• February 27, 2015
• Media Development

C Square Consulting and RapidCompute, a division of Cybernet, joined hands to launch Pakistan’s first multi-channel cloud-based contact centre. The partnership between C Square Consulting and RapidCompute will bring state-of-the-art technology to the country as the Genesys Cloud contact centre service. Genesys is the global multi-channel customer experience and contact centre solution leader. Bringing this […]

• February 27, 2015
• Information Technology

The government and cellular industry reached an understanding on phase-wise blocking of Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs), not verified through Biometric Verification System (BVS), it is learnt. Official sources told Business Recorder that not a single SIM would be automatically blocked despite the given deadline for first phase of SIM re-verification on February 26 (Thursday). After […]

• February 27, 2015
• Information Technology, New Media

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif approved Khadim-i-Punjab Metro Wi-Fi Network Programme and a programme for distribution of computer tablets among math and science teachers of grades eight to 10 at a meeting on Thursday. The meeting also decided to distribute tablets among top students between grade five to grade eight at public schools Addressing the meeting, […]

• February 27, 2015
• General News

LAHORE: An armed dacoit deprived Raja Riaz, Group Editor Coordination, Media Times Limited, of valuables, ornaments and mobile phones in the Samanabad Police Station area on the night between Wednesday and Thursday. The incident occurred when Raja Riaz was coming from the office with his family, Nosheen Naqvi, Associate Producer, ARY Television, and two-year-old son […]

• February 27, 2015
• Information Technology, Media and Governance, Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Senate sub-committee on Information Technology on Thursday approved a draft of the Protection of Cyber Crimes Act, 2014 that aims to prevent electronic fraud, crimes and online acts of terrorism. The bill was moved by the PPP’s Dr Karim Ahmed Khawaja last May and since then had been struggling for committee approval. Senator […]

• February 27, 2015
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

LAHORE: While the autopsy report of Maria Golovnina, the Pakistan and Afghanistan Bureau chief for foreign news wire “Reuters,” strengthens the common belief that this terrorism-hit country has been a dangerous working place for foreign bureau chiefs, research shows that it has been equally unsafe for their local counterparts, a good number of whom have […]