Instagram’s most popular cities, locations and hashtags Pakistan Press Club Web Desk. What is the point of travelling the world if you can’t share it – or boast about it- with desk-bound friends back home? Instagram, the popular photo-sharing platform, has become a fan favorite among travelers, who often post wanderlust-inducing photos from their…
UnitedHealth to buy DaVita primary care unit for $4.9 billion (Pakistan Press Club – New York) – The largest U.S. health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc will buy DaVita Inc’s primary and urgent care services for $4.9 billion in its second acquisition this year to expand its fast-growing medical group, it said on Wednesday. Health insurers…
Exploring Egypt’s Great Pyramid from the inside, virtually PARIS (Pakistan Press Club) – A team of scientists who last week announced the discovery of a large void inside the Great Pyramid of Giza have created a virtual-reality tour that allows users to ‘teleport’ themselves inside the structure and explore its architecture. Using 3D technology, the…
Disney CEO likely to extend tenure if Fox deal happens: WSJ (Pakistan Press Club – New York) – Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) Chief Executive Bob Iger will likely extend his tenure past 2019 to facilitate integration of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) assets if a deal is completed, the Wall Street Journal reported on…
Australia to probe Facebook, Google over media disruption SYDNEY (Pakistan Press Club) – Australia’s competition regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether U.S. online giants Facebook (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google have disrupted the news media market to the detriment of publishers and consumers. Like their rivals globally, Australia’s traditional media companies…
Alibaba must face renewed lawsuit over IPO: U.S. appeals court NEW YORK (Pakistan Press Club) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) of defrauding shareholders by concealing a regulatory warning about counterfeiters that the Chinese online retailer had received shortly before going public. The 2nd U.S.…
Verdicts given on merit not prejudice: Chief Justice of Pakistan Pakistan Press Club KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Sindh chief minister and former city mayor to appear before the court over the government’s failure to supply potable water to citizens and lack of treatment of raw municipal and industrial sewage being discharged…
U.S. approves digital pill that tracks when patients take it (Pakistan Press Club – New York) – U.S. regulators have approved the first digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication properly, marking a significant step forward in the convergence of healthcare and technology. The medicine is a…
Scientists solve the mystery of America’s scuba-diving fly WASHINGTON (Pakistan Press Club) – A small fly that thrives at an inhospitable California lake east of Yosemite National Park long has perplexed observers who watch as it crawls into the severely salty and alkaline water, snacks on some algae or lays some eggs, then emerges dry…
Rocket maker SpaceX raises another $100 million (Pakistan Press Club) – Elon Musk-led SpaceX has raised $100 million by selling shares, in an extension to a financing round earlier this year that raised up to $350 million, a regulatory filing showed on Monday. SpaceX’s funding round in July had valued the rocket maker at about…