus stand out from its other models. Embedded in the power button, the Moto G9 Plus has a fingerprint sensor and holds the company’s batwing logo at the back, sitting in a circular outline....
Mozilla says that bringing the AV1 video support to Firefox requires powerful PCs with current software. There was just a small percentage of PCs. According to Neowin, the upcoming Firefox 100 release will incorporate support for AV1, and it will be available beginning May 3, 2022. Mozilla Firefox Finally Gets AV1 Support This feature itself has a number of advantages. First of all, the AV1 is cost-efficient. It is open-source and royalty-free....
Multidimensional Poverty in Pakistan Stands at 38.4 percent, says Dr Sania Senator Lt.Gen ® Abdul Qayyum said that the recent skyrocketing inflation coupled with rupee depreciation have turned table and more people were sent below the poverty line. Dr Sania Nishtar responded that according to old data income poverty measures at 24.3 percent while multidimensional poverty stands at 38.4 percent. To get the correct picture, digital survey is in the field and to be finalized by February next year, she added....
The meeting was chaired by MNA Amjad Khan. During the meeting, the secretary of interior told that around 94,000 complaints related to cybercrime were reported in Pakistan. “We are looking into every complaint and will not spare anyone,” the official said. NA Standing Committee Briefed on Compliance From Social Media Platforms While briefing the National Assembly’s standing committee, National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) officials criticized the social media platforms that they show no interest in responding to their requests for action....
New Link Stickers to Replace Swipe up Gesture on Instagram However, according to a credible source, the new Instagram link stickers are now available for all users regardless of the number of followers or verification status. This is a laudable update, as the previous swipe-up feature was also limited to some accounts that had more than 10000 followers. According to Instagram, When the company first disclosed the link stickers feature, it said that they would only be launched for stories posts and had no intentions to bring them to the main Instagram feed or other components of the app....
Also read: Q1 2022 marks TikTok to be the most downloaded app exceeding 3.5 billion all-time installs Samsung Foldable Phones are Coming During Second Half of 2022 During this call, a Samsung representative said, “We are presently all hands-on deck with the preparation of the new foldable model expected for launch in the second half of 2022.” Samsung mobile’s vice president Kim Sung-Koo mentioned that the government hopes to make foldable phones a “major column inside our business” alongside the Galaxy S series....
“Technologies like QUIC are more extensible to enable future innovation,” said IETF Transport Area Director Martin Duke. “Beyond QUIC, IETF participants have been exploring a broad range of ideas in Internet technologies, such as the next version of Web Transport, HTTP/3, the Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S) service architecture, and Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN).” A new building block that can improve application performance by reducing latency and enabling the multiple data streams needed by many modern Web services and other applications is provided QUIC....
Nokia 8 Officially Launched in Pakistan Lets have a look at the offical launch event of Nokia 8 in Pakistan: Specifications of Nokia 8 : Read More:Nokia Launche flagship Device- Nokia 8 Facebook Twitter Google+ Also Read: Nokia 6
Now Google Lens Can Solve All Your Mathematical Problems For those people who don’t know, Photomath is defined as a camera calculator that uses a smartphone’s camera to identify mathematical equations and displays step by step solutions for it. This new feature was found by XDA’s editor in chief Mishaal Rahman while reverse coding the app. The astonishing tool is part of Google Lens’ Education mode. According to Rahman, in contrast with Photomath, Lens’ Educate mode brings up much more details concerning the problem at hand....
Jazz Drive App is available on both the App Store and Google Play Store. Jazz Drive: One Place for Everything Many will be thinking of why to save everything in one place and what are the features that Jazz is offering with respect to this drive? So here you go! Free Up Your Mobile Memory: Now if you are tired up of running out of space and deleting pictures that you really don’t want to, instead of buying a new mobile, download Jazz Drive....
Though this app was dedicated for Pixel phones only but just recently, it started to show up on some other devices including Zenfone 6, Oppo Find X2 Pro, the Xiaomi Mi Note 10, and the LG V60. The app is not found on Huawei, Samsung and OnePlus however Motorola one phones as part of the Android one program. Google Phone App Appeared on non-Pixel devices So here is the climax in the story....
Nubia Red Magic 5G Launch Date is set to be March 12 The features that we know so far about the phone are that it will have Snapdragon 865 chipset, paired with 5G modem. Obviously, it is a gaming phone and will come with a game-changing cooling fan that will go as high as 15,000 rpm. The company has revealed it through its official accounts on social media. Interestingly, the phone has also smashed the recond on AnTuTu listing....
