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Meet XGear, a First of its Kind Car-Human Communication Link, Developed by Pakistanis

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The way we interact with technology has changed drastically over the 
last few years. Just think of it, what were our perceptions of phones 
and other gadgets just 10 years ago and what are they now? No doubt that
 our devices are getting more and more integrated into our lives, and 
becoming a part of it.<br />
Yet, one tech item which we interact with (daily) remains an outsider.  That is our car.<br />
It is agreeable that nowadays you can monitor the position of your 
car from anywhere through a GPS – through tracker companies or by 
deploying your own GPS device into the car — but that’s pretty much 
about it.<br />
You never know what’s going on the inside, how does your car ‘feel’ or how is it performing.<br />
XGear, the brainchild of a startup called <a href="http://www.onestepsolutions.biz/" target="_blank">One Step Solutions</a>, is pretty much hoping to solve your the problem.<br />
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The product is made all-more interesting by the fact that it’s made 
by some Pakistani guys and is largely developed in Pakistan too. I had 
the chance to sit with Mr. Ahmed Khalid, the co-founder and CEO of the 
company, recently who was kind enough to grant me an email interview.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The company</span></h4>
Until now, chances are that you’ve never heard of One Step Solutions in your life so far.<br />
What is it all about? According to Ahmed, he and his team have tasked
 themselves with the goal of blending technology seamlessly into your 
life.<br />
“One Step Solutions has a clear vision of using technology to make 
lives simpler,” he says. “Our innovative culture enables us to think out
 of the box to develop remarkable products to make a dent in the 
universe. Over the past years we have developed some of very innovative 
products to make a massive impact on people using them in various 
industries such as an affordable HRM solution which is completely 
integrated with SAP and SAGE, a specialized document scanning and 
storage solution, SMS based authentication of FMCG products, and 
completely revamping the OMR based testing solution to enable people to 
use ink pens, ball points and even markers of any colour to fill in the 
tests.”<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The XGear</span></h4>
But the main focus here is on cars. And on XGear.<br />
XGear is the company’s solution to bringing this spectacularly useful
 component of your life, called a car. closer to you. It consists mainly
 of a hardware dongle which connects to your car’s OBD port (located 
under the dashboard normally).<br />
After docking the device there, the data from your car is sent 
regularly to your phone or PC via the XGear application which will be 
available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone on mobile, and on Windows 
XP, Vista, 7 and 8 for PC.<br />
“The application will let you view your car usage and trip logs over 
time. Feedback on your driving style will help you optimize the fuel 
consumption,” He tells me.<br />
Not only this, but the application will also monitor your speed data,
 the car condition for you to make use of before service, inform you of 
your pre-planned events by sending notifications and work towards making
 your ride eco-friendlier. There will even be a drivers’ social network 
where you can earn achievements and badges based on your driving. This 
all data will get stored on the cloud.<br />
But what if you’ve got an aging car? No worries, as most cars come 
with the OBD port, XGear should work with them. Still for confirmation, 
the company has already tested the device on vehicles by Toyota, Honda, 
Suzuki, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, KIA and Hyundai.<br />
“XGear should work with pretty much every car manufactured after 1996.”<br />
Mr. Ahmed Khalid was also kind enough to give us an exclusive sneak peek into the product:<br />
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Note: This unit here is a prototype. The final unit will be 1/4<sup>th</sup> the size of this particular one and should be able to fit perfectly in just about every car.<br />
But when all is said and covered, the thing which matters most in the
 end is pricing. We know some great products like the Segway, which 
failed only because of high pricing. What about the XGear?<br />
“The price point of the XGear would be around PKR 20,000 including 
the hardware dongle and the software,” Mr. Ahmed said. Mind you, that 
what you’re getting for that price is the entire package which should 
last almost as much as the car itself, according to him.<br />
As for the availability, One Step Solutions wants to release their 
product internationally. The device will hit the markets as soon as the 
end of this year. Negotiations and dealings with many more partners are 
currently being made to popularize the XGear further.<br />
And the future? “My hopes with the XGear are high,” said Ahmed.<br />
“In 5 years I see this running in every car. I have done a very 
optimistic financial modelling, and see Xgear becoming the next big 
thing.”<br />
Calling it the next big thing right now might seem fairly flattering 
(even though they’ve won the Green and Sustainable IT award at the P@SHA
 ICT Awards 2013 and cleared the Startup Pirates program) but then 
again, everything big starts small. This is the primary rule of business
 and nature, which we hope will apply here too.</div>

Meet XGear, a First of its Kind Car-Human Communication Link, Developed by Pakistanis

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7:27:00 PM

Zong Wins Fastest Growing Network Award

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<span style="color: blue;">Mr. Fan Yunjun, CEO, Zong, accepting ‘Fastest
 Growing Cellular Network Award’ from Mr. Mamnoon Hussain, President of 
Pakistan, at RCCI 26th Annual Awards</span></div>
China Mobile Pakistan, popularly known as Zong, has been honoured 
with the ‘Fastest Growing Cellular Network’ Award for the year 2013 by 
Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) at the prestigious 
26th Achievement Awards Ceremony held recently.<br />
The chief guest on the occasion was the honorable President of Pakistan, Mr. Mamnoon Hussain.<br />
Zong, part of the China Mobile – largest Telecom operator in the 
world, started its operations only a few years back in 2008, has taken a
 giant leap in the competitive market of telecom services by introducing
 customer centric services for different segments of mobile phone users.<br />
Having earned the image of #1 in customer services, Zong continues to
 expand its network at exponential rate and is now offering the 2<sup>nd</sup>
 widest coverage in the country. The ‘Fastest Growing Cellular Network’ 
Award is yet another milestone for Zong in addition to the ‘Most 
Progressive Telecom Company’ Award that it received last year by RCCI.<br />
Annual Achievement Awards Ceremony is a yearly feature of RCCI, 
designed to acknowledge the performance and achievements of members of 
the business community. The selection of Zong yet again is solely based 
on its exemplary business performance in the field of telecom.<br />
Expressing his delight on the occasion, Mr. Fan Yun Jun, CEO of ZONG said,<br />
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“It is a great honor for Zong Pakistan to receive another impressive award for the 2<sup>nd</sup>
 time in a row from a credible business body such as RCCI. It seems only
 yesterday when Zong first started its operations in Pakistan.<br />
Through the sheer dedication of the Zong team and our focus on our 
core values has led us to achieve monumental successes in a short period
 of time.<br />
At Zong, we believe in continuous progress and innovation, we are 
continuously pursuing business excellence and this award is a reason for
 us to be even more committed to taking the telecom services in Pakistan
 to the next level.”</blockquote>
With the preference of 53% customers in 2012 in the entire industry, 
Zong remains the telecom operator of choice in Pakistan. With the 
passage of time, Zonghas not only managed to attract a fair share of the
 market but has also invested billions of dollars in Pakistan.<br />
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By growing its operations, CMPak is also creating employment 
opportunities for the talented people of Pakistan. The company has 
generated more than 3000 direct and over 40,000 indirect jobs in the 
country.<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div>
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Zong Wins Fastest Growing Network Award

Mr. Fan Yunjun, CEO, Zong, accepting ‘Fastest Growing Cellular Network Award’ from Mr. Mamnoon Hussain, President of Pakistan, at RCCI...

7:04:00 AM

Warid Introduces Back to Fun offer

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Glow by Warid is offering its subscribers 10,000 free minutes, SMS, and MBs mobile internet.<br />
Those Glow customers who have not used their SIM for at least 30 days
 can avail the benefits of this offer by reactivating their SIMs.<br />
This offer will allow Glow Subscribers to not only meet their needs 
and help them reconnect with friends, but to still have enough in their 
wallets to grab a treat or two.<br />
<b>Mechanics:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Upfront Benefits:</b>
<ul>
<li>1000 free On-net Minutes</li>
<li>1000 free SMS Across All Networks</li>
<li>1000 MBs Free Mobile Internet</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b>Daily Benefits </b>
<ul>
<li>(Upon usage of Rs. 9.99 per day)<b>:</b></li>
<li>100 free On-net minutes</li>
<li>1000 free SMS Across All Networks</li>
<li>1000 MBs Free Mobile Internet</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b>How to activate: </b>
<ul>
<li>To activate, SMS “Y” to 3733 or call 3733</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<b>Terms & Conditions</b><br />
<ul>
<li>This offer is for all Glow and Warid Prepaid customers</li>
<li>This offer is available for customers who have not used their SIMs since 15th August, 2013</li>
<li>Upfront benefits are valid for 3 days</li>
<li>Daily benefits expire at midnight of the same day</li>
<li>Standard rates will apply as per Glow 2.0 tariff after exhaustion of free minutes, SMS and mobile internet</li>
<li>Usage of Rs. 9.99 per day does not include balance transfer and rentals for different packages</li>
<li>Limited time offer</li>
<li>Terms and conditions apply</li>
<li>Using a SIM which is not in your name or allowing others to use your SIM is a crime – PTA.</li>
</ul>
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Warid Introduces Back to Fun offer

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7:02:00 AM

Mobilink Foundation Support the Residents of Dar-ul-Sukun

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 Foundation Torchbearers (employee volunteers) extended their support to
 residents of Dar-ul-Sukun, Karachi as a means of assisting communities 
with special needs.<br />
Torchbearers engaged in various interactive activities including 
painting competitions, games and distribution of goodie bags. The 
initiative reached out to over 230 disabled and socially displaced 
adults and children.<br />
Omar Manzur, Head of Corporate Communications, Mobilink, emphazised, 
‘’Mobilink Foundation Torchbearers are focused on making a positive 
difference for the communities we operate in. Our support to Dar ul 
Sukun aims at highlighting the needs of individuals with disabilities 
and the positive impact that can be made with a little effort.’’<br />
Dar-ul-Sukun was established in 1969 as a home for children and 
adults that are neglected by society and their families because of 
various disabilities and disorders. It currently has operations in 
Karachi, Lahore and Quetta providing shelter to over 400 individuals.</div>

Mobilink Foundation Support the Residents of Dar-ul-Sukun

Mobilink Foundation Torchbearers (employee volunteers) extended their support to residents of Dar-ul-Sukun, Karachi as a means of a...

7:01:00 AM

Pakistan, Among Top 5 NSA Targets, Takes Steps to Secure its Cyber Space

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<span style="color: blue;">NSA’s color-coded global heat maps, — a 
pictographic portrayal of the extent of its surveillance around the 
world, ranging from green, depicting the least amount of monitoring, to 
red, indicating the highest level of surveillance — showed Pakistan (as 
only contry other than Iran) in shades of red, indicating heighest level
 of surveillance.</span></div>
Pakistan, among the top 5 targets of US National Security Agency, has
 taken steps to secure its cyber front, said a recently published report
 by “<a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-204384-Pakistan-takes-steps-to-protect-itself-from" target="_blank">The News</a>”.<br />
Considering the revelations made by Edward Snowden, it was 
established that NSA may penetrate into Pakistani cyber space again to 
steal sensitive data relating to Pakistan, its domestic politics, 
strategic and economic interests and its nuclear programs, by tapping 
into computer networks of Internet service providers such as email, 
video-sharing, voice-over-IPs, chats and social networking websites.<br />
National Telecom & Information Technology Security Board (NTISB) 
has resultantly framed guidelines/techniques for protecting government 
business from possible hacking attempts from domestic and foreign 
threats.<br />
On recommendation of NTISB, Cabinet Division has communicated the 
guidelines to all ministries, government divisions and departments.<br />
“Recent wave of stealing the sensitive official data by US NSA has 
raised serious concerns warranting the implementation of all policies 
and guidelines in true letter and spirit,” the Cabinet Division noted in
 a letter to all ministries, departments and divisions.<br />
“USA being the leading country in the field of communication and IT 
is using multiple tools mainly through electronic surveillance, ground 
and air intelligence platforms like satellites, recording telephonic 
calls, gathering public pulse through e-mails filtering, radio 
monitoring, communication leaks, vulnerabilities in IT based networks 
carrying sensitive data and other sophisticated means, covertly or 
overtly,” the Cabinet Division noted.<br />
It merits mentioning here that in one of the maps revealed by Edward 
Snowden, based on the amount of telephone and email communication data 
collected by NSA, Iran was shown as the primary target, warranting 14 
billion reports, followed by Pakistan (13.5 billion), Jordan (12.7 
billion), Egypt (7.6 billion) and India (6.3 billion).<br />
Keeping in view the intents of NSA, NTISB framed following guidelines:<br />
<ul>
<li>All government officials and officers must not use private emails (such as Gmail) for exchange of official correspondence</li>
<li>Official data should not be stored/ copied on personal computers and laptops and personal USB at any cost</li>
<li>Official data should not be stored/ copied on computers with internet connection</li>
<li>No official/ classified information should be placed on internet by any means</li>
<li>Uploading of sensitive information on social media should be avoided</li>
<li>Uploading of videos and photos of official meetings should be avoided</li>
<li>Downloading of software from internet should be avoided</li>
<li>All government offices are supposed to get internet connections from National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) as per policy</li>
<li>Official personal computers (PCs) having sensitive data must not be provided with internet connection</li>
<li>Contents placed on official websites must be properly scrutinised and approved for uploading</li>
<li>Internet usage in government departments be regulated and access be provided with limited user privileges</li>
<li>Internet computers be isolated and the network security must be 
ensured and internet provision be controlled by the highest 
administrative authority in the ministry, division or department.</li>
</ul>
The Security Board noted that presence of sensitive/ official data on
 the web had made the government official entities hostage and 
vulnerable to hostile ingress and sudden access by unknown intelligent 
IT mafias, suspected hackers as well as individual secret agents.<br />
Misuse of this information fairly acquired from such an advanced 
information resource through multiple hacking techniques may invariably 
cause serious threats to national security.<br />
Keeping in view the NSA’s level of deep penetration into computer and
 communication networks, it is assumed that above mentioned guidelines 
aren’t enough to safeguard our national interests.<br />
Further hardening of our ISPs, cellular networks, telecom companies 
and other liaison channels is needed to cent percent protect our 
national secrets.<br />
Not to mention, Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and devices of various 
other makes and kinds are all under NSA’s control that can communicate 
user data to agency’s control room without any hassle.<br />
Definitely, there is a lot more required than just these guidelines.</div>

Pakistan, Among Top 5 NSA Targets, Takes Steps to Secure its Cyber Space

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10:34:00 PM

Ufone Launches Industry’s First Website Builder

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While staying abreast with the market needs, Ufone has now initiated a
 website generating amenity called the Ufone Business Website service.<br />
With this – one of its kind service from a telco — individual as well
 as small and medium businesses will be able to launch their own 
professional websites by following just 4 easy steps.<br />
With the introduction of this service, the customers will no longer 
be required to pay hefty fees to create a website and further pay 
excessive charges for mai<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>ntaining it.<br />
Mr. Akbar Khan, Chief Marketing Officer stated, “Ufone always aims at
 catering to the needs of their customers and facilitate them in the 
best way possible. We understand that it is often quite discouraging for
 individuals and small businesses to pay fortunes for website creation 
and maintenance. Keeping this in view, we have now introduced Ufone 
Business Website service so that our customers can afford to have an 
online presence.”<br />
Ufone offers a unique website builder platform on which the users 
have the flexibility to select their own website design from more than 
400 templates. Customers will also have the option to change this design
 at anytime they wish. And these changes can be made without any 
additional charges.<br />
Ufone is also offering Domain name registration for your websites for just Rs. 800 per year.<br />
To avail the service customers can simply send an SMS to 5533, after 
which they will be prompted to create a login with their mobile number 
and password. The customer can then enter the business details and then 
click on the launch website button.<br />
For further details, procedures and pricing click this link: <a href="http://www.ufone.com/mobpro_BusinessWebsite.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ufone.com/mobpro_BusinessWebsite.aspx</a></div>

Ufone Launches Industry’s First Website Builder

While staying abreast with the market needs, Ufone has now initiated a website generating amenity called the Ufone Business Website serv...

10:32:00 PM

IT Companies to Represent Pakistan at GITEX 2013

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14 IT companies are planning to participate at Middle East Africa and
 South Asia’s (MEASA) top ICT event GITEX Technology Week 2013, which is
 taking place from October 20-24, 2013 at Dubai World Trade Centre.<br />
Pakistan’s premier conference production company Terrabiz is the Country Sales Agent for GITEX 2013.<br />
Pakistani companies participating this year include: A2Z Creatorz; 
AGCN Pakistan; Central Depository Company; Dockland Technologies 
Pakistan; EfroTech Services; Generix Solutions; InfoTech.; Intelligenes;
 ITMinds; Royal Cyber Inc.; Softech Microsystems,121 Viral, Systems 
Limited and Beaconimpex.<br />
Launched in 1981, GITEX is the<b> </b><b>ICT business gateway</b><b> </b>to the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia Region. Focused on providing exhibitors with <b>high ROI</b>
 through direct business opportunities with decision makers, GITEX has 
maintained its position as the industry’s trend setting authority.<br />
This year’s event is poised to become the most comprehensive edition yet in the event’s history.<br />
The latest forecast by Gartner suggests that IT spend in the Middle East will hit $192.9bn in 2013, up 5.5% from last year.<br />
The event attracted 139,000 ICT professionals from 144 countries last
 year while over 350 companies from 54 countries had participated as 
exhibitors.<br />
Pakistan’s local Information Technology industry has an estimated 
size of USD 2 billion per annum and is witnessing robust growth.<br />
On this occasion, <b>Hamza Wasi Hashmi – CEO, Terrabiz said</b> 
“GITEX 2013 provides an excellent platform to Pakistani companies 
showcase their full potential, offer services to customers from around 
the world, meet leading global technology companies, build 
relationships, develop network and subsequently win more business. GITEX
 2013 Duabi will help increase the chunk of local market in the global 
IT industry.</div>

IT Companies to Represent Pakistan at GITEX 2013

14 IT companies are planning to participate at Middle East Africa and South Asia’s (MEASA) top ICT event GITEX Technology Week 2013, whi...

10:30:00 PM

Dell Leaves Microsoft as the Only Company to Offer Windows RT Tabs

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Dell has become another Microsoft OEM to drop the Windows RT platform as it pulls its XPS 10 tablet from the shelves. <br />
This leaves Microsoft as the only company which is still making tablets running on Windows RT now.<br />
Dell’s official website now lists XPS 10 Tablet, which is a 10 inch 
tablet running on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 processor, as “unavailable”. 
It instead recommends users to buy the Latitude 10, another 10-inch 
tablet but running on Windows 8, thanks to an Intel Atom processor.
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The news comes merely days after Microsoft announced the second-generation Surface tablets running on Windows RT and 8.
<br />
Still, while another Windows RT tablet is not off the cards 
completely, hardly anyone is expecting a product running on a failed 
operating system from a company which has seen a rebirth recently.
<br />
Until now, companies like Samsung, ASUS
 and Lenovo have already said no to the Windows RT long ago and one 
can’t expect a tablet from them either, probably they’ll return if the 
Surface 2 becomes an unexpected success.</div>

Dell Leaves Microsoft as the Only Company to Offer Windows RT Tabs

Dell has become another Microsoft OEM to drop the Windows RT platform as it pulls its XPS 10 tablet from the shelves. This leaves Micros...

10:29:00 PM

Breaking: Dr. Ismail Shah Appointed as Chairman, PTA

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Dr. Syed Ismail Shah has been appointed as the Chairman of Pakistan 
Telecommunication Authority, a high-level source has just confirmed us.<br />
Mr. Tariq Sultan will be the member Finance at the PTA, the source added.<br />
As a regulatory requirement, Dr. Syed Ismail Shah was initially 
appointed as Member Technical, but was soon promoted to the Chairmanship
 of the authority.<br />
Summary for the above mentioned appointments has been approved by the
 Cabinet Division, and notification is being prepared as of now and will
 be issued by day end today.<br />
Third member compliance and Co-ordination was not announced. It is 
likely that slot for member compliance may never get filled before 
required legal amendments in the Telecom Act.<br />
It merits mentioning here that Supreme Court had given today’s deadline for the appointment of Chairman and Members of PTA. Tomorrow is the hearing date for the petition urging an urgent auction of 3G licenses.<br />
Supreme Court had directed the government to appoint Chairman and PTA
 Members with-in 10 days, without which the auction of 3G licenses was 
impossible.<br />
Dr. Syed Islmail Shah has remained Member Telecom in Ministry of 
Information Technology during 2012. Dr. Shah bring with the vast 
experience in the ICT industry and academics at national and 
international level.<br />
He is a Qualcomm certified trainer on 3G technologies and a Life 
Member of the Pakistan Engineering Council, Senior Member, IEEE, USA and
 Member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication 
Engineers, Japan.<br />
Dr. Ismail Shah started his professional carrier in 1989 by joining 
the Telecommunication division of Siemens Engineering Company, 
Islamabad, Pakistan.<br />
He did his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of 
Pittsburgh, PA, USA. During and after his PhD he also worked at the 
University of Pittsburgh.<br />
On his return to Pakistan in 1998 he joined the GIK Institute. In 
2000, he joined Enabling Technologies and later, the Center for Advanced
 Research and Studies in Engineering.<br />
Dr. Shah taught in the Department of Computing and Technology, Iqra 
University Islamabad Campus in 2004. Syed Ismail Shah, has been 
associated with the Department of Computing and Technology, Iqra 
University Islamabad Campus for more than 5 years and is also the 
Executive Director Central Asian CDMA Forum (CACF).<br />
Mr Tariq Sultan, before becoming the Member Finance, was working as 
DG Finance at PTA. He has previously worked with Canadian Imperial Bank 
of Commerce as Financial Anlyst. He has also worked with NIB Bank in the
 past.<br />
Mr. Sultan has a Master degree in Accounting and Finance from The University of Manchester and an MBA degree from IBA, Karachi.</div>

Breaking: Dr. Ismail Shah Appointed as Chairman, PTA

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10:16:00 PM

Ericsson Unveils a Small Portable Device That Can Amplify Cellular Signals

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If you are many of those people – most certainly you are – Who has 
been thwarted with the lack of mobile network coverage at your home, 
office or any other place you relish to visit often, then apparently, 
there is good news for you.<br />
Ericsson, today, has unveiled its new device that is adequate enough 
to fit in your pocket, whilst providing enough indoor network coverage 
for the mobile phones same time.<br />
This device is capable of carrying cellular signal to even the most 
hard-to-penetrate parts of any building. The device has launched after 
the two years of research and development and incorporates 14 patents.<br />
Ericsson calls it <a href="http://www.ericsson.com/news/1731153" target="_blank">Radio Dot System</a>, or simple, <i>Dot</i>.<br />
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A Dot is an integrated radio antenna that weighs about 300 grams and 
resembles with the smoke detector; Because of its favourable size, 
scalability, and compelling evolution path, this product caters to 
different kinds of users in medium to large indoor locations, and aims 
to address operators’ needs of offering a complete indoor solution.<br />
it can be cleft on any wall or a ceiling, where it will act as an 
extension of radio signals for the cellular network; the device is not 
only capable of amplifying voice signal, it is efficient enough to 
expand the data signals as well.<br />
The product is expected to be commercially available in late 2014.<br />
If you’re curious enough to know more about the Dot, then don’t miss 
this succinct Radio Dots System’s info graphics, shared by Ericsson 
itself.<br />
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10:15:00 PM

Petition to Unban Night Packages Accepted in Supreme Court

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A petition filed by cellular companies for lifting the ban on night 
packages has been accepted for hearing in Supreme Court of Pakistan.<br />
While expressing its surprises over Pakistan Telecommunication 
Authority’s decision, the court said that why PTA always believed that 
people would use the facility only for romantic chat.<br />
It maybe recalled that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had banned night packages
 that cellular companies offered. PTA had said that the ban was imposed 
after receiving complaints from Supreme Court of Pakistan, Standing 
Committee of the Parliament, senators, MNAs and subscribers regarding 
the promotion of vulgarity through night packages.<br />
It merits mentioning here that Islamabad High Court had dismissed the petition
 filed by cellular companies against PTA’s decision after telcos had 
withdrawn their petition after Pakistan Telecommunication Authority 
produced transcripts of mobile call recordings it had intercepted during
 late-night conversation of consumers.<br />
Telcos have now approached the Supreme Court with the plea to lift 
the ban on night packages, arguing that purpose of night packages was to
 facilitate people.<br />
Petitioners requested the court to issue an interim order against the IHC verdict.<br />
The PTA’s counsel informed the court that the authority’s human 
rights cell had received several complaints about the misuse of late 
night packages.</div>

Petition to Unban Night Packages Accepted in Supreme Court

A petition filed by cellular companies for lifting the ban on night packages has been accepted for hearing in Supreme Court of Pakistan....

10:11:00 PM

Samsung to Unveil Curved Display Smartphone in October This Year

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In an unveiling event for the latest Galaxy devices in South Korea, 
Samsung chiefs let it be known to the press that their first ever 
smartphone with a curved display will arrive in October. Unfortunately, 
no more details were given on the spot but since its less than a week 
left for September to end, we can wait.<br />
The company has already filed a patent for a device with gentle curves towards the edges.<br />
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Of course, who can forget that Samsung has already shown off a 
prototype phone with an OLED display and curved edges, way back in 
January. The curved part in that particular instant showed 
notifications.<br />
Now, you are probably thinking that haven’t this technology already 
implemented in smartphones such as the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S Advance 
and the Nexus S already? Well, then your memory skills are commendable 
but the thing which was unconventional in that instant was the glass, 
not the screen actually.<br />
But whatever the case, if the ergonomics really are helpful, the 
technology is incorporated cleverly and (as is the custom with Samsung) 
not gimmicky, this can truly become the next big thing.</div>

Samsung to Unveil Curved Display Smartphone in October This Year

In an unveiling event for the latest Galaxy devices in South Korea, Samsung chiefs let it be known to the press that their first ever s...

10:10:00 PM

Android Turns Five

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Earlier this week on Monday, Google’s Android OS turned five and what
 it has achieved in this remarkably short period of time is really 
unbelievable: 1 billion activations, a market share of 70% and 50 
billion+ app downloads.<br />
That’s a lot considering that half a decade ago, no one had heard about anything called Android.<br />
Well it all started on 23rd September 2008, when Google, HTC and 
T-Mobile teamed up to announced the T-Mobile G1 (international name HTC 
Dream), world’s first smartphone running on Android.<br />
It ran on Android 1.0, which was a far cry from today’s 4.3 Jelly 
Bean. It came without multi-touch, and to the annoyance of the Apple 
cult, a slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard. Still, it did what it was 
most supposed to do, sow the seed which is a lush, flourishing tree now.<br />
<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Catching Success</span></h4>
With the emergence of version 2.1 namely Eclairs, Android had 
improved drastically and was almost equalling the iPhone’s levels. It 
was then in the first quarter of 2010 that the OS finally started to 
appear on the charts to takeon iPhone benchmarks.<br />
Early 2010 saw the first Google phone, the Nexus One which ran on 
Android 2.3 Eclair. The HTC equivalent, HTC Desire also fared fairly 
well. But it was not until June 2010, when Samsung pulled the covers off
 the Galaxy S smartphone and then there was no stopping for Android.<br />
Among achievements was being declared the 2nd best gadget of 2010 by 
none other than the Time (which had given the #1 honours to the iPhone 
in the past), which had also called 2010 the year of the Android. The 
iPhone 4 could only manage the 6th position then.<br />
By late 2010, the Android OS had taken the top ranks in global market
 share from Symbian, other than being updated to Froyo and Gingerbread.<br />
Gingerbread version marked a huge moment in Android. Bringing notable
 improvements in the usability, it took over the entire market. One 
drawback was that, since it was used by so many companies on virtually 
uncountable number of phones from all categories, it still stubbornly 
accounts for 30% of all Androids.<br />
The next major step was taken in the version Ice Cream Sandwich when 
onscreen keys were added for the first time. It also marked the first 
major visual change since Eclair. Later on, Jelly Bean was announced. 
Jelly Bean is the current Gingerbread, popularizing the OS to unmatched 
levels.<br />
After Gingerbread, the OS never looked backwards. While Apple’s 
devices remain almost unmatched in terms of individual sales against 
competing devices, Android phones and tablets have always sold better 
when under the common OS flag, thanks to more than 11,000 different 
devices.<br />
And it’s not limited to the smartphones and tablet industries only. 
From computers to televisions and game consoles to wrist watches, 
Android is conquering markets in a way no competitor has never done 
before.<br />
<h4>
<b>Timeline</b></h4>
And finally, a rather incomplete (for the history so far is so 
immensely rich) timeline detailing the important events in Android’s 
life till now:<br />
<ul>
<li>September 2008: HTC and Google unveil the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1</li>
<li>April 2009: Google unveils Android 1.5 Cupcake, the first notable OS version</li>
<li>April 2009: Samsung takes out the Galaxy i7500, its first notable Android flagship</li>
<li>September 2009: Android version 1.6 Donut is released</li>
<li>October 2009: Android 2.0 Eclair, a notable update is released</li>
<li>February 2010: HTC Desire is released</li>
<li>March 2010: The first Google phone, the Nexus One is released</li>
<li>May 2010: Android 2.2 Froyo is released</li>
<li>June 2010: The Samsung Galaxy S, first wildly popular Android phone is released</li>
<li>December 2010: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the most important OS version is released</li>
<li>December 2010: The second Google phone, Nexus S comes out</li>
<li>February 2011: The ill-fated Android 3.0 Honeycomb is released</li>
<li>April 2011: Successor the original Galaxy S, the Galaxy SII is released</li>
<li>October 2011: Biggest update since Eclairs, Ice Cream Sandwich is released, making Android look more mature</li>
<li>November 2011: The second Samsung-made Google phone, Galaxy Nexus is released</li>
<li>April 2012: The HTC One X is released</li>
<li>May 2012: The Galaxy SIII comes out</li>
<li>June 2012: The highly anticipated Android Jelly Bean update arrives</li>
<li>November 2012: The Google Nexus 4 is released</li>
<li>November 2012: The first Google-certified 10-inch tablet, the Nexus 10 comes out</li>
<li>March 2013: The HTC One is outed</li>
<li>April 2013: The fourth Galaxy S flagship, the Galaxy S4 is released</li>
<li>July 2013: Last major Android update, Android 4.3 is rolled out</li>
<li>July 2013: Second-generation Nexus 7 is released</li>
<li>October 2013: Android KitKat will be released</li>
</ul>
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Android Turns Five

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10:07:00 PM

Telenor to Send Two Pakistanis with Their Ideas to Telenor Global Youth Summit

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Aimed at helping the youth realize the true potential of mobile 
communication technology in solving social challenges, Telenor Pakistan 
announced Telenor Group’s new global initiative, the Telenor Youth 
Summit today.<br />
The global Telenor Youth Summit will be held from December 09 to 11 
in Oslo, Norway in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Centre.<br />
All business units of Telenor Group across the world, including 
Telenor Pakistan, will be sending two delegates between the ages of 18 
to 25 from their respective countries at the global summit to share 
their input and ideas towards bringing positive social change through 
the use of mobile communication and internet.<br />
The two participants from Pakistan will be selected through an 
activity which invites students and young people falling within the 
stipulated age bracket to submit their ideas around the theme of using 
internet and mobile communications for education, empowerment, health 
and wellbeing of people in the world.<br />
The activity urges young people to ‘use your digital voice – be 
heard!’ by becoming possible change agents to contribute towards their 
communities. All interested candidates can participate by sharing their 
ideas on djuice website (<a href="http://djuice.com.pk/Campaigns/telenor-youth-summit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://djuice.com.pk/Campaigns/telenor-youth-summit/</a>) where their submissions would be made available for public voting after moderation.<br />
Top 10 voted ideas would be shortlisted and presented by the 
candidates to a jury comprising renowned industry experts who will 
select the two winners from Pakistan.<br />
Commenting about the initiative, Atifa Asghar, Director Corporate 
Communications and Responsibility, Telenor Pakistan said, “We are happy 
to announce yet another step in the direction today. The competition 
under the youth summit provides a platform for youth to demonstrate 
their innovative ideas as to how they want to contribute towards social 
development and for a better future. Over the years, Telenor has made 
mobile connectivity accessible to everyone. The task at hand is to bring
 internet to all – through the mobile phone. Telenor builds the 
infrastructure that enables mobile internet. We believe that the 
internet, just like mobile communication, is and should be for all.”<br />
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The winners will attend the global Telenor Youth Summit in Oslo, 
Norway as representatives from Pakistan. This summit strives to use the 
collective wisdom of these societal young leaders to address social and 
economic challenges through mobile technology, such as how mobile phones
 and Internet fuel growth, bring change and create opportunities for 
all.<br />
The event will coincide with the Noble Peace Prize event in December.
 The outcome of the summit’s exchange will be on display at the Nobel 
Peace Centre in Oslo and at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona early 
2014.<br />
The program will be filled with collaborative group work, inspiration
 from change leaders and help from Telenor functional experts.</div>

Telenor to Send Two Pakistanis with Their Ideas to Telenor Global Youth Summit

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10:06:00 PM

Nokia Lumia 925 Launched in Pakistan

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Nokia has introduced the Nokia Lumia 925, a new interpretation of its award-winning flagship, the Nokia Lumia 920 in Pakistan.<br />
The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces a metal design and showcases the 
latest PureView camera innovation, new features and third party 
applications coming to the Nokia Lumia range.<br />
The Nokia Lumia 925 includes the most advanced lens technology and 
next generation imaging software to capture clearer, sharper pictures 
and video, including the best low light images.<br />
The Nokia Lumia 925 also introduces the new Nokia Smart Camera mode, 
coming as an update to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Nokia 
Smart Camera offers an easy way to capture ten images at once and edit 
the pictures with options like Best Shot, Action Shot, and Motion Focus 
for creating the perfect high quality image.<br />
Nokia also announced Hipstamatic’s new app, Oggl, will arrive on 
Nokia Lumia smartphones, allowing people to take and share high quality 
pictures with like-minded creatives and photography enthusiasts from 
around the world. In addition to sharing photos on Oggl, users can 
simultaneously share photos on social networks including Facebook, 
Twitter, Foursquare, Instagram, Tumblr and Flickr.<br />
“We keep innovating,” said Arif Shafique, country general manager of 
Nokia Pakistan & Afghanistan. “We’re advancing experiences on the 
Nokia Lumia portfolio whether that means great new benefits for an 
existing Lumia owner, or bringing new showcase devices like the Nokia 
Lumia 925.”<br />
He further added: “We continue to change the way people think about 
smartphone cameras. The work Nokia has done with the Lumia 925 further 
enhances the imaging capabilities of the Lumia smartphones.”<br />
A wireless charging cover can be clipped onto the back of the phone 
to take advantage of Nokia’s extensive wireless charging accessories and
 ecosystem.<br />
The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces metal for the first time to the Nokia 
Lumia range, bringing appeal and unique benefits like increased 
robustness. The polycarbonate back comes in white, grey or black.<br />
Currently the price for Nokia Lumia 925 in Pakistan is Rs. 53,000. 
Covers, sold separately, come in white, black, yellow, and red.</div>

Nokia Lumia 925 Launched in Pakistan

Nokia has introduced the Nokia Lumia 925, a new interpretation of its award-winning flagship, the Nokia Lumia 920 in Pakistan. The Nokia...

9:07:00 PM

Strategic Alliancez Wins P@SHA Award for Best in Social Media

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<span style="color: blue;">L-R: Bilal Chughtai, Sehrish Nauman and Nasir
 Mehmood receiving the ‘Best in Social Media Award’ on behalf of 
Strategic Alliancez (Pvt) Ltd at 10th P@SHA ICT Awards 2013</span></div>
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Strategic Alliancez (SA) has bagged the “Best in Social Media Award” 
at the 10th Annual ICT Awards 2013, organized by PASHA in Islamabad.</div>
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The award was presented in recognition of SA’s unsurpassable 
performance for the launch of Uth Pack – Ufone’s lifestyle brand for 
Pakistani youth.</div>
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Since its launch on digital media, Uth Pack has sustained a growth 
rate and interaction ratio higher than its competition. The campaign 
covered all major direct publishers with integrated digital assets 
moderated across Facebook, Google, Twitter, Daily Motion and Soundcloud.</div>
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Commenting on the agency’s USP, Umair Javed, CEO SA said, “It has 
been SA’s tradition to lead the digital arena since its inception. Over 
the past three years, every corporate brand that SA managed has risen to
 undisputedly becoming the leader on digital front. Our strength lies in
 a team of strategists, technology experts and communication designers 
that enable the best one-stop solution with highest RoI to our clients.”</div>
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Unlike most of the regular digital launches which only focus on 
exposure and fan acquisition, SA focused on fan to user conversion. 
Sharing the strategy behind Uth Pack’s digital launch, Talha Bin Hisaam,
 Chief Strategy Officer of SA said, “Our aim was to contribute to the 
bottom-line by closing the sales funnel, delivering an end-to-end 
solution to <i>Ufone</i>. The launch strategy was divided into three 
phases: Exposure, where we acquainted our audiences to the brand; 
Engagement, where we mobilized our audiences and partnered in content 
creation; and Acquisition, where we incentivized SIM bookings and 
enabled digital activation.”</div>
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Pakistan’s telecom industry was saturated pot boiling with 
competition just when Ufone launched Uth Pack to redefine mobile 
connection.</div>
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Not a fancy claim if we look at their promotional strategy that 
breaks away from the traditional way of economizing rates and instead 
focused its energies on affinities. Uth Pack’s comprehensive affinity 
program gives its young customers access to 14 of the world’s best 
brands at 250+ outlets across Pakistan with attractive discounts that 
are already proving a magnet for SIM bookings and number portability.</div>
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On the digital front Uth Pack proved to be the first youth oriented 
telecom brand in Pakistan to offer SIM bookings in a matter of few 
clicks. An app “Book My Number” has been given substantial exposure on 
media designed especially for the internet savvy target group to 
incentivize SIM bookings.</div>
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Uth Pack unlocks a world of endless possibilities and SA is beyond 
proud for highest interaction rates in business vertical since launch to
 date, innovative and indigenous creative, only youth telecom brand that
 offers fan to customer conversion via Facebook and the only telco brand
 to offer home delivery on sales through Facebook are some of the many 
achievements of Uth Pack powered by Strategic Alliancez (Pvt) Ltd..<span style="color: blue;"></span></div>
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Strategic Alliancez Wins P@SHA Award for Best in Social Media

L-R: Bilal Chughtai, Sehrish Nauman and Nasir Mehmood receiving the ‘Best in Social Media Award’ on behalf of Strategic Alliancez (Pv...

9:05:00 PM

Glow Partners with Pakwheels for Karachi Auto Show 2013

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Glow by Warid, Pakistan’s premier youth brand, partnered with 
Pakwheels.com in orchestrating the 2013 Karachi Auto Show, which was 
recently held at Port Grand in Karachi.
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The event featured more than 250 cars and was attended by thousands of automobile enthusiasts from the city.
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The Auto Show, which featured vintage, classic, sports, exotic, 
luxury, SUV, bikes, trikes and project and modified vehicles, aimed to 
promote the Pakistani car industry. The show gave young fans an 
opportunity to see amazing vehicles including the 2012 Formula 1 Ferrari
 model car.
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Representatives from Glow by Warid were present at the event and handed out various prizes including a Smartphone.
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Warid has a long-standing relationship with Pakwheels, having 
partnered with the digital brand on previous car shows held in Lahore 
and Islamabad.
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Here are the pictures from the event:<br />
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IPhone 5S Reverse-Engineered; Samsung Developed A7 Processor; Sony Camera Sensor Spotted

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Few hours after the launch of the most appealed Apple iPhone, the iPhone 5S;
 Geeks and Technology Enthusiasts from all around the world, had gone 
crazy exploring the core, as well as the exterior of the most sold 
mobile phone ever.<br />
Just if you don’t know, Apple sold 9 million iPhones during its first
 weekend, topping the 5 million record that was set by Apple itself last
 year.<br />
<a href="http://www.chipworks.com/" target="_blank">Chipworks</a> – A 
Company dedicated to exploring the inside of the world’s largest 
technology organization, and taking their products apart – had partnered
 with <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/" target="_blank">iFixit,</a> and has wasted no time in <a href="http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/resources/blog/inside-the-iphone-5s/" target="_blank">reverse-engineering the 5S</a>.<br />
Just like every other Apple’s product, the iPhone 5S is a wonder of 
engineering, assembling the most advanced hardware technology of various
 vendors, including the new A7 system on a chip, M7 coprocessor and the 
most sought-after Touch ID fingerprint authentication hardware into one 
of the lightest and thinnest smartphones in the market.<br />
Among the highlights of <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+5s+Teardown/17383/1" target="_blank">iFixit’s teardown</a>
 along with Chipworks of the iPhone 5S is a new Sony sensor for the 5S 
camera, the technology behind the new fingerprint scanner, the 
engineering ability to squeeze in a larger battery — and curiously 
there’s no M7 coprocessor to be found in fact it’s really just a tiny, 
standard Cortex-M3 core.<br />
While the reverse-engineering is ongoing, Chipworks has already 
discovered that the A7 chip is indeed manufactured by Samsung, and not 
by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). By tearing down 
the 5S, Chipworks was able to determine that the chip was made using 
Samsung’s 28nm high-k metal gate technology. It had been rumoured that 
the SoC would be produced by TSMC instead of Samsung, but it would seem 
that isn’t the case.<br />
As far as the Camera Sensor is concerned, Apple has progressed with a
 “new variant” of the Sony sensor, according to iFixit teardwon.<br />
“The markings are consistent with the markings on the camera modules 
housing the Sony IMX145 we saw in the iPhone 4s and on the iPhone 5. The
 marks on the side of the module are different, but our industry 
insiders tell us this is Sony’s again. As Apple has stated the pixel 
pitch on this camera is 1.5 µ, this sensor should not be the IMX145, but
 a newer variant.”<br />
Not only this, there are so many wonderment coming along as the tearing down is still in progress.<br />
As usual, iFixit is diving down into the most nuanced of details, so 
if you’d like to get a complete look at how Apple’s latest flagship is 
put together, be sure to check out the <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+5s+Teardown/17383/1" target="_blank">teardown in its entirety</a>.<br />
One thing that really incites me about 5S is that Apple does such an 
incredible job in maximizing their battery size in their tiny phone, 
they meticulously design the internal components to be as compact as 
possible.<br />
In case you were wondering, the iPhone 5C was also torn down this 
morning — and, unsurprisingly, there weren’t really any surprises. It’s 
just an iPhone 5 wrapped in (very hard) plastic.</div>

IPhone 5S Reverse-Engineered; Samsung Developed A7 Processor; Sony Camera Sensor Spotted

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Telenor Employees Hit the Markets Across Pakistan to Interact with Customers

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<span style="color: blue;">Lars Christian Iuel, Chief Executive Officer 
Telenor Pakistan, engaging customers at the Centaurus, Islamabad, as 
part of their Customer First Day 2013 activity.</span></div>
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Telenor Pakistan observed ‘Customer First Day 2013’ engaging its top 
management executives along with the workforce in direct interaction 
with the customers.</div>
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A statement issued by the company said that the exercise helped bring
 Telenor Pakistan’s employees closer to the customers making them better
 equipped to understand customers’ needs and expectations.</div>
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On this occasion, Lars Christian Iuel, Chief Executive Officer, 
Telenor Pakistan said, “Customers should experience that they are our 
first priority whenever they use our products and services. To be 
successful in delivering that experience we must believe in and live in a
 customer centric environment, and our employees can only deliver the 
best customer experience when they are engaged with them. Engagement 
like the Customer First Day does not only provide direct interaction 
opportunity with the customers but also reflects as to how our values 
can be leveraged to further improve the customer experience.”</div>
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The day-long activities were kicked off by the address of the CEO and
 then the top management executives along with other employees headed 
out to various locations in all the major cities interacting with the 
customers and collecting their valuable feedback.</div>
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Moreover, various giveaways including mobile internet vouchers and 
mobile internet bundles were also distributed among customers during the
 field visits and at Sales & Service Centres across the country. The
 activity concluded with regional events in Karachi, Lahore and 
Islamabad where employees shared their experiences from customer 
interaction.</div>
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Moreover, as a first of its kind initiative across the 
telecommunications industry in Pakistan, Lars Christian Iuel, CEO, 
Telenor Pakistan made himself available for an hour on Twitter directly interacting with the customers on the social media and responding to their queries.<span style="color: blue;"></span></div>
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Telenor Employees Hit the Markets Across Pakistan to Interact with Customers

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Apple Updates its iMacs

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Apple has just updated the its current lineup of iMacs by adding more
 muscle under the hood. The new models come with better CPUs, GPUs and 
Wi-Fi. Pricing of the new iMacs starts at $1299 and goes all the way to 
$1999.<br />
The new 21.5 inch model now comes with a 4th-generation 2.7Ghz 
quad-core Intel Core i5 Haswell processor (Turbo Boost speed of up to 
3.2Ghz) along with Iris Pro GPU.<br />
The Wi-Fi is also updated to the new standard 802.11ac. The base 
model goes for $1299. If you want, however, you’ll also be able to 
obtain a model with 2.9Ghz quad-core Core i5 processor (Turbo boost 
speed of up to 3.6Ghz) and Nvidia GeForce GT 750M graphics for $1499.<br />
As for the 27 inch model, it will now come with a 4th-generation 
3.2Ghz Intel Core i5 Haswell processor (with Turbo Boost speeds of up to
 3.6Ghz) and Nvidia GeForce GT 750M graphics for the starting model 
which will cost $1799.<br />
Also if you will, you can obtain a top-of-the-line model 27 inch 
model with a 3.4Ghz Intel Core i5 Haswell processor (with Turbo Boost 
speeds of up to 3.8Ghz) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 775M graphics with 4 GB 
video memory for $1999.<br />
Both of the iMacs come with 8 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage by 
default but those can be upgraded to 32 GB and 3 TB respectively. The 
latest update has also brought support for new PCIe-based flash storage 
which is 50% faster than before.<br />
The new lineup of iMacs is available… from now.</div>

Apple Updates its iMacs

Apple has just updated the its current lineup of iMacs by adding more muscle under the hood. The new models come with better CPUs, GPUs ...

8:48:00 PM

PTCL Bags Award for Best HR Practices

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<span style="color: blue;">PTCL Executive Vice President (EVP) Talent 
Management & Learning, Shahzad Safdar Khan receiving ‘Best HR 
Practices in Telecom Sector’ award from Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani.</span></div>
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has been presented 
with the ‘Best HR Practices in Telecom Sector” award at the 4th Global 
HR Excellence Awards 2013 held in Karachi.<br />
The event recognized and highlighted various organizations that have 
excelled in HR practices and contributed positively by setting high 
standards in the field of HR. PTCL’s integral HR initiatives and 
practices were acknowledged as the best in the telecom industry.<br />
PTCL Executive Vice President (EVP) Talent Management & Learning,
 Shahzad Safdar Khan received the award on behalf of the company from 
senior parliamentarian, Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani. The award is recognition
 of the company’s Human Resource (HR) practices and dynamic initiatives 
undertaken for organizational development and talent nurturing & 
management.<br />
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The event hosted a good mix of seventy leading organizations from the
 banking, telecommunications and SME sector as well as other corporate 
entities operating in Pakistan.</div>
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PTCL Bags Award for Best HR Practices

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8:46:00 PM

Govt is Finally All Set to Appoint PTA Members

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Federal government is finally all prepared to appoint three members 
of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, sources familiar with the 
matter confirmed RexHacker.<br />
For the purpose candidates were interviewed for the slots of Member Finance, Member Technical and Member Compliance as per job advertisement published on June 14th, 2013.<br />
If sources are to be believed then selection commission has finalized
 three names to be sent to cabinet division for approvals before the 
final appointment are to be made by Prime Minister next Monday after his
 return from USA visit.<br />
Unconfirmed reports suggest that commission has recommended Mr. 
Kamran Ali as Member Compliance, Mr. Tariq Sultan as Member Finance 
while Mr. Mushtaq Bhatti is to be made the Member Technical.<br />
Mr. Kamran, currently the Member Legal at Ministry of Information 
Technology has previously served at PTA as DG law. Mr. Tariq Sultan is 
currently the DG Finance at PTA.<br />
One members out of three members – supposedly the member technical – is to be made the Chairman after the proper appointments.<br />
It merits mentioning here that Lahore High Court had dismissed the June 14th job ad
 for members’ PTA, however, shortlisted candidates were interviewed last
 week at PTA headquarters after Supreme Court directed the federal 
government to appoint PTA Members till Sep 16th, 2013 – despite LHC’s dismissal – based on the same job ad.<br />
Appointment of PTA members has been challenged in the courts several times. Government had to advertise the job thrice before Supreme Court finally ordered the government to speed up the process for appointment of members.<br />
Analysts fear that current appointments may also face litigation as 
government increased the number of members from two to three through a 
SRO and not through a proper amendment in Telecom Act.<br />
Others hope a smooth transition and appointments so that the industry is again put on the roll after a break of over eight months.<br />
For the reference, here’s the timeline for the happenings regarding the appointment of PTA members:<br />
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<li>January 15th, 2013: LHC removed Farooq Awan from PTA Chairmanship</li>
<li>January 30th, 2013: Vacancy Announced for Member Technical and Finance at PTA</li>
<li>February 14th, 2013: Government Advertises for the Jobs of Three PTA Members for the 2nd Time</li>
<li>February 22nd, 2013:  Member Finance, PTA, Completed His Service Term</li>
<li>March 1st, 2013: Wahaj-us-Siraj (CEO Nayatel) Challenged the 2nd Advertisement, IHC Tied Appointment of Members PTA to Final Judgment</li>
<li>March 4th, 2013: Farooq Awan Appointed as Member Finance of PTA Despite LHC Orders</li>
<li>March 7th, 2013: LHC Restrained Farooq Awan From Duty as Member Finance</li>
<li>March 18th, 2013: Farooq Awan Removed as Member Finance of PTA</li>
<li>April 1st, 2013: IHC Directed Cabinet Division to Appoint PTA Members Based on First Advertisement Only</li>
<li>June 14th, 2013: Cabinet Division Advertised the Jobs for PTA Members for 3rd time</li>
<li>July 4th, 2013: 3rd advertisement for Appointment of PTA Members Challenged in LHC</li>
<li>July 17th, 2013: 3rd Advertisement gets Suspended by LHC</li>
<li>Sep 03, 2013: Appoint Chairman PTA in 15 Days, Auction 3G Licenses in 60 Days: Supreme Court</li>
<li>Sep 17th, 2013: SC Rejects Govt’s Request, Orders to Appoint PTA Chairman in Just 10 Days.</li>
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Govt is Finally All Set to Appoint PTA Members

Federal government is finally all prepared to appoint three members of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, sources familiar with the ...

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BlackBerry Sells itself to Fairfax Financial Holding for $4.7 billion

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If you thought that the $7.7 billion which Microsoft paid to buy Nokia,
 a company with such prestige, culture and legacy a small amount of 
money, listen to this: BlackBerry has been bought by a Canadian company 
Fairfax Financial Holding for $4.7 billion. (Still, the Canadian company
 did end up in Canadian hands.)<br />
Fairfax Financial had already held around 10% of BlackBerry’s shares 
previously. Stockholders will be receiving $9 per share as a part of 
this deal which will take the company private.<br />
The deal – which is final – is still pending some regulatory 
requirements as the parties involved will be subjected to six weeks of 
due diligence, until the 4th of November.<br />
The news might have been a bit of a surprise to hear sometime ago but not now as only yesterday we reported that Blackberry was eyeing a $1 billion loss this quarter and was cutting its workforce by 40 percent.<br />
It’s incredibly ironical as only about half a decade ago, BlackBerry 
was worth a staggering $100 billion. After the iPhone, its sales 
actually increased a bit but dived headfirst towards the ground later, a
 reaction to which is the news you’re reading right now.<br />
Prem Watsa, the Chairman and CEO of Fairfax Financial had something 
to say however: “We believe this transaction will open an exciting new 
private chapter for BlackBerry, its customers, carriers and employees,” 
he said.<br />
“We can deliver immediate value to shareholders, while we continue 
the execution of a long-term strategy in a private company with a focus 
on delivering superior and secure enterprise solutions to BlackBerry 
customers around the world.”</div>

BlackBerry Sells itself to Fairfax Financial Holding for $4.7 billion

If you thought that the $7.7 billion which Microsoft paid to buy Nokia, a company with such prestige, culture and legacy a small amount ...

7:01:00 AM

Groopic, a Smart Phone App by Lahore Based Eyedeus Labs, Gets Global Recognition

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Pakistan is a land of opportunities and talented people. This verity 
has again been put to light by techrepreneurs of Eyedeus Labs, a startup
 created under a platform of Plan9, Technology incubator out of Lahore.<br />
Every now and then, quite lot groups of dynamic young tech 
entrepreneurs come with innovative ideas congregating to invent mobile 
apps that are surely willing to change the way of doing business with 
the rest of the world.<br />
This time, just a while ago, buzzing out internet and international 
media, young group of entrepreneur’s hard work got recognition by CNNN 
in visage of Groopic smartphone app that outshined tech environment.<br />
Within just a short span of time and limited resources, Groopic has 
been developed by EyeDeus Lab’s team using patent pending technology and
 readily, just from its beginning, it grounded its sensation’s flag by 
getting coverage over international tech blogs like Gizmodo and 
TechCrunch.<br />
Just to enlighten, Groopic is Smartphone app that has solved ever 
existed problem of including photographer in a picture in a group photo.
 This app caters best in itself enabling you to take a group picture and
 put yourself in it. So photographer won’t be out from picture anymore 
even without asking help from a stranger or to have a trivet.<br />
Groopic, smartphone app developed to give user an idyllic group photo in just three simple steps that are:<br />
<ul>
<li>Simply take two pictures</li>
<li>Mark the photographer</li>
<li>Finally, this app will automatically merge these incomplete pictures into one complete group picture.</li>
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Talking about this amazing app, Ali Rehan (CEO of Eyedeus Labs) told CNN
 about the aspect how internet is bringing an avid shift for most of all
 companies operating in Pakistan.<br />
Moreover, Groopic was previously selected for BlackBox connect summer
 2013, a two week Silicon Valley immersion program designed for founders
 of startups. Definitely, it clearly embraced a feat by our developers 
for being one of the eight sponsored teams by Google<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>.<br />
Other than this credit, further Groopic app achievements are:<br />
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<li>Won Best startup Award at Startup Weekend Lahore in February 2012</li>
<li>Earned Punjab Information Technology Board(PITB) Plan9 incubation</li>
<li>Got Runners up Award at P@SHA ICT Awards 2013</li>
<li>Featured by renowned and leading media property, Techcrunch.</li>
<li>Currently got prominent coverage by CNN media.</li>
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Another endearing aspect of this intriguing app is its now among the 
Top 10 Photo & Video Apps on the US AppStore. However, this smart 
app could be purchased for Apple devices for 0.99$.<br />
Certainly, considering this app development, it could be concluded 
that developers are exploiting best potential to bring a vibrant 
revolution in tech environment and this mark has been attained to 
greater extent till now as Pakistani app developer community is growing 
at its pace and technology giants are in chase of our developers to pick
 up with their emerging apps.<br />
But regrettably, apart from this whole sensation, it’s rather 
apparent that until attainment of recognition by foreign countries, our 
society, particularly local media are likely far behind to appreciate 
this budding talent entirely.<br />
Obviously this act someway put a murky effect on creativity of folks, thus this act should get reform at all levels now.<br />
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Groopic, a Smart Phone App by Lahore Based Eyedeus Labs, Gets Global Recognition

Pakistan is a land of opportunities and talented people. This verity has again been put to light by techrepreneurs of Eyedeus Labs, a star...

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Microsoft Announces the Second-Gen Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2

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On Monday, Microsoft took time to unveil the successor to the 
first-generation Surface RT and Pro tablets. The new Windows RT and 
Windows 8-running tablets are renamed the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 
respectively and come with several cool improvements, both on the 
surface and on the inside.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Surface 2 Pro</span></h4>
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The Microsoft Surface 2 Pro comes with the same 10.6 inch 1080p 
display with 1920 x 1080 resolution with, but with 46% more colour 
accuracy now. It is also Gorilla Glass protected and supports pen-input.
 (A digitizer pen is bundled along with the tablet.)<br />
On the inside, it comes with a dual-core 4th-generation Intel Core i5
 “Haswell” processor which is clocked at 1.6Ghz (can be turbo-boosted to
 2.6Ghz). Alongside it is Intel HD 4400 Graphics and 4 or 8 GB worth 
RAM.<br />
All in all, the new Surface 2 Pro offers 20% performance boost, 50% 
graphics boost and thanks to Haswell, 75% battery life increase. It is 
also more cooler and quieter than before.<br />
There are two HD cameras on the front and on the back as usual. For 
connectivity, it has 3 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3.0 port, Bluetooth 4.0, 
mini DisplayPort, Wi-Fi, microSD card slot and 3.5mm headphone jack.<br />
The design is the same VaporMg as before and now, it also features a 
two-step kickstand on the back. The Surface 2 Pro runs on Windows 8.1 
out-of-the-box.<br />
It will available in 64, 128, 256, 512 GB storage options for $899, 
$999, $1299 and $1799 respectively. According to Microsoft, the Surface 2
 Pro is now faster than 95% of the laptops in the world.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Surface 2</span></h4>
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The Surface RT proved to be one of 2012′s biggest let-downs and 
Microsoft are keen not to repeat that again in 2013. Called the 
most-productive tablet ever, it now comes with a 10.6 inch 1080p 
ClearType Display and Gorilla Glass protection.<br />
On the inside, it comes with a 1.7Ghz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4 
processor, a 72-core GeForce GPU and 2 GB of RAM. This makes the Surface
 2 four times faster than before. Around the back is a 5 megapixel 
camera (5 times better than before) with Full HD 1080p video, followed 
by a 3.5 megapixel camera on the front.<br />
For connectivity, it comes with Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, microSD card 
slot, HDMI and 3.5mm headphone jack. Battery life is quoted at being 10 
hours.<br />
Of the inside, it runs on Windows RT 8.1 and comes with Microsoft 
Office 2013 RT edition. It will come in either 32 or 64 GB storage 
options which will cost $449 and $549 respectively.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Free Offerings With Windows Tabs</span></h4>
Both the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 will hit the markets in the 
coming few weeks and will come 200 GB worth free SkyDrive storage for 2 
years, as well as free Skype calls for 1 year.<br />
<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">New Covers </span></h4>
Along with 2 new tablets, Microsoft also announced several new 
keyboard covers for the Surface tablets. The tablets are now thinner and
 lighter than before.<br />
The Touch Cover 2 features 1092 sensor now, compared to only 82 
previously. The Type Cover remains mostly as before. A new cover called 
the Power Cover was also introduced which is actually a Type Cover but 
has a battery inside. All of them are backlit unlike before, and have a 
proximity sensor on the inside to variate the lightning levels on the 
keyboard.<br />
Microsoft also announced the new Surface Remix project which is just 
like a normal cover, except that it trades the keys of a keyboard for 
music controls. It is mainly targeted towards DJs. Microsoft has even 
made a dedicated <a href="http://www.surfaceremixproject.com/" target="_blank">website</a> for it.</div>

Microsoft Announces the Second-Gen Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2

On Monday, Microsoft took time to unveil the successor to the first-generation Surface RT and Pro tablets. The new Windows RT and Windows...

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