Why most SmartWatches are Useless?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7jNUY1V-MD0kt6t2AsHP9hkl36jRRr7pcANlSdcKK2qrxxZrDHVtPcdikGHdUYHNBjulaX1eIZQ1Y80eAEWdAXA0V18b4uYZJTgRi_MMb7Egv0UoRgw-4VtFXngltQmZcB4agxCbWkQ/s1600/Smartwatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7jNUY1V-MD0kt6t2AsHP9hkl36jRRr7pcANlSdcKK2qrxxZrDHVtPcdikGHdUYHNBjulaX1eIZQ1Y80eAEWdAXA0V18b4uYZJTgRi_MMb7Egv0UoRgw-4VtFXngltQmZcB4agxCbWkQ/s1600/Smartwatches.jpg" /></a></div> The public opinion of SmartWatches (and wearable gadgetry in general) has been akin to the opinion they have of those gadgets used by actors in sci-fi films: They want them but can’t really think of blending them in their daily lives. Well, most of them don’t anyway.<br /> That view has finally started to change in recent times with the arising of virtually unknown companies like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_%28watch%29" target="_blank">Pebble</a> who have appeared and conquered the entire ground in no time. Seeing the success, some big names like Samsung entered the arena too and made botched attempts.<br /> Why have these bigger names have failed so far when relatively newer ones like Pebble have achieved (read: earned) immeasurable success?<br /> For the answer to that, you’ll probably have to look at their past. One of Samsung’s first SmartWatches, the S9110 came way back in 2009 and got lost as soon as it arrived. Regardless of anything, it’s the SmartWatch which deserves a spot on James Bond’s wrist the most, and as it turns out, nowhere else.<br /> You see, SmartWatches like these are useless in real life. This particular watch (S9110 that is) came with things like phone-call functionality which you don’t really need on your wrist, that’s what a cell phone is for. The battery life is usually pretty much dreadful too. The newly announced Galaxy Gear falls victim to the same travesty.<br /> Packing a 1.9 inch display, it comes with its own camera on the upper part of the strap (which means you can’t replace it), takes calls (there…) and comes with a “pride-breaking” battery life of 25 hours. That’s miserable, although it may not even be a failure at all, given Samsung’s incredible reach.<br /> These companies should at least learn some lesson from manufacturers like Pebble. Funded through Kickstarter, it comes with an E Ink display, a far cry from the Gear’s Super AMOLED but offers terrific sunlight legibility (keeps costs down too), runs apps but only the light ones, plus, its band can be changed. Its battery life is around a week (can last even more on occasions) but arguably its biggest achievement is that it looks like a normal wristwatch.<br /> “They are overspec’d machines … no one thought about how it fits into your life,” said Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky in a recent interview on other SmartWatches. “It [Pebble] doesn’t force you to change your life around the device, it just kind of meshes,” he said.<br /> “Pebble brings micro-interactions to your wrist … it’s more about having Pebble suit the activities you are doing at a given time.”<br /> This is exactly what the approach of other companies trying out their hand at wearable tech should be. Until then, Pebble will remain the Apple of its field.</div>

Why most SmartWatches are Useless?

The public opinion of SmartWatches (and wearable gadgetry in general) has been akin to the opinion they have of those gadgets used by ac...

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Azmalo.pk Rebrands as Kaymu.pk

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWE2ruGllBLA0s-zdaBWw-hhKhI5yjp5yn6uMPxgYM6LH1V0k36kF3wqwH3vu_wr_YgSe4K38SjXL51U4CCD8-D58AJQgyov8oUyOGTZ716BsEUJUG7680kaQHC8rRHI9fgzKa5m6fCR4/s1600/kaymu-logo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWE2ruGllBLA0s-zdaBWw-hhKhI5yjp5yn6uMPxgYM6LH1V0k36kF3wqwH3vu_wr_YgSe4K38SjXL51U4CCD8-D58AJQgyov8oUyOGTZ716BsEUJUG7680kaQHC8rRHI9fgzKa5m6fCR4/s1600/kaymu-logo1.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="contentupper"> </div> <div class="leftblogcontent"> </div> Azmalo.pk, an online shopping platform is now a part of Kaymu.com, the international shopping website present in South Asia and Africa, said a statement received today.<br /> Azmalo claims to have acquired over 150000 listings, numerous sellers and exceptional customer service, all of which have helped them serve customers with great competence.<br /> Azmalo introduced the marketplace model in Pakistan, where buyers and sellers are brought together, with individuals having the ability to put their goods on sale and marketed to a Azmalo audience. Working with a no-inventory model, Azmalo.pk aims at providing smooth and easy transactions for both the buyer and seller and ensuring that all transactions taking place are safe and easy.<br /> Since its inception, Azmalo has added new features within the website as well as services such as Azmalo Guarantee, Azmalo Safe Pay and Azmalo Promise for its customers.<br /> This recent move to become part of the Kaymu.com network seems to a strategic decision taken to expand within the Pakistani market through greater resources, professional expertise and better infrastructure.<br /> Kaymu.com has been largely successful in Africa, especially Nigeria and so they aim to benefit from their experience to taking the former Azmalo, Kaymu.pk to the next level. By going international, Kaymu.pk will be providing its customers with better features, such as the shopping cart, wish list, delivery tracking, discount coupons, quicker response times as well as greater efficiencies within the system!<br /> Being a part of the Kaymu network, the service will allow this online shopping store in Pakistan to operate better, have smarter systems and better efficiencies with the experience and expertise of the international Kaymu team.</div>

Azmalo.pk Rebrands as Kaymu.pk

Azmalo.pk, an online shopping platform is now a part of Kaymu.com, the international shopping website present in South Asia and Afr...

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Official Website of NADRA E-Sahulat Gets Hacked, User Data Compromised

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Official website of E-Sahulat – financial services platform offering online payment solution for individuals and business – from NADRA was hacked and defaced by Xploiter today.<br /> Instead of defacing the main page, hacker injected a page on server at following locations:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.esahulat.org/x.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.esahulat.org/x.html</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.esahulat.com.pk/x.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.esahulat.com.pk/x.html</a></li> </ul> Mirrors:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786269" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786269</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786270" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786270</a></li> </ul> A screenshot uploaded by Hacker on his Facebook page hints that he had access to critical financial database on the server.<br /> Here is the screenshot that has critical financial information of E-Sahulat users:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dlzt7xmcjprvcNzY5Oc8M8giAwBgoZougUtBwtKtcC-iHykzUnOPn6lpx8SSr8K8C17jROdoVvcRv88_9RYwrW-pxl4TIzuHqr-4TlMAgaYCjo23oasoKI0doGMULqpVpOY2_gZkxH0/s1600/NADRA-E-Sahulat-Hacked1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dlzt7xmcjprvcNzY5Oc8M8giAwBgoZougUtBwtKtcC-iHykzUnOPn6lpx8SSr8K8C17jROdoVvcRv88_9RYwrW-pxl4TIzuHqr-4TlMAgaYCjo23oasoKI0doGMULqpVpOY2_gZkxH0/s1600/NADRA-E-Sahulat-Hacked1.jpg" /></a></div> We are still unclear about the intents behind the defacement as there was no clear message left by hackers on the defaced page, however, it is likely that hackers are hacking and defacing websites to gain attention.<br /> Trend has only worsen with recent hackings of Banks and Financial Institutions. Previously, Soneri Bank, Habib Bank Limited, Allied Bank Limited, Muslim Commercial Bank, Burj Bank and Tameer Bank had been hacked by local hackers.<br /> Here is the screenshot of defaced page of E-Sahulat website:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mUTj2H0_2CoWyYaj_6k7cKJZv8WpZFM0K3jBQ-apTPNte9MnNqH776lwD2YoFbFWUhpuzXSHflm0E2-kiHmRw6SZv7Vnf_8b4rjwdOWeTRv0z-Q-M0RcKbqkjqNKV5pxfbDX6fVF3w0/s1600/Nadra-E-Sahulat-hacked2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mUTj2H0_2CoWyYaj_6k7cKJZv8WpZFM0K3jBQ-apTPNte9MnNqH776lwD2YoFbFWUhpuzXSHflm0E2-kiHmRw6SZv7Vnf_8b4rjwdOWeTRv0z-Q-M0RcKbqkjqNKV5pxfbDX6fVF3w0/s640/Nadra-E-Sahulat-hacked2.png" width="622" /></a></div> </div>

Official Website of NADRA E-Sahulat Gets Hacked, User Data Compromised

Official website of E-Sahulat – financial services platform offering online payment solution for individuals and business – from NADRA was...

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Nokia Lumia Running on Android Used to be Under Development: Report

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO_L7QDzcOmOuO0ifVYC7Px9IFbkllezEn4dzAtgcyUxRIRfbRg37-3Hegx50JPOH3hyvTwOGxwU4fbti_qjRzkbkMGAjakgt_qfTnnc5RWUG5l8M-gh2RpNhk4YiiLR5fOxKJaDoh84/s1600/Nokia-Lumia-720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO_L7QDzcOmOuO0ifVYC7Px9IFbkllezEn4dzAtgcyUxRIRfbRg37-3Hegx50JPOH3hyvTwOGxwU4fbti_qjRzkbkMGAjakgt_qfTnnc5RWUG5l8M-gh2RpNhk4YiiLR5fOxKJaDoh84/s1600/Nokia-Lumia-720.jpg" /></a></div> Since Nokia’s alliance with Microsoft in 2011, a lot of rumours have surfaced time after time claiming that the cell phone manufacturer was reportedly working on Google’s Android.<br /> While these rumours delighted a lot of smartphone fans, they undoubtedly would’ve brought some cold shivers down Microsoft’s spine too and might’ve caused it to buy its largest smartphone partner for $7 billion two weeks ago.<br /> Now according to The New York Times, those rumours might not have been too fake after all. Two sources who worked for the Finnish giant and requested to be unnamed have told the news agency that a small team had been working on Google’s OS as a potential “plan B”, in case Microsoft’s Windows Phone failed.<br /> What’s more, the two people even claimed that Nokia’s engineers even managed to make Android run on the Lumia phones. Report says that Nokia could launch Android powered Lumia phones with-in next year.<br /> That, of course, is not verifiable with the Finnish company being sold and nor is there any hope that that initiative will see life now. Still, it would’ve been quite spectacular had Nokia chosen to make phones for two operating systems instead of one but then again, it was Microsoft who was paying Nokia to stay afloat after all.</div>

Nokia Lumia Running on Android Used to be Under Development: Report

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PHC Takes Notice of the Easy Availability of Unregistered SIMs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR02pVQtc4stG4CK5dNfTxiBMFmxd2x-a7Mfz7cm6dRuonsjGJxK5eZojy_AfOmt3ugJUdaVolipG9OeIj3Ip-6sjFq0EigMPgX2Bc0wXcAcjqWjbyzgq-DF82Uu16GQb7_fNd86JoJw/s1600/new-mobile-sim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR02pVQtc4stG4CK5dNfTxiBMFmxd2x-a7Mfz7cm6dRuonsjGJxK5eZojy_AfOmt3ugJUdaVolipG9OeIj3Ip-6sjFq0EigMPgX2Bc0wXcAcjqWjbyzgq-DF82Uu16GQb7_fNd86JoJw/s1600/new-mobile-sim.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="contentupper"> </div> <div class="leftblogcontent"> </div> After Islamabad High Court, Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Friday took notice of the easy availability of unregistered SIMs in the province.<br /> “Vegetables are difficult to purchase but SIMs can be easily purchased,” the judge said, taking notice of the abundance of illegal mobile phone SIMs.<br /> “The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and federal organizations are not ready to take action against unregistered SIMs,” he said.<br /> The PHC CJ summoned the PTA chairman, chief executive officers of telecommunication companies and chief secretaries to explain the situation.<br /> <div class="two_third"> “Corruption is rampant in Pakistan and there is no law to check the sale and purchase of SIMs,” he said, adding that extortionists used unregistered SIMs to harass people and the authorities concerned did not have any record in this regard.</div> <span style="color: #339966;"></span><br /> <div class="one_third column-last"> <b><span style="color: #339966;"><i>“Vegetables are difficult to purchase but SIMs can be easily purchased,” Chief Justice, PHC</i></span></b><br /> <span style="color: #339966;"></span></div> Law enforcers have repeatedly said that unregistered SIMs were the main tool in the hands of terrorists and criminals across the country, as after using a SIM, the criminals discarded it and bought a new one, which made the arrest of terrorists and criminals a hard task.<br /> The issue of unregistered SIMs has escalated lately after the Interior Minister and then Prime Minister took notice of the situation.<br /> Biometric verification of entire cellular base is considered as an option to eliminate the all unregistered SIMs from the country. However the modalities and procedures to carryout the verification are still being workedout.</div>

PHC Takes Notice of the Easy Availability of Unregistered SIMs

After Islamabad High Court, Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Friday took notice of the ea...

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FIRs Against WorldCall Officials Cancelled

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb0tzCH0aWFdW-sZ01pu5ZyAG33q6xhuU_yHam5c0oBAMBF8JppEz72gTSwoPvfNptGjEACDfhooygAupsdMq319hilv8BggOVcpe3wtoxU2ZlWdi9j9vbe4kGFqRsMQf_ULZIPlD5T0/s1600/Wrold-Call-Telecom_thumb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb0tzCH0aWFdW-sZ01pu5ZyAG33q6xhuU_yHam5c0oBAMBF8JppEz72gTSwoPvfNptGjEACDfhooygAupsdMq319hilv8BggOVcpe3wtoxU2ZlWdi9j9vbe4kGFqRsMQf_ULZIPlD5T0/s1600/Wrold-Call-Telecom_thumb1.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="contentupper"> </div> <div class="leftblogcontent"> </div> With-in one week of Police raiding the WorldCall’s Lahore office to arrest Mr. Babar Ali Syed, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Chief Officer (CO) Anwar and two other persons, the law-enforcement agencies have now cancelled the cases against the company officials.<br /> A company statement said that incident of police highhandedness in WorldCall office was followed by Oman Telecom’s condemnation and letter to Chief Minister of the Punjab to intervene. After which police high ups and administration were ordered immediate inquiry into the matter.<br /> Police high-ups, after investigation, established that cases implicating WorldCall officials are in fact malicious and unfounded, hence directed immediate cancellation of FIRs, said the official statement issued by WorldCall.<br /> The Lahore High was also moved and was informed of cancelation of FIRs, said the statement.<br /> Despite the fact that everything has settled down, the incident has set a horrible precedent for telecom businesses in the country.<br /> If cases registered against WorldCall were fake then responsible police officials should be punished instead of just withdrawing the case. If not the case, then why the FIRs were cancelled after Chief Minister’s intervention. The settlement has only worsen the situation with more confusion for everyone.</div>

FIRs Against WorldCall Officials Cancelled

With-in one week of Police raiding the WorldCall’s Lahore office to arrest Mr. Babar Ali Syed, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the ...

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