Many of your might already know Faizan Buzdar from Elixir and then from Ultimas (based out of Rawalpindi) – where he started his tech career back in the days. Faizan is praised by many for the way he started Scrybe and the way it created buzz around the globe. He didn’t stop there and went on to start Convo, a business collaboration service, which is [...]

During a latest development in telecom sector, Ufone and Mobilink has announced an increase of 5 paisas for balance inquiries. Zong, Telenor and Warid are likely to follow the move in coming days. Ufone said that new balance inquiry charges will be applicable from May 25th, while Mobilink hasn’t mentioned any date for new charges yet. We are sure that other operators will announce similar [...]

Ufone yesterday launched the “Uth Pack”, operator’s first true brand for the youth, with which it aims to bring comfort and style in lives by offering more than just calls and SMS. Salman Wassay, Chief Commercial Officer, Ufone is here himself explaining us the philosophy of Uth Pack and how it is going to make a difference for the youth of the country. Here goes [...]

LG, the Korean Electronics Giant, has launched 84-inch Ultra HD TV, equipped with 3D technology, in Pakistan with a price tag of whooping Rs. 2 million per unit. World’s first ultra HD TV boosts 4K resolution, by setting new level of ULTRA HD (3840 X 2160) picture quality making Full HD (1920 X 1080) look like standard definition. Other top selling features of this beast [...]

Ufone yesterday launched ‘Uth Pack’, which has been tailored specially for the youth. Uth Pack is designed to target the urban youth which is looking for a lot more than just Voice, SMS and Data. The focus of its positioning “On Kar” revolves around the digital at heart and for those who wish to have a redefined cellular service. Uth Pack is the country’s first [...]

Group photo of PTA officials with Dr. Sania Nishtar, Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecom. Senior officials of Ministry of IT and Telecom are also present. Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology &Telecom (IT&T), Dr. Sania Nishtar visited Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters yesterday. Additional Secretary, Member Law , Member IT of MoIT Director Generals (DGs) of Different Divisions of PTA and senior officers [...]

Mobilink posted a steady increase in revenues in first quarter of 2013 to reach Rs. 27.2 billion, up from 25.9 billion during the same duration a year ago. Revenues were mainly hit by tough regulatory environment, persistent energy shortage and law and order situation that resulted into government forced network outages. Mobilink, on other hands, took necessary measures to strengthen its position with given circumstances [...]

A lawyer from Peshawar has challenged the ban on YouTube in Peshawar High Court, by maintaining that the ban on the video sharing website should be un-blocked. Petitioner,Mian Mohibullah Kakakhel, said that its in the larger interest of general public to access the YouTube. He mentioned that authorities concerned, i.e. PTA and MoIT have failed to block the specific URLs that contain blasphemous content – [...]

Warid Telecom has announced its latest International Dialing offer for  Warid Prepaid subscribers in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur regions. Customers from these regions can make international calls to their loved ones in India and Bangladesh for just 7 paisas+tax per second without any hidden subscription charges. Warid Prepaid or Glow customers in the vicinity of Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur regions will be automatically eligible to [...]

The Information Technology University Punjab (ITU-Punjab) is set to hold an Information session on Saturday, May 18, 2013, 4:00pm onwards at the Arfa Software Technology Park located on Ferozepur Road, Lahore. This event will be a great opportunity for prospective students to learn about ITU’s existing MS program in Computer Science and also its undergraduate program being launched this year. ITU will be offering four-year [...]

At its famed I/O Conference, Google, instead of announcing a new Nexus smartphone, Google has announced that it will be selling the Galaxy S 4 instead with stock Android OS. The phone will come with the same specs as the original Galaxy S 4 with the only difference being the original, skin-free Android UI instead of Samsung’s own Touchwiz with Nature UI. The phone will [...]

Warid telecom announced the launch of a bus schedule app aimed at providing its customers with all the information they need about routes and timings for Daweoo bus service. Now Warid Telecom users can download the Bus Schedule application which will allow users to check intra city bus routes along with their travel charges and timings. The app displays all the bus routes across Pakistan. [...]

Gartner has released stats for smartphone and mobile phones sales for first quarter 2013, according to which Android smartphones grabbed 75 percent share from total smartphone sales, while Samsung sold 30 percent of these smartphones in first three months of current year. Out of total 210 million smartphones sold in first quarter, 156 million devices were running on Android platform. Smartphones sales grew by 50 [...]

Blackberry has announced BB10 running Blackberry Q5 smartphone – similar to that of Blackberry Q10 – for selected markets. Blackberry Q5 comes with physical and conventional QWERTY keyboard below a 3.1 inch touchscreen. Here are the complete specs for Blackberry Q5: CPU: Dual-core 1.2 GHz OS: BlackBerry 10 OS Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen 720 x 720 pixels, 3.1 inches (~328 ppi pixel density) Memory: Expandable [...]

BBM, Blackberry’s signature instant messaging service, will be available for Android and IOS users later this year. With this all Android, iOS and Blackberry devices will be able to cross-communicate using BB10’s feature rich BBM services. There are over 60 million active BBM users using blackberry devices, who will now be able to connect with their cross-platform friends from Android and iOS. With this announcement, [...]