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The advertisement for hiring of consultant/consultancy firm was published in national and international newspapers on September 30th, 2020 and also published on PTA and PPRA websites. In response to the advertisement, PTA received 12 x bids from consultants/consultancy firms till the deadline i.e. November 17th, 2020. After detailed evaluation of financial bids, in the presence of five technically qualified bidders (three were physically present while two joined the meeting via video link), Frontier Economics Limited has been declared successful....

Daraz is the biggest platform of online shopping in Pakistan as it makes the buyers and sellers meet at one point, having over 15 million products. The management at Daraz strives to serve all the customers at best; however, they sometimes have to go through any bad experience. A little champ vlogger from Gilgit Baltistan ordered a drone camera, but he received an empty box. Daraz makes sure to care about the customers and prioritize resolving their online shopping issues through their platform....

The Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom (MoITT) in the past has generally come up with reasonable policy frameworks, although sometimes with delay. One such example is the recently announced “Draft National IT Policy, 2016”. There are some fundamental questions that the document must answer in order to establish its relevance and effectiveness. Such as How far has Pakistan achieved the envisioned goals as described in its policies from 2000 to 2016?...

According to terms set by the international lender, plans are underway to increase taxes on income of over Rs1 million per annum. In pursuance of its program, the IMF decides to ensure tough conditionality’s are complied with by the government. Measures such as reduction in income tax credits and allowances are a consequence of this program. An indication has been given by credible sources that an upward trend in taxes on income from social media platforms such as online games, TikTok and YouTube is also expected....

Customers will now be able to use the BVS feature to upgrade their mobile wallet accounts without the need to visit any agent, franchise or branch for this purpose. Earlier, customers had to physically visit an external location to biometrically verify their mobile wallet as mandated by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). With the launch of in-app Biometric Verification, by following some simple on-screen steps, customers can now easily use the BVS feature from within the Easypaisa App and enjoy upgrades on transaction limits in a convenient and secure manner....

The Chevrolet Silverado EV, which is scheduled to go on sale in the fall of 2023, will have this functionality. GM is also developing a trial project with California’s Pacific Gas and Electric Company that would allow a subset of residents to use the new chargers and have backup power during increasing heat waves and wildfires-related power disruptions. Eventually, EV owners would be compensated for selling the energy stored in the battery to the grid....

Musk surpassed Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg Monday as Tesla Inc. shares resumed their implacable surge following a break in forward stock. According to the Billionaires Index, musk is currently worth $115.4 billion versus $110.8 billion for Zuckerberg. The top five (in order) billionaires worldwide are: Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bernard Arnault, LVMH ‘s CEO in France. Musk is also the founder of many other businesses such as SpaceX, The Boring Company, Hyperloop and OpenAI....

Market rumors imply the company is attempting to acquire the tower facilities of worldwide wireless carrier Veon Ltd, which operates the Jazz mobile service in Pakistan, despite the fact that the investment size and acquisition target were not disclosed in the securities filing. The spokesperson of Engro Corporation declined to comment when asked if the securities announcement was truly related to the possible acquisition of Veon’s tower facilities. Veon CEO Kaan Terzioglu was reported in a recent Bloomberg News article as indicating that the worldwide company was about to close the sale of its 10,000-12,000 cell phones in Pakistan....

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Smartphone Batteries Should be Recycled The overall goal of this proposal was to reduce electronic waste. According to the document, if the user is able to change the battery in an easier way, he will keep the battery longer instead of discarding it after two years. It also mentioned that manufactures should make mobile parts available to users everywhere so they can easily access them. It was also mentioned that these electronic parts should be recycled when the device is discarded....

In the new pair of shoes the PulseBoost HD, that stands for “High Density”, compresses more Boost particles into the midsole. That is making it stiffer and more stable. The pair is designed by the company for the runners at short- and medium-distance and who prefer to be in contact with the ground more. Explore More with Adidas Mid-Sole Technology Shoes Andy Barr, Adidas Director said: “The thing about Boost is that the minute you put it on, you know it’s a completely different experience than anything else out there....

Before going into details, differences and similarities, let’s have a brief intro of both. Exynos is a series of AEM-based system-on-chips. These are developed by Samsung Electronics and Samsung Foundry has manufactured them. The new processor is the result of Samsung’s high-class partnership with AMD on mobile graphics processing units, as it sports the first AMD RDNA 2 silicon with ray-tracing capabilities tailored for the mobile realm. It is in persistence of previous S3C, S5L and S5P line of SOCs....

Facebook Campus Space Feature will help college students to share notes With times the app gathers more popularity and its journey to change itself from Fcemask to Facebook gave it 2.5 billion users worldwide as of December 31, 2019. It seems that Mark Zuckerberg wants to go back to roots by launching Campus space feature for college communities. There will be Groups, Events, etc for “Campus” spaces pic.twitter.com/cfEwubLxTt — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 9, 2020 To use this feature, you need to log in from the college email that will give you access to groups, event and other activities that are ongoing int he college....

As per rumors, many social media users across the world noticed an update screen appeared on Instagram’s mobile application says: “There is a New Way to Message on Instagram” and the list of new features displayed that includes a “new colorful look for your chats,” plus a variety of new emoji reactions, and the big update says: “Chat with friends who use Facebook.” Facebook Unites DMs for Messenger & Instagram, Introduces Cross-App Communication In simple words, Facebook has decided to merge the big messaging applications to allow cross-messaging among Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp to prevent any confusion among its users, but it is not the main reason....

Fawad Ch Considers WhatsApp’s decision to Delay New Terms of Services as a Positive Step The science minister said on Twitter. — Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 16, 2021 WhatsApp users who are in a dilemma can wait until May to accept the new terms and conditions. The Facebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp, took to Twitter to announce this. As per the company, it will use this time to clear all the confusion and misinformation that exists right now....

Safe Folder is a secure 4-digit PIN-encrypted folder that helps people easily store important documents, images, videos and audio files, keeping their personal files safe from being opened or accessed by others. The folder won’t allow users to take screenshots or screen recordings of its contents. It’s also locked as soon as users switch away from the app, so none of its contents can be accessed when the app is in the background, and will ask for their PIN again on reentry....

With the help of this update, the stable channel of Firefox has jumped from v68 to v79 on Play Store. The same codebase from the beta versions of Firefox on Android is visible on the updated version. Firefox for Android Gets New Design In the latest update, there are elements of more modern design. You will also observe the amazing and interesting changes. Users can now move the address bar to the bottom of the screen or to any other location....

The initiative reaffirms foodpanda’s pledge to work towards environmental sustainability. foodpanda has partnered with Jolta Electric to scale e-bikes on its platform and will also explore financing opportunities with different banks to support its riders. While sharing his views, Muntaqa Peracha, Interim CEO at foodpanda said, “Launching e-bikes is in line with our core philosophy of embedding technology into our business and aimed at defining a direction for the future....

For All the Photography Experts, Samsung Rolls Out an Advanced Camera App The Expert Raw camera app brings features like the multi-frame-based 16-bit to all the camera sensors including the main, ultrawide, periscope, telescope, etc. However, the app has been released in beta version by Samsung on the Galaxy Store. If we compare it with the built-in Samsung app, it only enables the RAW shots when using the main and the ultra-wide cameras....

The Fortnite game team announced the bad news on Twitter via the @FortniteStatus account. It has promised to keep players updated “as soon as more details are available.” We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we worked to resolve these issues and we’ll have more details next week on what we’re doing to help you make up for lost time. pic.twitter.com/ruLmG4xHgk — Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) December 29, 2021 However, the company describes the outage as a “major outage” on its website....