Technology

The Pakistani government has commissioned a controversial Canadian company to over-sees Internet traffic in the country. Network equipment provider Sandvine will develop a countrywide web monitoring system, as stated by Codastory.

The research team at Brigham Young University, led by an engineering professor, has found a way to increase Wi-Fi coverage by 200 feet.

The significant increase in the signal range is possible without installing new hardware. Phil Lundrigan, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at BYU, said: “That’s really cool about this technology.”

Infosys, a major Indian IT company, saw a 17% drop in its share. This was the biggest drop in a single day since last year and by which investors have suffered a loss of about 53,000 crore rupees.

In order to promote both its network and its Pakistani identity, Zong 4G has launched a new campaign called ‘Coverage Leadership’. The related advertisement is an alluring display of cultural heritage, local hospitality, and warmth, and definitely, our love for cricket.

Younis Khan the Pakistani cricketing legend and English international cricket player Jason Roy endorsed, ‘Coverage Leadership’ hopes to be an eye-opener for the world in terms of what the Pakistani nation can be like at its very best. The TVC promotes the country’s traditions of warmth and friendship via its largest and 4G network, Zong.

Nowadays smartphones are available to anyone and they can click pictures of their choice anywhere and at any time.

But, before smartphones, capturing a good picture, or even capturing a picture wasn’t sufficient. A photographer would have to purchase a good high-ended camera, a desktop computer, a software editor and would have to devote some serious time and money to get the perfect click.

Smartphone designs have constantly evolved over the past years. Innovative designs such as pop-up cameras, in-display fingerprint sensors, and displays with extreme curves have now become commonplace.

The latest patent by Oppo suggests that the company might be working on a display that is curved at all sides. According to the patent, this new technology is made possible by placing sensors under the display.

Navigating around the city is as easy as pie in the modern age. Finding your way through unknown areas these days isn’t a daunting task thanks to Google Maps. For the visually impaired, however, the challenge is quite real and can even be dangerous without proper assistance.

For that reason, Google Maps is now introducing a new feature to help the visually impaired get to their destination with more detailed navigation.

This new feature will continually remind users that they’re on the right path, warn them of a busy road ahead, tell how far the next turn is through voice navigation, and automatically point them in the right direction if they stop.

As stated by the documentation that encourages the agreement, Facebook would pay $40 million for the agreement and while the large part of it will go to those who purchased ad time in videos, $12 million — or 30% of the agreement — will go to plaintiffs’ attorneys.