Tag: Digital

Steve Jobs unveils iCloud digital hub

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled a free digital hub called iCloud on Monday that allows users to store music, photos and other content...

‘A will to learn and encouragement is all you need’

Saad Irfan is a digital artist who is currently working as an art director. He has spent some three years in the CG (computer...

‘Digital communication no threat to newspapers’

In the present era of digital communication and television, circulation of newspapers in some advanced countries has witnessed a slight decline but there appears...

HEC’s devolution to scrap National Digital Library?

LAHORE - Librarians and research scholars on Friday condemned the purposed devolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and said that it will directly affect the research culture in public and private-sector universities, as after the devolution, the HEC National Digital Library Programme will be stopped immediately due to lack of funding, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to sources, the HEC is giving millions of rupees annually to various public and private-sector

Digital library for preserving city’s history inaugurated

KARACHI - A digital library was inaugurated at the Municipal Archives and Research Department located at the KMC Building. Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Karachi Dr Christian Brecht performed the inauguration.
The library has been set up to preserve the historical documents and ancient maps pertaining to Karachi. The consul-general also opened an exhibition of photographs of places declared as world heritage.
The exhibits included 20 photos about

Dell transforms learning for ‘Digital Age’

LAHORE - Dell launched the Connected Classroom solution in Pakistan. Combining innovative technology, products, services & software, the Dell Connected Classroom makes learning in the digital Age a reality.
Providing teachers with the tools needed to equip students with the 21st century skills they need to be competitive in the global economy, the Connected Classroom is Dell's education technology blueprint mainly for primary and middle schools learning environment.
"Growing

India’s ‘digital divide’ worst among peers: study

NEW DELHI - Most Indians are missing out on the "digital revolution" due to dismal Internet access for the poor with the nation lagging far behind its emerging market peers, a study found Wednesday.
The study said India was at "extreme risk" from a lack of "digital inclusion" as a vast proportion of its 1.2 billion population had no access to the Internet. "Digital inclusion has the potential to bring education to people in countries where educational infrastructure is limited

Punjab govt plans to carry out digital mapping of 36 districts

FAISALABAD - The Punjab government has unveiled a plan to carry out digital mapping of 36 districts of the province for the accurate identification of particular areas in each district.
The process will help the government have a precise area-wise study and planning of the infrastructure of urban and rural development in addition to its primary function of identifying, in minute details, the residential and commercial areas of the districts.
These views were expressed by

Digital door opens for wildlife department

KARACHI - The geographic information system (GIS) laboratory was inaugurated at the Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) provincial conservator's office on Thursday.
Pakistan Wetlands Programme national programme manager Dr Ghulam Akbar and Forests and Wildlife Secretary Mushtaq Ali Memon inaugurated the GIS laboratory, which would enable the SWD to identify new sites of natural resources, update existing sites and develop a complete atlas of almost every site, anywhere in the