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11 Apr 2015
Mobilink Selects Oracle Solutions for its CRM
Mobilink Selects Oracle Solutions for its CRM Mobilink has chosen to upgrade its CRM system to Oracle Siebel CRM 8.1 on Oracle’s Engineered Systems, said a statement. Oracle said that upgrading their CRM application on Oracle systems will help Mobilink run business critical workloads providing them with faster end user response times, and faster
11 Apr 2015
Silicon Valley Based Founder Institute Tests a Launch in Pakistan
Silicon Valley Based Founder Institute Tests a Launch in Pakistan The Founder Institute (www.fi.co) — that claims to be the world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program — announced today that it is exploring a new chapter launch in Karachi, Pakistan. Based out of Silicon Valley, Founder Institute was founded back in 2009
11 Apr 2015
Pakistani Researcher Helps Google in Preventing a Massive Security Disaster
Pakistani Researcher Helps Google in Preventing a Massive Security Disaster A Pakistani security researcher, Rafay Baloch, has helped Google in preventing a privacy disaster. In a blog post published a month ago, Rafay detailed how the Same Origin Policy (SOP) protection used by modern browsers on Android could be bypassed. The bug identified by
11 Apr 2015
Win a Ticket to Thailand with LINE Messaging App
Win a Ticket to Thailand with LINE Messaging App LINE has officially started its ‘LINE Group Chat2Win Contest’ in Pakistan. The event is scheduled to run from September 22, 2014 to October 21, 2014 and promises the some exciting prizes for the winners of the contest. The winning prizes include: Return ticket to Thailand, 10
11 Apr 2015
Pakistani Man Gets Indicted in the US for Developing Spyware App
Pakistani Man Gets Indicted in the US for Developing Spyware App Hammad Akbar, a Pakistani national and the chief executive of InvoCode Pvt Ltd has been indicted in the U.S. state of Virginia for conspiring to advertise and sell StealthGenie, an app that can monitor communications on smartphone without detection. The characterization of the
11 Apr 2015
Man Behind Apple’s Latest Innovation is a Pakistani
Man Behind Apple’s Latest Innovation is a Pakistani Contactless mobile payments are not a new idea but with the entry of Apple in the arena, it is going to hit the mainstream. Apple Pay is going to allow users to shop in over 220,000 stores in the U.S. simply with their smartphones. It allows
11 Apr 2015
India-Pakistan Cyber War Intensifies Amid Tension on Border
India-Pakistan Cyber War Intensifies Amid Tension on Border Cyber war between India and Pakistan is always on the run, however, it gets serious during national days or when tension at the borders increases. For last few days the silos at borders aren’t in good shape as Indian forces are alleged to have violated the
11 Apr 2015
7 Million Dropbox Account Passwords Leaked Online
7 Million Dropbox Account Passwords Leaked Online If you use Dropbox, you might want to change your password immediately. A thread on an internet forum was discovered which linked to a site where hundreds of Dropbox login credentials were available in plain text. The hackers claimed to have more than 7 million passwords and
11 Apr 2015
After 3G/4G, Pakistan Now Needs an Online Payment Gateway
After 3G/4G, Pakistan Now Needs an Online Payment Gateway Around four years or so ago I had written this piece titled: “Why Does a Pakistani Website Earn 32 Times Lesser than any American Counterpart?” In this post I explained that why e-commerce infrastructure is important and how it could boost Pakistan’s economy in general and online businesses in specific. This
10 Apr 2015
Calling all Pakistanis: Wikipedia Needs You!
Calling all Pakistanis: Wikipedia Needs You! In our increasingly connected world, where the internet has become an integral part of our lives, more people turn to the web for information that is now just a few clicks away. In most cases, web searches are likely to land you at a Wikipedia page; so it’s a pity