Facebook will now help you nearby public WiFi networks!

According to a report by VentureBeat, Facebook is rolling out a new Public WiFi finder feature in their app. This feature will allow users to find nearby open WiFi to help conserve their precious mobile data in times of great need.

This news comes amidst the recent drive of Facebook in live videos feature, which consumes a great amount of data. It seems that this feature is intended to help users access features like those while making sure they do not burn through their monthly data plan. While talking to VentureBeat on this new feature, an unnamed Facebook spokesperson said:

“To help people stay connected to the friends and experiences they care about, we are rolling out a new feature that surfaces open Wi-Fi networks associated with nearby places.”

This feature was first spotted in wild by Next Web’s social media director, Matt Navarra, which suggests it is available for some users right now through the iOS app. To see access this feature, scroll through your menu options to find “Enable Find WiFi.” If it’s there, toggle the setting so it’s turned on, and the app will detect places nearby with an access point. It will not only show you the business offering free WiFi, but also how long it’ll take to get there and the network you can connect to. To make sure that you connect with the right network, Facebook will show you the exact name of the network.

Availability

There is no official word available for its global availability. However, considering the apparent maturity of the feature, it won’t be far-fetched to expect it to roll out to all users in coming weeks. We will let you know when it is pushed to users in Pakistan.

Nigeria to buy 10 Super Mushshak aircraft from Pakistan!

An agreement for the sale of 10 Super Mushshak aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force was signed between Pakistan and Nigeria on Friday, Pakistani daily, The Dawn reported.

“The contract signing ceremony was held in Abuja (Nigeria) where Air Vice Marshal Iya Ahmed Abdullahi and Air Marshal Arshad Malik, Chairman of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), signed the contract,” The Dawn quoted PAF spokesman Air Commodore Syed Mohammad Ali as saying. 

The deal involves the PAC supporting operational training and technical support to the Nigerian Air Force. It would also bolster PAC's image in the aviation sector producing the super aircraft and will help generate revenue for the country. 

The Super Mushshak, which is built under license in Pakistan, is already in service with Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran and South Africa. The deal further strengthens PAC’s status as a world class aviation industry producing the supersonic JF-17 Thunder and Super Mushshak trainer aircraft.

“The Pakistan Air Force would completely establish this facility in the shortest possible time,” PAF spokesman said. 

(WION)

Google drive can now understand natural language!

Are you like most people who save their files and then forget what random string of letters they produced to save it in a hurry? Apparently, this is a big problem with people using Google drive too. Google is introducing an improvement in its search to help such users and others in locating their files more easily. You will now be able to find your files using natural language in your search terms.

What it means that you will be able to type in questions like “find all the presentations about the fiscal year 2017” or “show all files save in the month of January.” Google drive will parse the question and then ask you for confirmation about the interpretation of your search term. If everything seems OK, it will be able to show you relative documents without the need of typing in precise and exact technical terms.

Another way in which Google drive will assist a lost user is through auto corrects in search results. So if you type in a word or two incorrect and meant to write “word files” instead of “wood flies”, Google drive will auto-correct it for you just like regular Google search does.

In addition to these changes, Google docs also gain the ability to split a document into multiple columns. Also, it will be able to auto-save any non-Google file while you are working on it.

All these features are currently in the process of the Global roll-out and should be coming to Pakistani Google drive users within a few days.

Pakistan at RoboCup 2016

On third attempt, a team of students from NUST (National University of Sciences and Technology) will be representing Pakistan at the RoboCup which begins shortly. This feat has been a long time in the making and has finally been brought to fruition. Team NUST is the only team to be selected from Pakistan and also the only team from South Asia to have qualified for the RoboCup. They will be competing against 27 other teams in the Standard Platform League Competition. The week-long event will be held from June 30th to July 4th in Leipzig, Germany.

RoboCup is an annual international event which is basically a robot football world cup. It was first held locally in Osaka, Japan but due to huge outside interest the competition was taken to an international level. The Standard Platform League focuses more on the software aspect of the robots. Essentially, all teams are provided with exactly the same robots but their performance is judged based on the Artificial Intelligence code that runs them. The main qualifying criterion for this competition is to prove that your robot is able to make decisions based on Artificial Intelligence.

The team from NUST, under the leadership of Dr. Yasar Ayaz, has qualified two times previously. They were not able to participate in the tournament because of lack of funds – these robots don’t come cheap! The six robots, which they purchased from France’s Aldebaran Robotics, cost them a whopping $17,000. However, this year their efforts did not go in vain. The university was able to allocate enough money to fund the trip for three of the team members.

The Standard Platform League Competition is scheduled for June 30th. We wish Team NUST the very best! Till then, have a look at the project that got them selected for this year’s RoboCup!

"To bring married women back to workplaces", NetSol Technologies launches campaign

NetSol Technologies, one of top 500 software houses of the world as ranked by Forbes Magazine, is taking an initiative to encourage mothers back to work. The organization has opened job opportunities exclusively for women, providing them with essential on-office facilities as per a campaign which focuses on bringing women especially moms back to work.

The press release stated that a campaign aiming to inspire young mothers and housewives to return to work has been in function since, 10th June 2016. The campaign was focusing on bringing women back to work by offering them a sound working structure. A study was being conducted, hence, which brought to light the factors responsible for the thinning down of gender diversity up the ladder of leadership hierarchy. The study revealed that about 90% of women stepped out of their jobs either when they get married or when they have their first child. Further such issues were investigated and highlighted as part of that study

Recognizing the far-reaching advantages of gender diversity, NetSol Technologies has taken to resolving the issues responsible for its poor index in a workplace. A supportive working environment has been in place to make sure that no woman finds it hard to return to the workforce after their marriage or after the birth of their first child.

Aiysha Munir, Manager QE at NetSol Technologies, while highlighting the issue said,

“The reason I have been able to continue my job at NetSol is largely due to the availability of daycare. It makes a huge difference for mothers to know that their children are being taken care of and as the daycare is in close proximity, it is easier to check in on them at least once during the office hours.”

The software house now houses a daycare, with proper support staff and a teacher to train the children in their initial years. A high-quality gaming zone and a gymnasium have also been made functioning. Extra-Curricular Activities are being made an integral part of the routine of working women.

It also has an exclusive cafeteria which serves fresh and hygienic food to all staff free of cost. Pick and drop facility has also been provided for women. The medical facility is also an added advantage.

NetSol is a workplace which is a well-known name when it comes to giving all the factors its due importance. It basically is a global provider of IT and Enterprise Software Systems and provides solutions to clients in USA, Pakistan, England, Thailand, China, Australia, and Japan. NetSol also was featured in the Forbes list of ‘500 best software companies to work for in 2015’ and has won the P@SHA Award for Gender Diversity in 2014, making it the best company with the best gender diversity ratio in the IT industry of Pakistan.

As the advanatage of gender diversity are being brought to light, the initiatives are also being taken and it is expected that a great number of moms shall take advantage of these facilities.

Any mother who is looking to join their workforce should just dust her CV and send it to NetSol at moms.careers@netsoltech.com