Pixy is a Snapchat feature. It’s your helpful flying camera drone. It’s a pocket-sized, free-flying buddy suitable for both big and small excursions. Everything you need to capture the moment from a different angle is right in your fingertips. Pixy flies in four pre-programmed flight courses with the press of a button. It can […]
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Coffee Wagera of Pakistan Practicing Inclusivity
Disrupting a tea-drinking nation with a good coffee culture backed with a strong vision to practice inclusivity and diversity. Among many stereotypes in Pakistan, one is we are a tea-drinking nation and indeed it is right to a larger extent. But I believe we didn’t come across something more amazing than our regular tea. Mush […]
WhatsApp introduces personalised stickers on web
Popular messaging app Whatsapp has introduced the “make sticker” feature for it’s web version as part of their most recent version update, WABetainfo reported on Tuesday. The new feature enables the user to send and receive photographs as stickers. A new button with an add sign will show on the panel displaying sticker […]
Facebook introduces policies to prevent suicide and self-injury
Facebook has shared an update on World Suicide Prevention Day on what it has learned and steps it has taken in the past year, as well as additional actions it is going to take, to make its apps safe for the people,primarily those who are most vulnerable. Earlier this year, facebook began hosting regular consultations […]
64 pc Indians encounter fake news online: Survey
Fake news continues to be a growing menace in India, which has seen the most number of fake news incidents compared to anywhere else in the world. A report by Microsoft found that around 64 percent of Indians had encounter fake news, compared to the global average of 57 percent. Meanwhile, 54 percent of Indian […]
Lahore Literary Festival ’19 kicks off
LAHORE: The three-day seventh annual Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) 2019 kicked off on Friday, at the Alhamra Art Centre in Lahore. Over 160 delegates from Pakistan and abroad will participate in 75 sessions over the three-day literary festival. The first day of the three-day event commenced with an opening ceremony at Alhamra and later was […]
Breakdancing set for Olympics debut in Paris 2024: organisers
Breakdancing is set to make its debut as an Olympic sport at Paris 2024, the head of the local organising committee said Thursday. Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, which have already been added to the programme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, have been invited to return in Paris four years later. Tony Estanguet, the head […]
Designer Karl Lagerfeld to be cremated without ceremony
Karl Lagerfeld will be cremated without ceremony and his ashes are likely to be scattered with those of his mother and his lover, the designer’s label said Wednesday. “His wishes will be respected,” a spokeswoman for his Karl Lagerfeld brand told AFP a day after the legendary designer died at the age of 85. The […]
British horse racing cancelled after equine flu outbreak
All British horse racing was cancelled on Thursday after three animals tested positive for equine influenza despite having been vaccinated against the disease. Horses from the infected yard raced on Wednesday at Ayr and Ludlow, potentially exposing a significant number of animals from yards across Britain and in Ireland. Four meetings were scheduled for Thursday […]
Iranian detained asylum seeker wins Australia’s top literature prize
SYDNEY: An Iranian refugee and asylum seeker detained on an island in the Pacific has won Australia’s top literature prize. Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian held on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island by Australia won the Australian dollar 100,000 ($72,390) 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature with his debut book, which he wrote on a mobile. Speaking […]