Samsung Galaxy S4, the world’s fastest selling phone in the Samsung lineup is going places in Pakistan. The company announced today a series of nationwide road shows that will bring the irresistible Galaxy S4 closer than ever before to consumers throughout the country. The activation drive will kick-off from 25 May to 28 May, 2013 at the Dolmen Mall, Karachi, with similar activities planned in [...]

Warid Employees along with Mr. Younas Sheikh, CCO, Warid Telecom, cutting the cake Warid Telecom today announced the completion of its eighth year of operations in Pakistan. Warid Telecom entered the Pakistani market in May 2005. Warid claims that its unique products and consistent advances in technology and services, company added its share to the Pakistani telecom sector, the economy and as a partner for [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has been made a party in a case filed against Mr. Altaf Hussain of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for allegedly speaking against the ideology of Pakistan in his speech on May 12, 2013. PTA – which was originally not nominated a party by petitioner – was advised by Lahore High Court judge to be made a party because it was also responsible [...]

Microsoft Pakistan in partnership with Nokia Pakistan announced the national winners of Imagine Cup 2013 Pakistan, the world’s most prestigious student technology competition. Microsoft said that this winning team was shortlisted from approximately 180+ entries received this year. Team Epic, the winning team, developed a project Epic to detect falls and Accidents using Windows Phone Device, it’s also capable to alert the authorities of such [...]

Twitter has finally introduced two-step authentication for its users to enhance security. For those who aren’t familiar, two-step authentication means that Twitter users – after inputing username and password – will be sent a unique passcode on their phones via SMS for every login. This passcode will be used as second password before users are actually logged-in the to the website. A confirmed email address [...]

Mobilink Foundation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have signed an agreement to enhance the award winning ‘SMS Based Literacy’ program. The ‘SMS Based Literacy’ program uses Short Messaging Service (SMS) to impart education to learners across Pakistan. The program was conceived by UNESCO Islamabad, who started piloting this project with Mobilink in May 2009. The fourth (4th) phase, in 2013, [...]

Internet users in Pakistan are still hovering around 10 to 15 percent of total population in the country, with less than just 2 percent connected with high-speed broadband internet. Despite the fact, the growth in 2012 for social media usage stood at 50 percent and digital marketing spend by corporations grew by at least 45 percent during the year. These indicators hint the surge in [...]

National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) and Mobilink have collaborated to encourage students to identify everyday problems and propose solutions using technology as a medium. NUST’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) took the lead in developing a competition titled ‘Finding Innovative & Creative Solutions (FICS)’. The competition was a means of providing a [...]

The Information Technology University of the Punjab (ITU-Punjab) held a successful Information session on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the Arfa Software Technology Park. Aspiring students gathered in large numbers to inquire about the undergraduate programs being launched by the ITU in the fields of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering as well as its existing graduate program in Computer Science. ITU-Punjab’s Vice Chancellor, Dr. Umar [...]

Zong recently promoted emerging designers at the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week 2013. Ever since its inception in Pakistan, Zong has been trying to foster the talented youth of Pakistan through various initiatives at numerous platforms. This year, Zong decided to nurture the emerging designers who wanted to showcase their creations at the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week 2013. The lucky designers who participated in the ‘Zong [...]

The Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) has installed an ATM machine on the campus of Government College University Lahore, to facilitate its students, staff and teachers. GCU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Muhammed Khaleeq-ur Rahman and HBL President Nauman K. Dar inaugurated the ATM machine, while HBL Head Payment Services Faiq Hussain, GCU Director Research Professor Dr Muhammad Zakria Butt and Old Ravians Union Secretary Dr Khalid [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]