Tech and Telecom

Offering customers exciting discounts, Pakistan’s cellular and digital services leader, Zong, has introduced an unbeatable WhatsApp offer for MZA users, as part of its newly launched flash sale on My Zong App. Under the promotion, Zong subscribers can now get a massive 35% off on the popular WhatsApp offer if subscribed via My Zong App. The required balance to subscribe to the offer is as low as PKR 35 only instead of the previous cost of PKR 55. The offer will be available on My Zong App on July 31, August 1, and August 2, 2021. Zong customers can subscribe…

Telegram has announced new updates coming to its popular messaging app for Android and iOS. One of the significant updates is “Group Video Calls 2.0” where up to 30 people can broadcast their cameras and up to 1000 spectators can join to watch. Telegram jokingly hints that this limit will increase until “all humans on Earth can join one group call”. Video messages are being updated too. This does not apply to any video you send, but those small circular video messages you can send by holding the camera button next to the text box. These video messages will now…

Realme plans to release the first Android phone capable of magnetic wireless charging, similar to Apple’s MagSafe technology. Realme is calling their charger the MagDart, and it is going to feature on the upcoming smartphone, the Realme Flash. ALSO READ Realme Flash Will be The First Android Phone With Magnetic Wireless Charging The first MagDart charger that Realme showed off was a massive brick, but the brand has now revealed a thinner solution that resembles Apple’s MagSafe chargers. Realme CEO Madhav Sheth posted the images on Twitter saying that the MagDart charger will be thinner and 440% faster. He did…

August is an amazing month. The cool vibes of the monsoon intertwine with the festive moods of Independence Day. During such merry days, a little retail therapy goes a long way. You can stock up on your seasonal favorites from GulAhmed and Ideas at unbelievable discounts. The Online-Only Ideas Azadi Sale goes live on August 1 at midnight. When you have more than 5000 products on up to 70% OFF, you are bound to pick a few essentials for yourself and your home. It would be a tragedy if you miss out on these amazing fashion deals. While we may…

AMD announced the Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card yesterday, which is the cheapest and least powerful member of the RX 6000-series. It targets high-end 1080p gaming and will rival Nvidia’s RTX 3060 GPU, with slightly better performance, but a higher price tag as well. The RX 6600 XT is based on the smaller Navi 23 GPU, unlike the Navi 22 and 21 seen on the higher-end cards in the lineup i.e the RX 6800, 6800XT, 6900XT, etc. It is packed with 32 compute units, down from 40 on the 6700 XT and 60 on the RX 6800. It has…

The Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 is about to become official soon and detailed leaks are starting to become more common. These leaks suggest that there will be three Mi Pad 5 models, with a potential fourth one, but that may be a Redmi tablet instead. ALSO READ Redmi Phones With Snapdragon 8 Series and Dimensity 1100 Chips in the Works The Mi Pad 5 and Mi Pad 5 Pro are rumored to feature the Snapdragon 870 chip with 67W fast charging on top of 8,750 mAh batteries. The Pro sibling will have 5G connectivity and a 48MP main camera, while…

Foreign investors from the United Kingdom (UK) repatriated the highest profits worth $546 million to their headquarters from Pakistan during the outgoing financial year 2020-21. According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the profit repatriation made by foreign investors and multinational companies surged 93 percent higher than the profit repatriation of the previous year. ALSO READ Nestlé Pakistan’s Profit Grows by 49% in First 6 Months of 2021 Currently, more than 120 British firms are operating and investing in Pakistan. The major UK businesses succeeding in Pakistan include the Mott MacDonald infrastructure development (which played an integral role in…

It’s only been a day since JEDEC announced the LPDDR5X memory standard. This standard pushes maximum RAM speeds from 6,400 Mbps to 8,533 Mbps, which is twice as much as LPDDR4X. ALSO READ Xiaomi is Working on a Mi Band With 360-Degree Flexible Display: Leak Early rumors on the Xiaomi Mi 12 claim that it will be an early adopter of the LPDDR5X technology. It will also be one of the first smartphones to feature Qualcomm’s next flagship chip, reportedly known as the Snapdragon 898. The Snapdragon 898 will enable LPDDR5X RAM support for flagship Android phones, as its predecessors…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has warned international players against partaking in the upcoming Kashmir Premier League (KPL), according to various reports. The former captain of the Pakistani team, Rashid Latif, took to Twitter to reveal that the BCCI had stated that the players who enter the competition will not be allowed to work in India. ALSO READ Imran Khan is Seriously Impressed With Afghanistan Cricket Team [Video] The @BCCI warning cricket boards that if there former players took part in Kashmir Premier League, they won’t be allowed entry in India or allowed to work in…

Taking a major enforcement measure against retailers, Inland Revenue officers in the field formations on Friday started sealing the business premises of retail outlets which have failed to integrate with the Point of Sale (POS) system of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). This is evident from the action taken by the Regional Tax Office (RTO), Faisalabad, of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), which sealed the business premises of the retail outlets that failed to integrate with the FBR’s computerized system. ALSO READ FBR Achieves Tax Collection Target For July FY21-22 Sources told ProPakistani that this is the first…