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Microsoft Pushes its Business Communication Tools in Pakistan

Microsoft Pushes its Business Communication Tools in Pakistan   Microsoft Pakistan held an exclusive event for Pakistani corporate customers in the presence of Worldwide CTO for Lync, Aamer Kaleem at the Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi. Aamer Kaleem travelled all the way from Seattle to engage with Pakistani customers – a growing market which Microsoft is

Microsoft Releases the Office Suite for iPad

Microsoft Releases the Office Suite for iPad   Microsoft has finally released the Office suite of apps especially made for the iPad, after years of wait. The suite, which comprises of Word, Excel and PowerPoint can be tried out for free when it will hit the App Store shortly. Additional functionality, including editing and creating

Everything You Need to Know to Setup Solar Energy Plant in Pakistan!

Everything You Need to Know to Setup Solar Energy Plant in Pakistan!   Energy crisis in Pakistan is neither new nor it is going to end any time soon, we know this for a fact.   While you may agree that energy situation has just bettered (during Ramzan) but we aren’t sure if it is

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

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

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

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

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

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

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