Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pakistan’s 3G/4G Network Expands with Over 138 Million Users

Pakistan 3G/4G Network

According to data released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the number of cellular subscribers in Pakistan rose from 193.098 million at the end of August 2024 to 193.346 million by the end of September. The number of 3G and 4G users also saw an increase, growing from 137.920 million in August to 138.731 million … Read more

UK: Facebook and Instagram unexpectedly crash for users

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A strange outage is affecting Facebook and Instagram users in the UK. Users were having problems accessing the desktop versions of the social networks at 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday. People were greeted with an error message instead of the regular landing page. A strange outage is affecting Facebook and Instagram users in the United Kingdom. … Read more

Saudi minister sees demand from gas-to-oil switching at up to 600,000bpd

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said users switching from gas to oil could account for the demand of 500,000-600,000 barrels/day, adding that the world was now waking up to the shortages in the energy sector, Arab News reported. Prince Abdulaziz said the potential switch depended on how severe winter weather would be and … Read more

Facebook, Instagram users face crash on applications

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Many Facebook and Instagram users across the globe complained of the two social media websites not working. According to users around the world, Facebook stopped working along the same time as Instagram, which is also owned by the same company. WhatsApp, on the other hand, remained unaffected by the breakdown that the two networks went … Read more

WhatsApp instigates its ‘Call Waiting’ feature

WhatsApp instigates its ‘Call Waiting’ feature

The mobile messaging app WhatsApp has introduced a new “Call Waiting” feature for its users. As per the details, the mobile application WhatsApp introduces call waiting feature for users using iOS version. Users using iOS can now update the WhatsApp features by updating the application on the iPhone App Store. The WhatsApp feature has changed … Read more

Twitter’s hide-away feature rolls out globally

Twitter

Twitter on Thursday started letting customers “hide” tweeted replies that could possibly be seen as abusive or harassing within the newest effort by the net platform to create an extra welcoming setting. The transfer is a part of an effort to assist customers “feel safe and comfortable while talking on Twitter,” head of product administration … Read more

Twitter about to brand its new feature ‘Topics’

Twitter

Social-networking site Twitter has announced a brand new feature called ‘Topics’, which will let users keep up to date with subjects they care about with a single tap. According to a press release, Topics is designed to help you find new and interesting conversations all in one place. The new feature should take away some … Read more

Instagram launches a new feature ‘Reels’

Instagram copies some of TikTok's most popular features

Instagram and TikTok have been facing off for some time in social media, although a key difference has kept music lovers on TikTok and photo lovers on Instagram. Instagram is now launching a new tool which copies many of TikTok’s most well-known features. Social networks, including Facebook and its other properties, have been known to … Read more

Twitter introduces new feature to prevent from unwanted messages

Twitter allowed matching phone numbers of users with their twitter accounts. Security researcher Ibrahim Balic pointed out this security flaw in December 2019 but came out now.

Twitter on Monday said it is rolling out a filter that will hide away unwanted direct messages, providing a new tool to stymie abuse. Twitter users who receive direct messages from people they don’t follow on the platform will be able to have such missives automatically routed to a secondary folder. “Unwanted messages aren’t fun,” … Read more