Tag: Internet

When a landslide created a huge, turquoise lake that cut them off from the world, the farmers of Gulmit were left destitute and unable to sell their potatoes. Their solution: to drag their Himalayan valley in Pakistan's far north into the Internet age.

  Sale of smuggled luxury bullet proof vehicles is continuing online with impunity, causing huge financial losses to the national exchequer. The car smugglers have developed...

A 14 percent Advance Income Tax, imposed on fixed lines, mobile phones, and broadband internet users in the federal budget 2015-16, has become effective from July 1.

Internet users in Pakistan have been recently complaining about slow internet and disrupted connectivity. It turns out that this has been caused by a fault in SEAMEWE4, one of Pakistan’s most important submarine cables.

Cyberspace was being consumed by an acute philosophical debate on Friday over a picture of a dress many claim is obviously white and gold...

  Canadian-born Pakistani internet star Zaid Ali T, known for his comical videos on desi attitudes, declined an offer to play a role in a...

  Video of a heroic act by a man named Athar Ali went viral online on Sunday, with #ProudOfAtharAli trend ranking among the top three...

Facebook and Twitter have defended their approach to content on their sites after it was reported that they are refusing to take down hundreds...

  House of Cards changed TV. It was the second catalyst in the Netflix driven evolution of at home tv entertainment. If asked for indicators one need...

LOS ANGELES- An advanced malicious software application has been uncovered that since 2008 was used to spy on private companies, governments, research institutes and...

A man with Down's syndrome in France got truckloads of cards -- some 30,000 from around the world -- for his 30th birthday, after...

SAN FRANCISCO- An online privacy tool endorsed by Edward Snowden is being used to protect WhatsApp messages from snooping by encrypting them as they...

MOSCOW- Russia plans to create its own “Wikipedia” to ensure its citizens have access to more “detailed and reliable” information about their country, the presidential...

A flood of anti-Shiite propaganda online and on satellite television is spreading bigotry and violence to countries which have so far had little experience...

LOS ANGELES — With his infant son clinging to life, Chris Picco picked up a guitar and sang softly to the boy, urging him...

KABUL- Frustrated by strict social rules, young and educated Afghans are quickly learning that taboos can be sidestepped at the tap of a mobile...

SANTIAGO- Prosecutors have charged a man in Chile with buying a baby girl over the Internet for $102, court documents showed Sunday. An indictment said...