Posts By Mohsin Mahmood
STUXNET TO FLAME – Heating up the Cyber Battlefield
By Mohsin Mahmood | June 1, 2012 20 CommentsA computer worm discovered in June 2010 revealed to the world the potential of cyber warfare. Moving from spying to sabotaging autonomous industrial systems STUXNET was designed specifically to utilize vulnerabilities in the Microsoft windows to target Siemens Software and Equipment running a Uranium Enrichment Facility in Iran. 60% of STUXNET effected computers were inside Iran which showed to the world how malware can be [...]
Read MoreControlling Driving Habits of Teenagers Through Cell Phones
By Mohsin Mahmood | May 31, 2012 7 CommentsRaising teenagers is a daunting task, ensuring that they are driving in a civil manner on roads is even more daunting. How to track a teenager, who experiences road rage, regularly goes over speed limits and uses his/her cell phone while driving is a haunting question parents face today. AT&T plans to introduce a new system that will answer all these questions very soon. We [...]
Read MoreKlik – Photography and Tagging Friends made easy
By Mohsin Mahmood | May 28, 2012 4 CommentsSnapping and distributing those snaps through different platforms like Facebook and Google Circles is something we all usually do. Taking a snap and then tagging the names to the right person on the snap is a tedious job. Klik makes this task very easy and makes snap sharing a lot of fun. Lets accept it facial recognition is a tricky business we have seen software’s [...]
Read MoreJawbone Up – A Smart New Product
By Mohsin Mahmood | May 22, 2012 12 CommentsJawbone a company which is known for its Bluetooth headsets has designed a product that is going to help you move, exercise, sleep and eat better. Up is a groovy new gadget that makes your life easier when it comes to organizing the most essential of activities. Imagine having a device that helps you know how much you have slept, what you ate, how much [...]
Read MoreVirtual Money – An Emerging Idea
By Mohsin Mahmood | May 17, 2012 5 CommentsAs the World Wide Web takes over more and more of our time the concept of money and wealth and how we spend it is also changing. The internet is drastically changing the way we interact with products and services. Virtual Money is an emerging online “currency” which in the near future will become a vital component of any economy and will be a necessity [...]
Read MoreFactual: The Future of Data is Here
By Mohsin Mahmood | April 10, 2012 4 CommentsImagine a group of people who have made their sole purpose of life to identify, validate and where required re-validate every fact in the world and bring all those facts together under a single roof WOLA you have FACTUAL. A company founded by Gilad Elbaz plans to validate every fact in this world and make it available to anyone who is ready to pay for [...]
Read MoreTrakker NAV: Digital Navigation System for Pakistan
By Mohsin Mahmood | February 13, 2012 15 CommentsA maze of streets, roads, underpasses, overheads and traffic can leave the best of drivers and navigators baffled in Pakistan. Trakker NAV Digital Navigation system by TPL Trakker solves that problem for commuters. TPL Trakker, a fully owned enterprise of Trakker Holdings, has launched Pakistan first ever digital navigation system. The system boasts to provide the most comprehensive geographical coverage in Pakistan with the most [...]
Read MoreStartup Weekend coming to Lahore, Pakistan
By Mohsin Mahmood | December 26, 2011 9 CommentsIf you have a good business idea surged by innovation and technology and if you can make a compelling sale pitch in front of an audience then be ready for the “Start-Up Weekend” coming to Lahore University of Management and Sciences in February-2012. WHAT IS STARTUP WEEKEND? Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if their startup ideas [...]
Read MorePornography – The Next Epidemic for Pakistan
By Mohsin Mahmood | December 13, 2011 84 CommentsA recent survey conducted by Nielsen group concluded that the majority Youth of Pakistan are deeply frustrated and feel abandoned by the government. As more and more urban centers of our country, which hold the cream intellect of our nation, get connected to the communication networks the epidemic of Pornography grows. In light of growing socio-economic pressures & eroding religious and moral values our strength [...]
Read MoreOver the Top Television Prospects in Pakistan
By Mohsin Mahmood | December 12, 2011 2 CommentsThe terminology of OTT or Over the top television is relatively new in South Asia but the concept and technology behind OTT is not new because to a certain extent this platform is being offered as a product in South Asia for few years now. What is OTT? By definition OTT is the delivery of video and audio via the internet, directly to user(s) connected [...]
Read MoreBranchless Banking in Pakistan – Opportunistic View
By Mohsin Mahmood | December 7, 2011 3 CommentsThe World Economic Forum global report on Mobile Financial Services gave extensive coverage to Pakistan praising the country for its fast developing branchless banking infrastructure. Pakistan has been declared as a breeding ground of innovation for branchless banking and has been successful in developing a variety of business models involving a wide range of players, including mobile network operators (MNOs), technology companies and even courier [...]
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