Facebook has launched its flagship skill development program ‘Rise’ in Pakistan to help advertising agencies and marketing professionals develop new and contemporary skills for professional success and fulfillment. Initially launched in Brazil in 2020, Rise has now grown to 18 countries across 4 continents to supplement global efforts for economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic by empowering and up-skilling the advertising communities across these markets. ‘Rise’ was launched in Pakistan in an online ceremony led by Jordi Fornies, Director for Emerging Markets at Meta (formerly Facebook), with representatives from Pakistan’s advertising community, industry leaders, Facebook’s Authorized Sales Partner (ASP), students and faculty of leading universities, bloggers, and influencers in attendance. Speaking at the launch, Reseller Partner Manager – Meta, Ali Khurshid Ahmed said, “Rise is created to help the advertising community in Pakistan to continue their journey of personal growth and professional development by developing new skills, hone old ones, or even completely pivot their careers. He said, Rise was designed to suit the needs of all levels of experience and the program is about celebrating the resilience of the members of the advertising community, besides providing them the spark to learn, grow and thrive in their personal as well as professional lives.” Must Read: Ufone 4G Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Football Cup enters sensational Super 8 round The program will span over 2 months, where the participants will have access to free online content and development sessions, including free Blueprint training and certifications under mentorship of Meta experts. In addition, they will be able to develop necessary soft skills and have the opportunity to interact with successful entrepreneurs and industry leaders to receive inspiration and guidance for success. A number of leading universities, industry experts, bloggers and digital influencers have endorsed the program as a valuable opportunity for advertising and marketing industry professionals for career development. The program will especially benefit those who faced difficulties with regards to employment during the pandemic. Once skilled and motivated for success, they can re-enter the market with enhanced prospects for employability and career development. Rise is equally beneficial for new entrants as well as the more experienced professionals who want to refresh their knowledge and skill to stay relevant in the market.
A Futuristic Bold Design and a Dazzling AMOLED Display – the realme 8 Series is Coming with Infinite Wonders
realme is all set to launch another number series to dazzle the Pakistani market, and people are ecstatic. With multiple successful devices from the number series, realme is all geared up for the all new realme 8 Series, vaunting the device to open infinite imaging capabilities with its 108MP “capture infinity” camera. Not only this, the new realme 8 series shall be bringing a futuristic body design, amazing AMOLED display features, and many more outstanding specifications. But the real surprise will be revealed in a star-studded roundtable featuring experts from different walks of life who will gather round to discuss the much-hyped realme 8 Series. The roundtable goes live on realme’s official Facebook page and YouTube channel on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 12:00 pm. Must Read: realme to Open Infinite Wonders with the all new realme 8 Series realme has been leaping ahead than its competitors in the race of producing technologically advanced gadgets with a cool chic design. The number series is globally recognized for its millions of users and a top favorite in bringing flagship technology for everyone. realme always persists in trendsetting design to break conventional aesthetics and bring innovation to the market. Keeping the legacy alive, the design for the new phone is based on the Infinite Bold Design with AG-Crystal Process. This shows the unique understanding of the brand for what its customers need and displaying the brand spirit of “Dare to Leap”. The cherry on top, realme is set to host one-of-a-kind roundtable for the realme 8 series with several realme allies on board. The panel includes the stunning realme Design Ally, Kinza Hashmi; realme Photography Ally, Azeem Sani; and the YouTube tech sensations, Bilal Munir (VideoWaliSarkar) and Ali Abbas (MASTech) as the realme Tech Ally. Other than that our very favorite gaming expert, Saad-ur-Rehman aka Ducky Bhai shall be joining as the realme Gaming Ally. They shall all be live with realme’s Product Manager, Hamza Khan on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 12:00 pm at realme’s Facebook and YouTube pages. So do not miss this chance to get an in-depth session on the astounding specifications from the upcoming realme 8 series!
Facebook releases update regarding reaching billions of people with COVID-19 Vaccine information
Facebook has released an official update about the largest worldwide campaign they have been running to promote authoritative information about COVID-19 vaccines. Under this campaign, they are: Helping people find where and when they can get vaccinated. Giving $120 million in ad credits to help health ministries, NGOs and UN agencies reach billions of people around the world with COVID-19 vaccine and preventive health information. Expanding efforts to remove false claims on Facebook and Instagram about COVID-19 and vaccines. Providing data to inform effective vaccine delivery and educational efforts to build trust in COVID-19 vaccines. A year ago, COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency and since then, Facebook has helped health authorities reach billions of people with accurate information and supported health and economic relief efforts. They have connected over 2 billion people from 189 countries to reliable information about the coronavirus through their COVID-19 Information Center and informational messages, and removed more than 12 million pieces of content on Facebook and Instagram containing misinformation that could lead to imminent physical harm. Must Read: realme has opened doors to its first brand store in Peshawar aiming to launch 100+ across Pakistan They have partnered with governments in more than 120 countries, as well as multilateral organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, to deliver timely information about COVID-19, including through helplines on WhatsApp. They have provided researchers and public health officials with real-time data and tools to help inform disease forecasting and understand the effectiveness of prevention measures. Through their Data for Good program, they have partnered with over 450 organizations in nearly 70 countries, the vast majority of which are leveraging Facebook’s tools to support the COVID-19 response in their communities. Facebook’s publicly available datasets were downloaded over a million times in the last year by nonprofits, public health officials and researchers. In 2021, Facebook is focused on supporting health leaders and public officials in their work to vaccinate billions of people against COVID-19. Building trust and confidence in these vaccines is critical, so they are launching the largest worldwide campaign to help public health organizations share accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines and encourage people to get vaccinated as vaccines become available to them.
OPPO launches Reno4 series, OPPO Enco W51 and OPPO Watch in Pakistan
OPPO, the leading global smart device brand, hosted its grand virtual launch event of the OPPO Reno4 series to introduce a new suite of power devices. Four devices were revealed during the event, that effortlessly integrate to empower consumers to navigate a rapidly altering world. OPPO launches Reno4 series, OPPO Enco W51 and OPPO Watch in Pakistan. The virtual launch hosted by the talented Sanam Saeed and Ali Rehman live-streamed on OPPO’s Official Facebook and Youtube at 8 PM. The most-awaited event had a few exciting activities lined up for the viewers, making them feel like they were physically present at the event. As a value addition, the launch event also had the energetic performance by Kashmir the band making it a night to remember. The soulful voices of the singers took the viewers into the infinite world of possibilities as they enjoyed the performance in the comfort of their homes. The hosts also gave away OPPO Reno4, OPPO Reno4 Pro, OPPO Enco W51, and OPPO watch to the lucky winners. “We are really excited to bring Reno4 series to the Pakistan market. As a new entrant to the popular Reno Series, Reno4 and Reno4 Pro goes beyond features and functionalities as the making of these continues our user-centric approach and gives our users what they’re looking for, which is an incredibly immersive screen, blazingly fast charging and innovative imaging functions, so that their creativity won’t be restrained by Reno4 series’ capabilities and as they’ll be able to ‘Sense the Infinite’ possibilities of expressing themselves,” said George Long CEO of OPPO Pakistan, AED. Must Read: Infinix To Take Phone Photography To The Next Level! Engineered for its premium design and advanced technology, Reno4 Series revealed on the event struck the right chords as viewers experienced innovation with an ultra-smooth experience. Reno4 and Reno4 Pro also push forward the legacy of the Reno Series with innovative imaging features that empower your creativity and don’t limit your ability to express yourself. With the Reno4 series, the viewers were able to “Sense the Infinite” possibilities in an unforgettable experience. Sanam Saeed unboxed Reno4 and Ali Rehman unveiled Reno4 Pro revealing all the features of the series while demonstrating every feature of the smartphone that makes it stand out. Sense the Infinite technology To deliver a fluid and immersive user experience, Reno4 Pro comes with a 90Hz Display Refresh Rate and up to 180Hz Touch Sampling Rate with a 3D Curved Screen that fits right in the palm of your hand. Reno4 Pro’s 6.5-inch and Reno4’s 6.4 E3 Super AMOLED screens attains vivid images with brighter and clearer pixels even under direct sunlight. As pioneer and leader in the fast charging industry, OPPO is again pushing the envelope by making SuperVOOC 2.0 available on Reno4 Pro. OPPO Reno4 series continues to innovate by striking a delicate balance between functionality and a thin, lightweight industrial design which was visible while the hosts unboxed it. Reno4 series is introducing a suite of features to empower you to turn your life’s story into a captivating video or a perfect portrait, powered by 48MP rear quadcam and 32MP front camera. To keep up with the pace of your demanding lifestyle, under the hood, Reno4 series is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC. Other features such as the 960fps Smart Slow-Motion, AI Color Portrait Video, Monochrome Video, Ultra Steady Video 3.0. and Night Flare Portrait Mode were also showcased by Ali and Sanam. More than a smartphone company OPPO is committed to helping people live more intelligent lives in several scenarios through a network of multiple devices. During this smart era, the future is moving towards a highly integrated ecosystem and with that the brand aims to make users life-easier by giving smart devices that not just aesthetically appealing but also give 100% percent performance. With the launch of OPPO Reno4 series, Ali Rehman and Sanam Saeed also unboxed the OPPO Enco W51 and OPPO Smartwatch. OPPO Enco W51, the first active noise cancellation (ANC) true wireless headphones under OPPO Acoustics, has officially been released with its wireless charging, professional audio quality, ultra-low latency, and intelligent touch controls to create a dazzling comprehensive experience. Stylish, versatile, and intuitive, the OPPO Watch is easy to use and powerful for life on the go; powered with Wear OS by Google, it capture a wide range of health information, including heart-rate and sleep tracking, and with wrist-based ‘5-min’ workouts, OPPO Watch is the ultimate training partner in a pinch. Market Availability Reno4 series, OPPO Enco W51 and OPPO Smartwatch will be available starting for pre-booking from 11th September 2020 and the sale will begin from 17th September 2020. Inspired by the tranquility of nature, Reno4 Pro comes with two premium colors, Starry Night and Silky White, and Reno4 comes with Space Black and Galactic Blue which convey an innate peacefulness, but like a blank canvas encourages you to express your artistic side. Reno4 8GB, and128GB (Extendable) is available for PKR 59,999. Reno4 Pro 8GB of RAM, and 128 or 256GB is available for PKR 84,999. OPPO Enco W51 is available for PKR 17,999. The OPPO Watch 46mm (Wi-Fi) is for PKR 69,999 and PKR 49,999 for OPPO Watch 41mm. (Wi-Fi). The pre-orders for the newly launched devices will begin from 11th September 2020 and the first sale will be initiated on 17th September 2020.
Facebook launches new product in Pakistan to limit spread of misinformation
Facebook has launched a new product in Pakistan to help limit the spread of misinformation and to provide people using the platform with additional context before they share images that are more than a year old and that could be potentially harmful or misleading. “We’re empowering people to detect misleading content by giving them more context so that they can decide for themselves whether to share the images or not,” a Facebook company spokesperson. Users in Pakistan will be shown a message when they attempt to share specific types of images, including photos that are over a year old and that may come close to violating Facebook’s guidelines on violent content. Interstitials warning users that the image they are about to share could be harmful or misleading will be triggered using a combination of artificial intelligence and human review. Must Read: realme looks back on two years of phenomenal growth with users and employees at second-anniversary celebration Photo and video based misinformation has become an increasing challenge around the world and is something that the teams at Facebook have been focused on addressing. This new, out of context images product launch is part of Facebook’s three-pronged approach to prevent the spread of misinformation: ‘Remove, Reduce, Inform’. Facebook removes content which violates its Community Standards and it also reduces the distribution of false news when it’s marked as false by third-party fact-checking partners. This reduces the visibility of this kind of news by up to 80 percent. In Pakistan, Facebook works with Poynter-certified AFP to fact-check news. Creating a more informed public is also important and Facebook is also focused on creating a community in Pakistan that has the skills to recognize false news and knows what sources to trust.
Pakistan researchers among winners of Facebook misinformation project
Facebook announced the winners of its Foundation Integrity Research: Misinformation and Polarization request for proposals. Among the global list of winners are Agha Ali Raza and Ihsan Ayyub Qazi from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), whose proposal shone during the competitive selection process. Misinformation and polarization are fundamental challenges Facebook faces, not just as a company with the mission of bringing people together but also as members of societies dealing with layered challenges ranging from election interference to a global pandemic. At the end of February, Facebook Research launched a request for proposals focusing on these dual challenges. “Our goal is to support independent research that will contribute to the understanding of these phenomena and, in the long term, help us improve our policies, interventions, and tooling,” said Alex Leavitt, Senior Researcher at Facebook. Must Read: TPL Trakker’s Location Based Services to Power Bykea’s App Agha Ali Raza and Ihsan Ayyub Qazi’s research sets out to measure the role of prior beliefs and analytical reasoning, and how this impacts the beliefs of internet users, as well as to design an educational intervention that uses influential public figures to spread awareness about misinformation in order to reduce polarization, among other goals. The winning duo shared “We are thrilled to have our research been awarded the grant by Facebook which would serve as a stepping stone for us to take our project forward. Through our research, we aim to understand how non-textual misinformation (e.g. deepfakes) is perceived by internet users with low digital literacy, and the role of pre-conceived notions and analytical reasoning in shaping the beliefs of such users. We are hopeful that by the completion of this project, we will be able to make a substantial contribution towards combating the circulation of false and unverified information on the internet.” Facebook opened a request for proposals for academic institutions or non-governmental organizations from all over the world in February this year. This resulted in over 1,000 proposals being received from 77 countries altogether. Out of these, 25 awardees have been finalized, who will be investigating issues across 42 countries including Canada, Denmark, Pakistan, Turkey and the UK. Proposals were evaluated by a selection committee which comprised of members from Facebook’s research and policy teams. The winners’ areas of research will include health, politics, digital literacy, and news, while the research itself is not restricted to Facebook apps and technology.
Telenor Pakistan and Facebook imparting digital skills to empower women
In continuation of its commitment to empower societies across the country, and celebrate International Women’s Day, Telenor Pakistan has begun implementation of their pledge under Girls Learn, Women Earn (GLWE) initiative with a digital skills boot camp for women entrepreneurs. 100 aspiring women entrepreneurs will be trained via Telenor Pakistan’s flagship design thinking program, ACTIVATE and #SheMeansBusiness, Facebook’s program on digital skills and the ambition for 2020 is to train 1000 women. The inauguration ceremony was held at Telenor Pakistan’s 345 campus, attended by the company’s CEO and top management along with Ms. Beth Ann, Head of Policy, Facebook, industry leaders, diplomats and key stakeholders. Speakers during the session shed light on how the GLWE initiative and other similar activities undertaken by the participating organizations were facilitating the search for prospective solutions to the issues that women in our society face. Must Read: OLX INAUGURATES ITS FIRST CUSTOMER FACILITATION CENTER ALONGWITH CARFIRST AT PACKAGES MALL IN LAHORE Improvements in technology and implementation of digital services are helping erase barriers between suppliers and customers across the world. In Pakistan, there is immense potential for women in particular to demonstrate exceptional contributions in various fields. This bootcamp launched by Telenor Pakistan in partnership with Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness programme trains and facilitates women with essential digital skills for business growth and provides a space for entrepreneurs to make valuable connections. Through this, all partners are working towards achieving their goals of greater financial and digital inclusion. “We believe in creating an enabling environment for our team members to grow and excel both personally as well as professionally. Our partnership with the World Bank and Facebook is a representation of our efforts to provide a similar atmosphere for women across the country who have the will but lack the resources to become partners in the development of our economy and society” Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan& Head of Emerging Asia Clustersaid at the inauguration. “We at Telenor Pakistan have always been a very strong proponent of women’s empowerment and inclusion, both inside and outside the workplace. Being cognizant of their challenges,we have designed this digital skills bootcamp to equip them with essential skills to propel their careers further,” he added. “When women do better, we all benefit. Pakistani women entrepreneurs are resourceful, and we want them to understand how going digital can help them start and expand their ventures. Through the #SheMeansBusiness program and our partnership with Telenor, we aim to connect entrepreneurial women with empowering tools, peers and networks,” said Beth Ann Lim, Head of Community Affairs for APAC at Facebook. ACTIVATE is a design-driven innovation program of Telenor which imparts aspiring entrepreneurs with creative problem-solving skills. The foundation of this flagship program is based on design thinking principles and is executed through design sprint framework by Google Ventures. The women entrepreneurs learned creative visual thinking and design sprint methodologies to quickly find problems and build innovative solutions. Through #SheMeansBusiness, an initiative of Facebook the entrepreneurs were given the opportunity to learn essential digital skills for business growth including Facebook marketing, content creation, page moderation tools and analytics.
Celebrate “App” day in all over world
In 2010 the word “app” listed in the world dictionary so now we elaborate in simple word what is app and why all over world celebrate the this day so first of all what is app actually app word derived from the word Application and short form of Application. Now a day million of app registered in Google app store iOS etc. Day by day new innovation of technology faster and we use latest mobile but all over world now use apps. Facebook or Google is a biggest site of the world and all over world now connect these websites but when mobile technology not innovative than these site use on computers and laptops when mobile technology fast than users convert to mobile and use all sites through mobile. Must Read: Watch latest English & Indian movies Google launch play store for the mobile applications millions of app on Google app store so why need app in our life so now we describe it when we use this sites on mobile than we have not platform than only one platform for us this name is Internet explorer all over word can find anything than used only one platform this name is Internet Explorer so Google world 1st search engine launch her app Google Chrome and all user install app mobile phones and access Google easily. After that biggest people site use the app and develop personal app to connect users easily like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram & Twitter develop her personal application because it is very easy to user who connect this site just open app and login the site without use other platform direct access the site. But now a day millions of apps registered on Playstore and iOS.
Make money online 2019 how it’s possible?
Now a day every person who use internet than his aim earn money online due to this he search different ads videos or site to earn money online but its not easy to earn money online its very tough job mostly site say a bogus article about this that type and earn money but all is fake when a person want and apply this and fill form in the end of this they said deposit some charges as like a fee than the company provided home base work now we discussed real method to earn money. Blogging: Mostly people says when you make a blog than you earn money in dollars but its not easy you make good blog but not engage traffic than traffic not come you not earn money than you disappointed and leave the blogging so it’s another tough task how to run blog? First you make blog but make those blog you are interest on it like your hobby than you run your blog some different ideas like tech, education, news, mobile, ecommerce, health and more other what you like than you make blog after that you write research base article if you want engage traffic or earn money than you are proper know how about SEO it’s a main part of blogging than create back links of your blog to other sites to engage traffic. If you have good writing skills and you know about SEO than you earn money of your hard working otherwise your blog not ranked in Google search engine. So our opinion blogging is another tough task. Must Read: Realme Becomes the Fastest Growing Smartphone Brand Ranking No.7 YouTuber: Another way of online earning is youtube. But still its not easy first of all you make good video in new and unique subject than the heading of your video not common to other video your video content still not same to other video who upload on youtube than still SEO needed on youtube if you want your video is viral than main and much important thing Tag if you use tag use full and eye catchy than your video goes viral and you subscriber increase because alot of competition all over earning sites if you have skills and passion than you earn online money otherwise not easy. Facebook: Facebook another online earning platform but still we can discuss above paragraphs. First of all you build a page than you promote your page and like your page when your page have huge amount of liker and subscriber than you earn amount because facebook select some pages who’s traffic high than facebook place add this pages and the owner of page earn money but also its not easy task to increase subscriber and liker because viewer want some new and unique information. So in our point of view it’s not easy but not impossible if you have spirit and passion than you earn per month 500$ to 75000$ depends your thought your plan your aim your spirit but first of all you have proper know how about online earning than you earn otherwise you cannot.
Bringing APIs to Life
To showcase its strengthening digital distribution capabilities, country’s leading cellular services provider, Telenor Pakistan, organized Digital Distribution Summit 2019 at its Islamabad headquarters 345. The event aimed to highlight and explore synergies between digital distribution and the GSM retail ecosystem, charting a common roadmap between Telenor Pakistan and its partners for the future of digital distribution in the country. The event was attended by Facebook, Easypaisa, OneLoad, Telenor Digital & Telenor Pakistan Management. Bringing APIs to Life. The summit featured the role of Telenor Pakistan and its strategic partners that are enabling new digital customer touch points. In the recent past, Telenor Pakistan in collaboration with Google, become the first telecom operator to bring the ability for prepaid Android users to manage their mobile data usage and purchase plans directly from their phone setting. This convenience offers a personalized experience and provides customers with an optimal solution based on their needs. Telenor Pakistan also introduced another flagship product from Facebook called Operator Store, which is a dedicated space for the operator within Facebook similar to MDP. Must Read: Zong 4G celebrates diversity and inclusion at cultural day The event discussed the significance of personalization and how Millom, a product of Telenor Digital is tackling the shift from physical to digital in Telenor Pakistan’s distribution mix. The Millom platform comes with a set of features to help solve the most common problems faced by telcos when enabling customer self-service in digital channels. The feature set include Product Display Manager, Offer Management, Notification Management, Consent & Privacy Management, Prediction Engine and Analytics. “Telenor Pakistan continues to strengthen its digital distribution capabilities by bringing global first solutions to its customers. Our sole aim is to work with partners and deliver smarter solutions and conveniences to our customer base” said Sardar Mohammad Abubakr, Chief Digital & Strategy Officer, Telenor Pakistan. “Through such strategic collaborations, we are enabling our partners to access and understand their customers through us and explore new avenues of growth” Telenor Pakistan has been an active protagonist in the development of digital ecosystem in the country and leveraging technology to empower customers. Through its increased focus on digital distribution channels and creating new customer touchpoints through partnerships, it aims to continue creating ease for customers and actively meeting their evolving needs.
Facebook community report reveals content that violates its policies
Facebook disclosed ten policies on Facebook and four policies on Instagram across the world including Pakistan describing about the categories of the content that violates its metrics and lead to the blockade or ban. In its fourth edition of Community Standards Enforcement Report for quarter 2 and 3, it provided details about the content violated its policies subsequently facing blockade or ban on the social networking platforms. Facebook reveals its metrics including the prevalence of the content violation; its action against it called as actioned content; proactive action on the content even before it was reported; how much was detected before someone reported it. The metrics include appealed content which describes how much content people appealed after it took an action; and the restored content which describes how much content was restored after Facebook initially took action. Must Read: OPPO Holds Launch for All-New ColorOS 7 Outside of China for the First Time In this first report for Instagram, Facebook reveals its strict content policy on four policy areas including child nudity and child sexual exploitation; regulated goods — specifically, illicit firearm and drug sales; suicide and self-injury; and terrorist propaganda. While we use the same proactive detection systems to find and remove harmful content across both Instagram and Facebook, the metrics may be different across the two services. Facebook has also recently strengthened its policies around self-harm and made improvements to its technology to find and remove more violating content. “On Facebook, we took action on about 2 million pieces of content in Q2 2019, of which 96.1% we detected proactively, and we saw further progress in Q3 when we removed 2.5 million pieces of content, of which 97.1% we detected proactively,” the statement issued said. On Instagram, it can be seen similar progress with removal of about 835,000 pieces of content in Q2 2019, of which 77.8% we detected proactively, and we removed about 845,000 pieces of content in Q3 2019, of which 79.1% we detected proactively. Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy bans all terrorist organizations from having a presence on our services. Facebook has identified a wide range of groups, based on their behavior, as terrorist organizations. Previous reports only included our efforts specifically against al Qaeda, ISIS and their affiliates as we focused our measurement efforts on the groups understood to pose the broadest global threat. Now, we’ve expanded the report to include the actions we’re taking against all terrorist organizations. While the rate at which we detect and remove content associated with Al Qaeda, ISIS and their affiliates on Facebook has remained above 99%, the rate at which we proactively detect content affiliated with any terrorist organization on Facebook is 98.5% and on Instagram is 92.2%. We will continue to invest in automated techniques to combat terrorist content and iterate on our tactics because we know bad actors will continue to change theirs. In this report, we are adding prevalence metrics for content that violates our suicide and self-injury and regulated goods (illicit sales of firearms and drugs) policies for the first time. Because we care most about how often people may see content that violates our policies, we measure prevalence, or the frequency at which people may see this content on our services. For the policy areas addressing the most severe safety concerns – child nudity and sexual exploitation of children, regulated goods, suicide and self-injury, and terrorist propaganda – the likelihood that people view content that violates these policies is very low, and we remove much of it before people see it. As a result, when Facebook samples views of content in order to measure prevalence for these policy areas, many times we do not find enough, or sometimes any, violating samples to reliably estimate a metric. Instead, we can estimate an upper limit of how often someone would see content that violates these policies. In Q3 2019, this upper limit was 0.04%. Meaning that for each of these policies, out of every 10,000 views on Facebook or Instagram in Q3 2019, it is estimated that no more than 4 of those views contained content that violated that policy. Over the last two years, Facebook has invested in proactive detection of hate speech so that we can detect this harmful content before people report it to us and sometimes before anyone sees it. Its detection techniques include text and image matching, which means we’re identifying images and identical strings of text that have already been removed as hate speech, and machine-learning classifiers that look at things like language, as well as the reactions and comments to a post, to assess how closely it matches common phrases, patterns and attacks that we’ve previously seen in content that violates our policies against hate. Facebook will continue to invest in systems that enable us to be proactive in combating hateful content on our services as well as the processes we use to ensure our accuracy in removing content that violates our policies while safeguarding content that discusses or condemns hate speech. Similar to how we review decisions made by our content review team in order to monitor the accuracy of our decisions, our teams routinely review removals by our automated systems to make sure we are enforcing our policies correctly. Facebook also continues to review content again when people appeal and tell us we made a mistake in removing their post. Facebook also launched a new page so people can view examples of how our Community Standards apply to different types of content and see where we draw the line.
Zong 4G offers unrivalled prepaid Data roaming bundles for China
Leveraging on the award-winning 4G services of Pakistan, Zong 4G, the country’s leading telecommunication company, is now offering two affordable data bundles to its valued prepaid customers traveling to China. Making roaming services more accessible for prepaid customers and providing them with the best-in-class communication experience, Zong 4G is committed in its quest of transcending borders through its ubiquitous network. The prepaid bundles not only provide the most reasonable data rates but also provides access to WhatsApp, Facebook and all the other social media apps which are normally blocked in China. Offering these benefits plus fast speed data at a very economical rate, which is to prompt all users to avail these roaming services. Must Read: Choosing the Best Institute for Studying O Levels in Pakistan The roaming service can be activated without cost by dialing the 310 helpline. Prepaid Data bundle (i): 1 GB for 7 days in PKR 1,199 + tax Prepaid Data bundle (ii): 2 GB for 15 days in PKR 2,199 + tax The bundles can be activated by dialing *4255# or by visiting nearest retailer “Our earnest dedication towards our customers is the force behind our commitment for providing an unmatched roaming experience for our customers. The launch of these two bundles is in line with our strategy of providing our traveling customers with a seamless experience on Zong 4G’s widest and largest network. With more customers traveling abroad, Zong 4G understands their data needs and is hence empowering them with the best possible 4G data roaming services, no matter where they are” said the company spokesperson. Zong 4G is the clear industry-leader in the 4G roaming services, offering more than 70 4G roaming destinations to its customers in the industry.
Facebook helps to build Community Resilience Programs in Pakistan
Community Resilience in the Digital Age was the theme of a session in Islamabad on Thursday conducted by experts from Facebook’s Asia-Pacific headquarters. The workshop, which saw people from civil society, government and academia attend, focused on best practices including: strategies and resources for building effective resilience campaigns and measuring their impact and creative tips for building high quality content and increasing audience reach. Facebook helps to build Community Resilience Programs in Pakistan. The workshop also highlighted Facebook’s Community Standards, which outline what is and isn’t allowed on the platform, to give people a better understanding of the Facebook’s policies and how they are enforced. Must Read: Zong 4G Launches 2 Exclusive Prepaid Roaming Packages for UAE The session also focused on capacity building for civil society – including tips on the tools needed to use Facebook effectively. The session also highlighted best practices on counter-speech campaigns. “Facebook is committed to helping community groups and organizations use the platform’s full potential to create positive social impact in Pakistan,” said Sehar Tariq, Public Policy Manager, Pakistan. The day-long workshop showcased a variety of campaigns which have been targeted to different segments of Pakistan. Key speakers included GullnazBaig, APAC Head, Counterterrorism Policy at Facebook, and Roy Tan, Politics and Government Outreach Manager for APAC.
Zong 4G Launches 2 Exclusive Prepaid Roaming Packages for UAE
In a bid to offer more convenience and ease for its traveling prepaid customers, Zong 4G, the leading telecommunication operator of Pakistan, has announced two exclusive packages for United Arab Emirates (UAE). The packages have been designed with the needs of prepaid customers in mind, who are travelling to, or transiting in UAE, and will offer a seamless roaming experience. Zong 4G prepaid customers can avail the relevant roaming bundles for their travels to UAE. Customers can activate roaming completely free of cost by dialing 310 and can avail the roaming packages by dialing *4255# and choose their relevant bundle. Package 1 provides 2 GB of Data for 7 days at an extremely affordable rate of PKR 999 (+Tax) while Package 2 is equipped to provide 4 GB of data valid for 15 days in just PKR 1999 (+Tax). Must Read: Huawei successfully completes 21 ICT Competition Roadshows Commenting on the introduction of two UAE roaming bundles, Zong 4G’s Spokesperson said, “As a company that ensures the provision of state-of-the-art services and products for its customers, Zong 4G believes in adhering to the ever-changing needs of its customers. The introduction of these two convenient packages is part of our strategy of providing our customers with a seamless and unhindered connectivity experience while they are traveling. We want our customers to be always connected with their friends and family and feel at home even when they are traveling” These offers are valid for all Zong 4G prepaid customers with packages that will help customers get on the internet without a hassle, enabling them to stay up to date and in touch with family and friends, throughout their stay. To further enhance the roaming experience of its customers, Zong 4G is not only offering the fastest data services at the most economical prices point, but is also providing its customers with an access to WhatsApp, Facebook messenger and Skype, which are otherwise blocked in the UAE.
Facebook announces new partnership with the Lahore Women’s Chamber of Commerce to expand its #shemeansbusiness program in Pakistan
Facebook announced the expansion of its #SheMeansBusiness program in Pakistan, in partnership with the Lahore Women’s Chamber of Commerce, to provide women entrepreneurs with the tools, training and resources that can help them secure funding and grow their businesses. “The flexibility offered by digital technologies is enabling a new generation of women entrepreneurs around the world to make positive contributions to their families and communities. However, women still face a number of obstacles such as a lack of funding and networks that can help them grow and scale. With this partnership, we want to nurture current and future generations of Pakistani women business leaders by providing access to a series of workshops and online learning tools,” said Beth Ann Lim, Head of Community Affairs at Facebook, Asia Pacific at the launch of the program in Lahore. According to the Future of Business Report – a collaboration between Facebook, the World Bank and the OECD, women business owners on Facebook in Pakistan still face significant funding challenges, with less than 1 in 5 stating that they currently have a bank loan or a line of credit. Of those surveyed, over 3 in 4 Pakistani women business owners on Facebook say that social media helps their business. Must Read: Founded only one year, realme earned itself the fastest mobile brand to became the global Top 10 Dr FaaizaAmjad, President, WCCI, said online platforms such as Facebook have helped women entrepreneurs expand their businesses. “When women are successful in business, it drives social growth too: more women are employed, more diverse role models are created and there is stronger diversity. Successful female entrepreneurs invest in their communities and in educating children. Through our partnership with #shemeansbusiness, we will be able to help equip Pakistan’s women entrepreneurs with the knowledge, connections, skills and technology required to build and grow their businesses online,” she said. A range of studies including those carried out by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, OECD, World Bank and International Finance Corporation in conjunction with McKinsey reinforces the point that harnessing the economic potential of women can lead to release substantial socioeconomic gains potential. According to a recent study by the Clinton Global Initiative published on the United Nations Economic and Social Council site, when women work they invest 90 per cent of their income back into their families, compared with 35 per cent for men. Run in collaboration with business leaders, civil society, NGOs and the public sector, #SheMeansBusiness is active in 21 countries around the world, including Pakistan, has trained more than 130,000 women in digital skills across the Asia Pacific, reached 130,000 online through the#SheMeansBusiness resource hub.
Zong 4G offers unbeatable Prepaid data roaming while travelling to United Kingdom
Zong 4G, country’s leading telecom company in its pursuit to provide seamless connectivity anywhere and everywhere, has launched its affordable data roaming services in the United Kingdom for data-hungry travelers. Augmenting world- class experience for its valued customers away from home, Zong 4G is providing unparalleled services with significant ease of usage while travelling to UK. Zong 4G’s resolve to create world-class experiences has created a massive shift for the largest 4G subscriber base, by providing affordability alongside unrivaled 4G services both nationally and internationally. The greatly economical roaming Prepaid Data Bundle in UK is a testament of Zong 4G’s commitment to offer unmatched, innovative, unique services and solutions to its valued customers. While offering convenience for customers, availing these top of the industry network services will diminish the need to buy a local UK SIM for travelers. The user’s prepaid number will be operational throughout the time International Roaming is active. Thus, the user will be able to make and receive calls as well as send and receive SMS through their Zong 4G number. Furthermore, along with the basic SMS services, all types of transactional services, such as credit card transactions/alerts and Facebook/Whatsapp/Twitter alert SMS will be enabled and working seamlessly throughout the time of travel. The prepaid roaming bundle has 3GBs of fast speed data to provide the best data experience within UK. Must Read: Pakistan very own tech veteran joins Daraz as CMO from OLX “The very essence of mobile connectivity lies in the ability for our customers to remain connected on the go. Continuing with our promise to deliver seamless connectivity and hassle-free experience to our customers, the provision of our roaming services at one of the most travelled locations in the world is reflective of our commitment and dedication of empowering our customers like no other so they can reap the maximum benefits out of their trip.” Said the spokesperson of Zong 4G. With the largest 4G network nationally and internationally, Zong 4G is offering fastest and reliable connectivity, innovative, state-of-the-art facilities, services and solutions to its largest 4G subscriber base for an unparalleled digital experience. To activate the Data Roaming Bundle: Prepaid consumers can call the Zong 4G helpline to activate International Roaming for free. Once it’s activated they can dial USSD string *4255# to subscribe to this 4G prepaid Data bundle for PKR 5000 only.
Facebook Expands Its #SheMeansBusiness Program to Help Women Build Businesses in Pakistan
Facebook today launched its #SheMeansBusiness program with the Universal Service Fund (USF) in Islamabad and the Punjab IT Board (PITB) in Lahore. The program helps equip women entrepreneurs with the knowledge, connections, skills and technology required to build and grow their businesses online. Aligned with Digital Pakistan’s mission, Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness partnership with USF and PITB aims to reach 20,000 women across Pakistan over the next three years, delivering digital skills training with a focus on small business development and online safety. The PITB partnership includes a three month digital literacy program offered as part of PITB’s ‘Herself’ initiative. Since its beginnings on International Women’s Day in 2016, #SheMeansBusiness has established an active presence in 21 countries, including Pakistan, and has trained more than 42,000 women entrepreneurs. “When women do better, we all benefit. More women are employed, more role models are created, and there is stronger diversity,” says Clair Deevy, Director of Community Affairs, APAC. “Women are doing amazing things on Facebook around the world with the support and encouragement of the #SheMeansBusiness community. Our partnerships in Pakistan with USF and PITB will hopefully help inspire and empower more Pakistani women to start and grow a business.” Must Read: AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS COMMITS $2 BILLION TO HELP HOMELESS, FINANCE PRE-SCHOOLS Globally, 43% of the active small businesses Pages on Facebook are owned by women, with this percentage growing by more than 21% in 2017, and by more than 94% year-on-year since 2015. This growth is a catalyst to establishing new partnerships in countries such as Pakistan where there is a fresh focus on digital inclusion and empowering women. The difference the program can make is supported by Facebook’s Future of Business survey. Carried out with the World Bank and OECD, the survey found that businesses run by women are more likely than those run by men to leverage online tools to drive success and that higher rates of entrepreneurialism are found among women in less developed markets. Women in these economies are driven to pursue entrepreneurial paths to provide for their families, generally through basic types of consumer-focused products and services businesses. By doing so, they can become a real engine for their local economies. The same research says that realising the potential of women entrepreneurs generates benefits ranging from job creation and economic growth, to a more diverse small business community. That’s because entrepreneurs create jobs for themselves and enrich the lives of people including employees, investors, suppliers and the organizations they work with. Speaking at the #SheMeansBusiness launch in Islamabad, CFO of USF, Haaris M Chaudhary said: “#SheMeansBusiness is a great initiative and an excellent opportunity for USF ICT for Girls Program, and using a ‘train the trainer’ approach enables the female student beneficiaries to learn the tools and techniques for running their own businesses.” He also said; “the training involves important topics like Digital Safety which creates awareness on issues like protecting identity theft and using the internet responsibly and safely. Making these girls financially independent in a safe environment is the core objective of USF program and this collaboration with Facebook will go a long way in enabling the socioeconomic development of women in Pakistan.” The program runs for the rest of this year and will kick-off in Islamabad on 13 September and in Lahore on 14th September 2018.
FACEBOOK NEW AI SYSTEM USES MACHINE LEARNING TO IDENTIFY TEXT IN IMAGES
In an offer to diminish hostile images that advance loathe discourse, Facebook is building a novel man-made reasoning (AI) framework that utilizations machine figuring out how to distinguish message in pictures and recordings and additionally translate it. While instruments to translate content are just the same old thing new, the organization faces diverse difficulties on account of the size, sheer volume of photographs shared every day on Facebook and Instagram, and the quantity of dialects bolstered on its worldwide stage. With the novel AI framework called Rosetta, Facebook can process in excess of a billion open pictures and Instagram pictures and video outlines (in a wide assortment of dialects) every day through the framework proficiently. The extricated content is then utilized by downstream classifiers to promptly follow up on the strategy abusing content or result applications like photograph look. Must Read: Nvidia updates Shield TV to Support 120Hz modes and Twitch streaming “Understanding content in pictures alongside the setting in which it shows up additionally causes our frameworks to proactively recognize wrong or destructive substance and guard our locale,” the web based life mammoth said in a blog entry late on Tuesday. “Content separated from pictures is being utilized to enhance the pertinence and nature of photograph look, consequently distinguishing content that damages our abhor discourse approach on the stage in different dialects, and enhance the precision of characterization of photographs in News Feed to surface more customized content,” the systems administration goliath noted. Further, Facebook is additionally proceeding to put resources into broadening the content acknowledgment demonstrate for the wide number of dialects utilized on its worldwide stage.
EcoStar introduces High-End 75’’ 4K UHD LED TV
EcoStar being a leading producer of innovative LED and Smart Televisions has recently launched its 75’’ bigger 4K UHD LED. Offering a wide range of exciting features and spectacular picture quality the prices of EcoStar LED Televisions are also very competitive, so the consumers get the greatest ‘Value-for-Money’ as the 75’’ art piece is just worth Rs. 259,000/-. Whereas, EcoStar is also providing free QWERTY air mouse with LED so buyer can save up to Rs. 7,000/-. EcoStar also offers an exclusive deal of Free Sound Bar for customer getting new 75’’ LED from EcoStar owned display centers so you can enjoy genuinely theatre and cinematic sound enveloping you. EcoStar LED TVs exhibit excellent image quality, with deep black levels, accurate color, solid video processing and best-in-class high dynamic range performance. Best adaption Resolution (3840*2160) makes an unmatched picture quality. Must Read: Cheetay Celebrates 2 Years Of Providing Services With Easy And Convenient Payment Solutions 75’’ wider screen creates desire of being drawn into image more deeply with high class colors and contrast resulting into terrifically amazing picture. Elegant Design, whole slimmed smart Television is completely suitable for creating an amazing home theatre at your home. 75UD921 is an ultimate zone of pure entertainment with smart android and there is no border line between live TV, videogames and social networking. Now enjoy your web browsing, Facebook, Skype calling, YouTube and many other applications on your TV EcoStar LED TV is built with fast motion processing that aids in providing excellent picture quality with bright, high-contrast, colorful images for both standard and HDR-encoded content. Motion processing feature is supported by motion engine ensures that clarity of picture remains smooth and natural regardless of the fast paces of actions.
Telenor Group joins Telecom Infra Project
Telenor Group has joined the Telecom Infra Project(TIP). The global mobile operator will contribute to two TIP project groups focused on wireless networking:OpenCellularandmmWave. News that Telenor Groupbecame a member of TIP was announced at a press event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. “Driving the industry towards more openness is important for the ecosystem, as well as for Telenor Group,in order to pursue efficiency, innovation andattractive service experience. We are excited to collaborate with the world’s leading telecom operators, infrastructure providers and system integrators in TIP to trial open base stations in Pakistan and Terragraph in Malaysia.” said RuzaSabanovic, Chief Technology Officer for Telenor Group. Founded in 2016, the Telecom Infra Projectis an engineering-focused initiative driven by operators, suppliers, developers, integrators, and startups to disaggregate the traditional network deployment approach. The collective aim of the TIP community is to collaborate on new technologies, examine new business approaches and spur new investments into the telecom space. Must Read: Jazz Introduces Pakistan’s First 4G Enabled Feature Phone Telenor Group’s engagements in TIP will focus on selected trials on defining and advancing 60GHz wireless networking solutions (mmWave/Terragraph) in Malaysia, and open systems for base stations (OpenCellular) in Pakistan. These trials are planned for those two markets in the first phase to gain practical experience on performance and future opportunities. “Collaborating with global operators such as Telenor Group is key to our goal of helping to bring more people online,” said Chris Daniels, VP of Connectivity at Facebook. “We’re excited to see the momentum around solutions like Terragraph and Open Cellular, which we’re deploying with members of the TIP community.” Sharing his thoughts on the development, Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan said, “I consider the trial of OpenCellular as another huge stride towards innovation and our ambition of using open source non-proprietary technologies which will help us build efficient and more customer-centric solutions in addition to ensuring network scalability. The open system will potentially enable us to overcome cost and logistical challenges especially in terms of extending our coverage to small and remote communities, thereby taking us one step closer to our ambition of connecting the unconnected” Key results of the trials will be contributed to the TIP community to enable further improvements of the technical solutions. In addition, working with other members of TIP will broaden the set of potential partners and industry insight that guides Telenor’s technical roadmaps. “We welcome Telenor Group to the TIP community and are looking forward to their contributions to the mmWave Networks and OpenCellular project groups,” said Axel Clauberg, TIP Chairman and Vice President, Technology Innovation, Deutsche Telekom AG. “TIP is seeing strong momentum as more global operators join us and work to develop and trial new approaches to traditional network deployment.”
