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Posts By Mohsin Mahmood

STUXNET TO FLAME – Heating up the Cyber Battlefield

By | June 1, 2012 20 Comments

A 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 [...]

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Controlling Driving Habits of Teenagers Through Cell Phones

By | May 31, 2012 7 Comments

Raising 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 [...]

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Klik – Photography and Tagging Friends made easy

By | May 28, 2012 4 Comments

Snapping 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 [...]

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Jawbone Up – A Smart New Product

By | May 22, 2012 12 Comments

Jawbone 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 [...]

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Virtual Money – An Emerging Idea

By | May 17, 2012 5 Comments

As 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 [...]

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Factual: The Future of Data is Here

By | April 10, 2012 4 Comments

Imagine 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 [...]

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Trakker NAV: Digital Navigation System for Pakistan

By | February 13, 2012 15 Comments

A 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 [...]

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Startup Weekend coming to Lahore, Pakistan

By | December 26, 2011 9 Comments

If 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 [...]

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Pornography – The Next Epidemic for Pakistan

By | December 13, 2011 84 Comments

A 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 [...]

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Over the Top Television Prospects in Pakistan

By | December 12, 2011 2 Comments

The 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 [...]

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Branchless Banking in Pakistan – Opportunistic View

By | December 7, 2011 3 Comments

The 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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