Information And Communication Technology

Apple More like this Where to find Black Friday deals on Apple products How to buy a refurbished iMac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iPhone, or iPad from... Apple’s Black Friday sale lasts four times longer this year, but good luck... DEALPOSTS Black Friday Weekend exclusive: Spectacles are on sale for their lowest price... If you haven’t heard, Apple is running an  uncharacteristically long Black Friday sale  this year—a full four days. Unfortunately, Apple isn’t offering any deals on any of its new products—namely the  iPhone XS ,  XR , or  iPad Pro —nor or they handing out actual price cuts. Like in recent years, you’ll be paying the full amount for the devices you choose to buy and receiving Apple Store gift cards instead of lower prices. But still,  Apple Stores sales are super rare , and Apple is no doubt going to sell plenty of Macs, iPhones, and iPads this weekend. And if you’re one of the people who are heading to the Apple Store or...

Image copyrightUSAESTASERVICE Image caption Google removed an ad for this official-looking website Google says it will stop ads for expensive unofficial Esta services appearing at the top of search results, eight years after the first complaints. In 2010, the US started charging UK travellers to use the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (Esta). Unofficial sites charging five times as much as the US government soon flooded the top of Google's search results, despite breaking Google's ad rules. Now, after a BBC News investigation, Google says it is tackling the issue. While unofficial Esta sites will still appear in the search results, they should no longer appear above the official website as advertisements when using the most common search terms. Since it has used machine learning to address the issue, the ads do still show up for some search terms. Google says this will improve in time. Why has this taken so long? The official Esta website is r...

It’s the best iPad Pro since the last one with a faster processor than many notebook PCs. With its world-class design, rock-solid operating system and a deluge of apps, Apple’s pro tablet is the best tablet you can get. It’s all there I’ve been using a new iPad Pro for about a week. I even  published  a few unboxing pictures. The entire process begins when you pull a single tab on the side of the box. If you then follow the flow Apple has designed into the packaging, you’ll have the device right side up and in your hands in seconds. [ Further reading:  The wireless road warrior’s essential guide  ] From opening the box to completing the set-up process is fast, though downloading all the apps and data you need takes additional time. Once in your hands, just tap the power button and, thanks to Apple’s Automatic Setup process, you don’t even need to enter your Wi-Fi password. Once you’re in, everything works. Your apps, documents and all your iCloud data a...

The government of Punjab has drastically cut down the taxes on imported vehicles. This move was announced in its Finance Bill presented on Tuesday. In the revised budget for the fiscal year 2018-19, the government of Pakistan’s largest slashed 50 to 80 per cent of taxes on cars with different engine capacities. The PTI-led government hopes the move will encourage people to register their imported vehicles in Punjab instead of the federal capital or other provinces. The revised tax for cars from 1,300cc to 1,500cc will now be Rs. 15,000, coming down from Rs. 70,000. Taxes on cars with engine capacity from 1500cc to 2000cc is proposed to be Rs. 25,000. Previously it was 150,000. Furthermore, those wanting to import cars with engine capacities from 2,000cc to 2,500cc will have to pay as much as Rs 100,000, not 200,000. Importers of the vehicles with engine capacities above 25,00cc did not receive this perk as the government believes these cars are used by th...

The cricket field has seen so many bizarre things in history. It has witnessed Inzimam’s moonwalk, Angelo Mathews running at a snail’s pace and Mohammad Yousuf’s scary calls for a run, but never have it observed anything that we saw on the third day of the Abu Dhabi Test. This time it was non of the previous three, of course, it instead involved Pakistan’s one of the quickest runners between the wickets. It was Azhar Ali. If you think Labuschagne’s run out in the first innings of Australia was careless, I wonder what would you say seeing Azhar Ali’s ridiculous dismissal. He was sitting comfortably on 64, driving, sweeping and cutting the ball with regained confidence and slowly approaching to the much-awaited hundred, until this happened! After edging a ball past the slip, Azhar and Shafiq hung in the middle of the wicket, having a chinwag, thinking the ball had gone for four – which in reality, did not! Starc was smart e...

You didn’t need to lift a finger. [ Further reading:  Windows 10 update (and retirement) calendar: Mark these dates  ] Worst Windows 10 rollout ever Hard to believe that Windows 10 version rollouts could get any worse, but this month hit the bottom of a nearly bottomless barrel. Some folks who clicked “Check for updates” wound up with a brand spanking new copy of Win10 version 1809 — and all of the files in their \Documents, \Pictures, \Music, \Videos and other folders disappeared. I have a series of articles on that topic, arranged chronologically: Word to the Win10 wise: Don’t click 'Check for updates'  — Microsoft has unilaterally given itself permission to upgrade your Win10 PC to the brand-new version 1809, if you have the temerity to click “Check for updates.” How to block the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, version 1809, from installing  — the best ways to ensure you install 1809 when you’re ready, even in the face of recent forced u...