SAN FRANCISCO: Google has rolled out a music service for smartphones and tablets powered by its free Android software, in a challenge to streaming radio firms such as Pandora and Spotify. The launch of Google Play All Access came at the kickoff of a packed developers conference, which features a ...

LOS ANGELES - Metro - The Saturdays have unveiled their new single Gentleman, which features the girls rapping about Ryan Gosling, George Clooney and Drake.Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Humes try their hand at rapping in the new song, which received ...

SAINT-PETERSBURG: Russia’s famous Mariinsky theatre in Saint Petersburg was to inaugurate a new ballet and opera house on Thursday in an event coinciding with the 60th birthday of its hugely ambitious and well-connected director Valery Gergiev.The new Mariinsky-2 theatre will open with a gala ...

Lahore : Porsche today announced the latest range of second generation Porsche Panameras for the Pakistan market. The Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, Porsche Panamera 4S, and Panamera Turbo will all be available in Pakistan in both standard and Executive classes. The cars are available for order as of ...

ROMEItaly’s prime minister finally unveiled a new government on Saturday, breaking a two-month stalemate that shook market confidence in the recession-hit country and tested the patience of European partners.Centre-left moderate Enrico Letta named as his deputy Angelino Alfano, from the ...

LOS ANGELES DS - One Direction has unveiled a new poster for their upcoming movie This Is Us. Directed by Morgan Spurlock, the documentary and concert movie is released in 3D at cinemas on Aug 29 in the UK, and a day later in the US. Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam ...

washington The United States unveiled plans Friday to sell $10 billion worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a bid to counter the threat posed by Iran.It was highly unusual for the Pentagon to announce an arms deal covering three ...

STUTTGARTMetroGerman businessman Hartmut Rehorsch has spent more than £100,000 buying and decommissioning a German air force fighter plane to put on the roof of his factory.The F-104 Starfighter  jet was installed on Maunday Thursday and local residents have been in mourning ever since. ...

LAHORE – The PML-Q on Sunday announced 12 more names of its final candidates for National Assembly, while 19 contenders for Punjab Assembly. Khurrum Munawwar Manj is party’s candidate from NA-134 Sheikhupura, Shahid Manzur Gill, NA-136 Nankana Sahib, Raza Hayat Heraj from NA-156 ...

MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome from where humans will fly to space by the end of the decade. Fifty-two years to the day since Yuri Gagarin ...

QUETTA - Central Secretary General Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has said that they would bring reforms in all the fields of life if voted to power.He said this during a Press conference at Quetta Press Club while unveiling the manifesto of JUI-F here on Thursday. Reflecting ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran unveiled on Tuesday a new uranium production facility and two extraction mines, only days after talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme again ended in deadlock.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lauded the advances and boasted of mastery over “the entire chain ...

ISLAMABAD - Flanked by Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Javed Hashmi and backed by his party leaders, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday unveiled his party's much awaited 12-point election manifesto. Imran made it loud and clear that his party, once voted into power, would relentlessly ...

BAGHDAD  - Iraq’s cabinet unveiled sweeping reforms to a law barring members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party from public life on Sunday as part of moves to placate angry rallies by the country’s Sunni Arab minority.The amendment to the De-Baathification law still needs to be ...

LAHORE - The PML-Q has announced its manifesto for the 2013 elections, promising introduction of a ministry of energy to combat the energy crisis, a lead organisation to devise counter-terror strategy, a bill for minorities’ protection and a national commission on poverty as its salient ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Whistleblowing group WikiLeaks unveiled plans Saturday to field candidates in at least three states in Australia’s elections and said it would be “embarrassing” if Julian Assange won but could not take his seat. Assange, Australian-born founder of the controversial ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP)Facebook unveils its "home" on the Android smartphone Thursday, a move expected to tie the leading social network's services tightly into mobile software. Invitations to a press event at Facebook's main campus in the Silicon Valley city of Menlo Park rekindled talk of a "Facebook ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Software giant Microsoft unveiled its first tablet computer, the Surface in a major hardware launch clearly designed to take on long-term rival Apple’s market-ruling iPad.Chief executive Steve Ballmer described the iPad challenger - complete with a built-in stand and ultra ...

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on Friday presented Rs 303 billion tax-free fiscal budget for the year 2012-13, allocating Rs 97.458 billion for ADP, Rs 12.18 billion for education and Rs 7.57 billion for health sectors respectively.To give too much relief to salaried class, KP ...

Amid unprecedented uproar from the opposition benches, Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh here on Friday presented the budget to the Parliament for the upcoming fiscal year 2012-13 with a total outlay of Rs 2960 billion. The budget proposals, that included levying of no new tax in view of the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Competition Commission of Pakistan has hosted 13th quarterly meeting of Competition Consultative Group (CCG) here on Monday. CCG is a forum provided by CCP to solicit feedback and suggestions on competition related issues and policies from public and private sector representatives, ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has unveiled ambitious plans to turn country’s telecom giant into a real ‘customer centric and customer focused’ business concern.Sharing these plans and strategy in an exclusive interview with The Nation on Friday, ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A giant airplane that can in mid-flight launch a rocket carrying cargo and humans into orbit is the future of space travel, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen said on Tuesday. The first test flight of the ambitious venture by Allens new company ...

KARACHI - Gillette, the worlds leading Grooming brand, unveiled for the first time in Pakistan the Gillette Mach3 Sensitive Razor in a glitzy affair at Marriott Hotel in Karachi, says a press release. To make this evening more special, Saad Khan, CEO Gillette Pakistan also introduced latest ...

ISLAMABAD - For the first time in Pakistan, Ufone has introduced the BlackBerry Curve 8520 in three special colours - white, silver and red. This affordable handset is certainly going to take the market by storm as it is the lowest priced BlackBerry ever to hit the Pakistani market, says a press ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Monday unveiled an "underground missile silo" which the elite force said will allow them to launch the country's long-range ballistic missiles, state television reported. The broadcaster showed footage of a facility at an unknown location, with an ...

ISLAMABAD - Another first from PTCL the revolutionary EVO Wi-Fi cloud has opened new world of connectivity for its valued customers. According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, the EVO Wi-Fi is Pakistans first intelligent mobile Wi-Fi device that combines the best of two technologies, 3G ...

ISLAMABAD - PTCL Carrier Services & Wholesale (CS&W) Wing has announced for its carrier and wholesale customers the most flexible Volumetric IP Bandwidth service. According to a press release issued here on Friday, this service offers flexibility to carriers to manage and control their service ...

TAIPEI, San Francisco (Reuters) - Intel unveiled a new category of laptops that it says will include the best features of tablets as the worlds top chipmaker struggles to find its footing in the exploding market for mobile gadgets. Netbook pioneer Asustek showed its first new PC in Intels Ultrabook ...

LAHORE - A local recycling company has recently initiated the production of unique PoIy-Al (polyethylene and aluminum) fabrication sheets, named as Tuff Boards, which are completely manufactured from used Tetra Pak beverage cartons, says a press release. Tuff Boards have the necessary stiffness to ...