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Links for 2009-01-03 [Digg]

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

GISW 2008 Country Report Includes Pakistan
Pakistan’s report was published through the initiatives and efforts of BytesForAll.org and was co-authored by Shahzad Ahmad, Shahida Saleem, Rabia Garib and Fouad Bajwa.
Diamonds in the Rough
As the world goes through its worst financial crisis, I still find hope for Pakistan. And have good reason to do so. The numbers of problems which plague this country are far more than any equivalent economy or country and of the type which are bringing down mature economies.

It’s a Paper Ad Online!

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:40:04 +0000

Every website wants to look at creating its own value proposition online. While some want to earn money, others want fame and a few, just want to have their opinions voiced out (where a blog may be more appropriate). There are countless websites and blogs being launched each day, so you can’t help but stop [...]

Cards Available

admin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:45:05 +0000

For those of you looking for “e-cards” which you can download and use for free, click here - We’ve never been able to find the “right” cards and thought that because we could, we’d just go ahead and lend a helping hand and design some for you. If you’re a company and are looking for [...]

Links for 2008-12-24 [Digg]

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

KBM ‘08: An Offline Get Together Of Pak Bloggers
Part of a tri-city series, the Karachi Bloggers Meetup was where I met with a lot of bloggers in Karachi for the first time.

Links for 2008-12-18 [Digg]

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

WiMAX is HOT in Pakistan - Will America Catch Up?
In an article on 4G Wireless Evolution, author Richard Grigonis says, "At the moment, Pakistan enjoys the world’s largest WiMAX network. Wateen rolled out WiMAX in 17 cities throughout Pakistan on a platform built with Motorola equipment." Will America be able to catch up with the revolution in emerging markets such as Pakistan? Read more!

Food You Seek? Click on KarachiMetro.com

admin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:23:31 +0000

Tired of going to the same restaurant every weekend? Or tired of eating the same pizza every time for your order? I remember calling PTCL’s directory assistance helpline to get telephone numbers of different eating places or restaurants delivering at home and office. With all the disappointment due to limited information, it was seriously a [...]

Links for 2008-12-12 [Digg]

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Jon the Call Center Guy
Some of the goofy things that happen at a Call Center - Jon's umpteenth phone call!
Meet the Bloggers (Karachi)
The Karachi Bloggers Meetup was hosted by Google Pakistan and CIO Pakistan - Here's a few of the bloggers sharing their URLs with the audience!

Ufone Launched a Song Catcher - Here are MORE practical applications of tags!

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:22:54 +0000

Someone recently posted an ad on Facebook which is a service that Ufone recently launched - something called a song catcher…. and that gave me the excuse I was looking for to blow off the rest of my day searching for how this works. The concept itself isn’t a new one - I found an [...]

Springboard Research Predicts That Despite Slowdown in Spending, Asian IT Will Emerge Stronger from the Financial Crisis

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:54:12 +0000

Technology will be more resilient than other areas of spending among enterprises and will be difficult to cut Springboard’s executive brief, “Asia Pacific IT Market Predictions 2009,” is available for free download at Research Central (registration required) Singapore, December 11, 2008– IT spending in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) will drop to a growth rate of 7.1% in [...]

Ovex Technologies conferred: best BPO-Call Center 2008 Award

newsdesk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:26:06 +0000

Ovex Technologies, Pakistan’s premier Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service provider was conferred the ‘Best BPO-Call Center 2008 Award’ by the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) at the 4TH National ICT Awards held in Karachi recently. Share This Bookmark to

Pakistan imports 20 million mobile handsets annually

newsdesk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:25:49 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is importing 20 million mobile handsets annually, told the mobile handset importing companies’ representatives in a meeting with the Investment Board Chairman, Salim Mandviwala. Mobile manufacturing companies, LG, Nokia, Siemens Group, Telecom Foundation and Advance Telecom’s representatives were included in the delegation, which told the State Minister and Investment Board Chairman that the spiraling [...]

Task force on ICT meets December 5

newsdesk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:25:13 +0000

The Working Group on Software Development and Exports under the aegis of federal task force on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is meeting on Thursday. Objectives of the task force included the development of domestic software, computer hardware and telecom equipment industry, make Pakistan a major IT manpower exporter, make recommendations for the promotion of both [...]

GSM and EDGE network

newsdesk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:24:40 +0000

KARACHI, Dec 2 (APP): Warid Telecom Limited is providing voice and data communications service through its GSM and EDGE network with excellent voice clarity and connectivity in over 414 cities, 7,600 destinations all over the country with exceptional coverage on major motorways and highways. It said that Warid’s EDGE services are available in major cities like [...]

Pakistan ranks 4th in broadband Internet growth

newsdesk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:24:24 +0000

KARACHI: Pakistan is ranked fourth in terms of broadband Internet growth in the world, as the subscriber base of broadband Internet has been increasing rapidly with the total base crossing 170,000 in the country. The rankings are released by Point Topic Global broadband analysis, a global research centre. According to the statistics, there are around 382. [...]

Links for 2008-07-03 [Digg]

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Pakistan contributes 34,893 Downloads To FireFox’s World Rec
Am I really over-reacting here because only an odd 34 thousand people bothered to click on Firefox? I don’t doubt it. What kind of role should the participation have played? It makes a mammoth online population sit up and take notice of us as an inclusive people. We have a lot of users!

Links for 2008-06-22 [Digg]

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A look at how the internet supported Samad Khurram
The internet will play a critical role in spreading the story of Samad Khurram's recent refusal to accept the Harvard University scholarship award presented to him by the American Ambassador Anne W. Patterson.