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Yahoo Mail hacked; Change Your Account Password Immediately
Yahoo Mail hacked; Change Your Account Password Immediately

A really bad year for the world's second-largest email service provider, Yahoo Mail! The company announced today, 'we identified a coordinated effort to gain unauthorized access to Yahoo Mail accounts', user names and passwords of its email customers have been stolen and are used to access multiple…

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31Jan2014


Ufone Celebrates its 13th Anniversary
Ufone Celebrates its 13th Anniversary

Ufone celebrated its 13th anniversary this week with central cake cutting ceremony held at Ufone Tower in Islamabad. The event was attended by the management along with a large number of Ufone employees from the twin cities of Islamabad & Rawalpindi. Above picture shows Mr. Abdul Aziz (4th from le…

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31Jan2014


PTCL Invests in Largest Submarine Cable System
PTCL Invests in Largest Submarine Cable System

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has said that it is investing in one of the largest international submarine cable consortium system, in collaboration with the leading telecom operators of the world. The undersea cable system encompasses a multimillion dollar investment and wil…

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31Jan2014


Wateen to Offer Managed VSAT Services to State Bank of Pakistan
Wateen to Offer Managed VSAT Services to State Bank of Pakistan

Wateen today announced that it has been awarded a three year Managed Services contract by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to provide VSAT Hub & Spoke operations, field maintenance and technical support to connect its Head office and 14 regional and branch offices. Being the central bank of Pak…

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31Jan2014


Mobilink Becomes the World’s Fastest Growing Brand on Facebook
Mobilink Becomes the World’s Fastest Growing Brand on Facebook

Mobilink has been certified as the World’s Fastest Growing Brand on Social Media by Social Bakers, global provider of network statistics and analysis for the most commonly used social networks. This is the first time a Pakistani Brand has led the global charts of any social media ranking. Social…

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31Jan2014


Lenovo Buys Motorola from Google for $2.9 Billion
Lenovo Buys Motorola from Google for $2.9 Billion

Google has decided to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. The American search company, whose buyout of Motorola was puzzling, despite the fact it owns Android, disclosed the news last night and we’re really not surprised much. As a part of the deal Lenovo will get to own Motorola’s …

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31Jan2014


Breaking: Telenor Exits ICH
Breaking: Telenor Exits ICH

As expected, Telenor today announced publicly that it has exited ICH or International Clearing House from January 25th, 2014, after which ICH – by definition – has collapsed altogether. Telenor said that Telenor LDI Communications (Pvt.) Ltd (TLC), a subsidiary of Telenor Pakistan has made its e…

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30Jan2014


QMobile Announces its First Tablet, the QTab X50
QMobile Announces its First Tablet, the QTab X50

QMobile has announced its first tablet for the country’s audience, the QTab X50. The tablet measures 8 inches in size and comes with a quad-core MediaTek processor underneath. The display is a disappointing aspect, however, with 1024 x 768 resolution. QMobile’s several phones themselves easily top…

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30Jan2014


QMobile Announces Entry-Level Noir A35 for Rs. 8,950
QMobile Announces Entry-Level Noir A35 for Rs. 8,950

QMobile has announced its umpteenth phone in the entry-level line-up, the Noir A35. This Android powered phone is astonishingly cheap – both in price and the quality. The first thing you’ll notice is the breath-taking similarity between the theme on this phone and that on Samsung’s Gingerbread e…

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30Jan2014


Samsung Releases the Mid-Range Galaxy Neo
Samsung Releases the Mid-Range Galaxy Neo

Samsung has announced a new phone, trying to give quite a rich feature-package for a comparatively low price, the Galaxy Neo. The Galaxy Neo comes with a 5″ display, a quad-core processor and a 5 megapixel HD camera. The display comes with a subpar resolution of 480 x 800 pixel resolution, which w…

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30Jan2014


Nokia and Telenor Introduce the Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503
Nokia and Telenor Introduce the Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503

Nokia Pakistan announced that the new Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503 are available for purchase in Pakistan with 6 months free Telenor Talkshawk Internet. The new affordable smartphones are aimed at mid-range audience with their innovative Fastlane home screen, attractive new design and a deeper int…

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30Jan2014


Smartphones Shipments Cross 1 Billion For the First Time in History in 2013
Smartphones Shipments Cross 1 Billion For the First Time in History in 2013

According to a new report by IDC, the number of smartphone shipments in 2013 reached one billion for the first time ever. Scales were tipped just above the golden figure, at 1.004 billion units. The total mobile phone sales also reached 1.82 billion. The big names were responsible for the achiev…

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30Jan2014


Mobilink Bags Award for Paying Highest Tax
Mobilink Bags Award for Paying Highest Tax

Mobilink Team with Imtiaz Ahmad Khan Collector of Customs, Islamabad (2nd from left) after receiving the ‘Highest Tax Payer’ award on International Customs Day Mobilink has received the Highest Tax Payer Award by the Pakistan Customs, Islamabad Directorate. Mobilink received the award in recognit…

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30Jan2014


Warid Donates Blood For Thalassaemia Patients
Warid Donates Blood For Thalassaemia Patients

Being a responsible corporate organization, Warid Telecom arranged 2nd blood camp for poor Thalassaemia patients in collaboration with Sundas Foundation. Due to extreme weather conditions the requirement of more oxygen, glucose and nutrients forces additional blood transfusion while there is shor…

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30Jan2014


Pakistan Soon to Get DTH Services
Pakistan Soon to Get DTH Services

By Saman Asif DTH or Direct-to-home TV system is usually perceived as an expensive solution and majority hold the view that cable TV is not going to get replaced by DTH due to its cost-effectiveness. Even PEMRA believes that DTH might not entirely replace cable TV, even in the long run. PEMRA’s s…

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30Jan2014


Telenor Signs Pact for Wider Coverage of Polio Vaccination
Telenor Signs Pact for Wider Coverage of Polio Vaccination

Aimed at facilitating electronic monitoring system for wider coverage of polio vaccination through mobile communication technology, Telenor Pakistan has signed an agreement with Rotary International’s Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee. Picture shows: Irfan Wahab Khan, Chief Marketing Office…

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30Jan2014


Mobilink Rotates its Top Management
Mobilink Rotates its Top Management

Mobilink today announced key restructuring and portfolio changes with-in its top management, we have confirmed. According to information we have got, Customer Care department is now consolidated under Commercial, which Mobilink thinks will help achieve quicker and more effective end to end execut…

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27Jan2014


Mac Celebrates 30th Anniversary: A Brief History of the World's Most Revolutionary Computer
Mac Celebrates 30th Anniversary: A Brief History of the World's Most Revolutionary Computer

Apple’s most famous computer just celebrated its pearl jubilee or 30th birthday. Three long decades since Apple first announced its “speaking” computer, the original Macintosh, which has grown into a phenomenon now. Although flawed, it is certainly among the most important computers of all time a…

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27Jan2014


Ufone Introduces Super Sasta Package With Lowest Call Rates For All Networks
Ufone Introduces Super Sasta Package With Lowest Call Rates For All Networks

Ufone has introduced this new package called “Super Sasta Package”, with which its customers can make calls for just 90 paisa + tax per minute on all networks during 12 midnight till 5 PM the next day. Call charges between 5PM to 12PM would be 90 paisas per 30 seconds, for all networks. Moreover,…

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27Jan2014


WhatsApp For Windows? Naaa.. Hackers Are Spamming Malware As WhatsApp Software
WhatsApp For Windows? Naaa.. Hackers Are Spamming Malware As WhatsApp Software

Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the widespread popularity of the mobile messaging app 'WhatsApp'. A malware expert at the Kaspersky Lab revealed a large-scale spamming campaign, advertising a fake PC version of the WhatsApp, to spread a banking trojan. According to the report, unaware user…

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24Jan2014


CNN's Twitter, Facebook And Website Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
CNN's Twitter, Facebook And Website Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

A well-known pro-Syrian hacker group known as Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), aligned with President Bashar al-Assad, who successfully attacked The New York Times, Huffington Post, and Twitter, BBC, National Public Radio, Al-Jazeera, Microsoft, Xbox, Skype and responsible for cyber-attacks against va…

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24Jan2014


IM for 3G to be Ready by Mid February
IM for 3G to be Ready by Mid February

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority will be done with the preparation of Information Memorandum for 3G/4G spectrum auction by second week of February 2014, sources familiar with the development confirmed RexHacker. For those who don’t know, Information Memorandum or IM for 3G will be a detaile…

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24Jan2014


Huawei to Launch Ascend G700 in Pakistan Next Week
Huawei to Launch Ascend G700 in Pakistan Next Week

Huawei is all set to launch yet another Dual-SIM smartphone in Pakistan. After launching a couple of low end smartphones recently, this time company is targeting the high-end segment with its Dual-SIM Ascend G700. Huawei, while confirming Rex Hacker, said that company is launching Dual-SIM Ascend …

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24Jan2014


Fuhu, Intel Team Up on First Intel-based Android Tablet Just For Kids
Fuhu, Intel Team Up on First Intel-based Android Tablet Just For Kids

Fuhu Inc., known for creating tablets and applications for children, recently announced the new DreamTab tablet. Designed to deliver grown-up technology but built just for kids, the tablet is the result of collaboration between Fuhu, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. and Intel Corporation and is de…

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24Jan2014


Warid Outperforms 92% Brands Globally
Warid Outperforms 92% Brands Globally

Social Bakers 2013 report reveals that Pakistan based mobile operator, Warid Telecom becomes one of the top socially devoted brands, outperforming 92% of all the global brands. It achieved  tremendous growth rate of 126%, gaining more fans than 92% of brand pages Social Bakers is tracking global…

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24Jan2014


Facebook Hacker Received $33,500 Reward For Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Facebook Hacker Received $33,500 Reward For Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Facebook has paid out its largest Bug Bounty ever of $33,500 to a Brazilian security researcher for discovering and reporting a critical Remote code execution vulnerability, which potentially allows the full control of a server. In September, 'Reginaldo Silva' found an XML External Entity Expansion…

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23Jan2014


Mobilink Introduces SMS Alerts For International Roaming Data Usage
Mobilink Introduces SMS Alerts For International Roaming Data Usage

Mobilink has introduced free SMS alerts for its international roaming (IR) customers as a means to enhance Mobilink customers’ experience worldwide. The service will provide Mobilink IR customers with their Data usage details every four hours keeping them aware of their usage and managing thei…

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23Jan2014


Ufone and British Council Partner to Offer Scholarship Programme
Ufone and British Council Partner to Offer Scholarship Programme

Ufone has partnered with British Council for a scholarship programme with prizes worth Rs 5 Million; Rs.1 million each will be given to five lucky winners. Any student who has taken the IELTS through British Council and aims to take admission in a university is eligible for participation. All t…

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23Jan2014


3G Can Trigger Pakistan's Economy by Over Rs. 1,000 Billion in 5 Years
3G Can Trigger Pakistan's Economy by Over Rs. 1,000 Billion in 5 Years

It is a widely established fact that broadband infrastructure contributes towards economic growth of a country and notable amount of job creation. Pakistan – without 3G – was left with PTCL’s aging copper media to cope with broadband needs of the country. WiMAX operators couldn’t fill the gap whi…

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22Jan2014


Upgrade 3.1 Mbps EVO to 9.3 Mbps Wingle Device With Same Monthly Charges
Upgrade 3.1 Mbps EVO to 9.3 Mbps Wingle Device With Same Monthly Charges

Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has announced EVO to Wingle upgrade offer for the convenience of its customers. This new offer by PTCL enables customers to experience wireless broadband internet at high-speeds of 9.3mbps.  Customers will now be able to enjoy Wingle connectivit…

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22Jan2014
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