Rameez Kakakhel, Author at ProPakistaniProPakistani

How to Control and Reduce Your Cell Phone Bill?

By Rameez Kakakhel | July 21, 2011 61 Comments

With the rise in taxes and service charges on cell phone services it is better to find ways that can help you reduce your phone bill, while still being able to communicate. There are different services and applications that can help you in this regard, from making calls to sending SMS. Remember “there’s no such thing as Free lunch” so they will in most [...]

Why Local Businesses Should Move to the Cloud?

By Rameez Kakakhel | July 13, 2011 14 Comments

Anywhere, Everywhere Your data is with you – no matter where you are. Take Google Docs as an example, if you’re not able to go to your office and you have to work on a document – all you need to do is login to your corporate Google Apps service, select the file and click ‘Share’ to start real-time collaboration on that document without considering [...]

Google Plus: What, Why, How and The Future

By Rameez Kakakhel | July 3, 2011 34 Comments

Note: This article isn’t a Google Plus tutorial, instead we will try to analyze the features and will compare them with other social networks. For basic tips and usage details, please check our this article: Google Plus: Basic Tips for Beginners Do you remember the time when Orkut was invite only, everything you did there was open to everyone and everyone was happy & excited. [...]

Mango vs. Apple vs. Desserts (Android)

By Rameez Kakakhel | June 28, 2011 19 Comments

A new version of an OS is released with some new basic features added and the world rushes in to know what ‘the new stuff’ is. A new phone is released with a bump in specs, with the same previous OS and everyone gets excited about what the future holds. This is the mantra of the online blogosphere, well at least with the top tech [...]

Nokia Sea Ray: A Comparison

By Rameez Kakakhel | June 24, 2011 14 Comments

The market is full of Android phones with new variations coming out each day. From mid-level to high end ones, to super-phones like the Galaxy S-II & HTC Sensation. Everywhere you see on the internet there is a buzz about Android and iPhone. The Samsung vs. Apple battle of lawsuits, the Galaxy S3 vs the iPhone 5 and so on. There’s a feeling being created [...]

Manage Your Personal Details / Information Online

By Rameez Kakakhel | June 22, 2011 15 Comments

Online privacy is very hard to manage. You go shopping and the Online Seller holds your Address, Credit Card Number, Expiry Date, Date of Birth etc. You visit any of your favorite websites and the web-server stores (in most of the cases) information about you like IP Address, Browser information, OS, location details (yes, even GPS) etc. It’s very difficult to opt-out or stay away [...]

Motorola Xoom [Tablet Review]

By Rameez Kakakhel | June 14, 2011 25 Comments

The Motorola Xoom is a solid Android tablet with Flash support. This is the first Android tablet with Google’s tablet-specific Honeycomb OS. Fast. Beautiful and highly responsive touch screen is what we call Motorola Xoom. Here’s a quick rundown of the Xoom’s Specs: Processor: Nvidia Tegra 2, Dual Core – 1 Ghz Screen: 10.1 inch RAM: 1 GB Camera: 5MP rear, 2MP front, Autofocus, Dual-LED [...]

Turn your Home PC into a Web/Streaming Server

By Rameez Kakakhel | May 20, 2011 21 Comments

So you are online and your family member, who are maybe in New York or maybe elsewhere are asking for pictures of a recent family event. You check the size of the pictures and its XYZ GB’s (if some can’t judge that’s a lot & it’s OK if you didn’t judge). Uploading somewhere would take centuries and also you don’t want them to be uploaded [...]

Opera 11.10 Review: Because Internet is Serious Business

By Rameez Kakakhel | April 29, 2011 12 Comments

Opera is a very capable and innovative browser. It surprises me how it is not one of the top 3 browsers. On April 12 Opera Software released a new version of their desktop browser, Opera 11.10. Let’s have a look at why it can be your default browser from now onwards! The basic stuff; yes it’s fast, it has a clear non-clutter interface, it complies [...]

History of Symbian and its Flight to Dead Pool

By Rameez Kakakhel | April 18, 2011 22 Comments

World’s most widely used operating system, till date, Symbian evolved from EPOC, a 22 years old term, and is now being planned to put into dead pool, for good. Back in time, Psion developed a family of graphical operating systems for portable devices by the name of EPOC back in late 1980’s. EPOC name was derived from epoch meaning ‘The beginning of a distinctive period [...]

How to Backup / Restore your Android Phone

By Rameez Kakakhel | April 12, 2011 10 Comments

You may need to backup your data if you are planning on changing your phone, be able to get back everything in case of a theft/loss or to just get the phone the way it was before (without losing Contacts/SMS). I did it for the last reason & surprisingly the battery life doubled, exactly what I needed (probably because of lots of background services not [...]

Nokia, Microsoft, Stephen Elop & Uncertainties

By Rameez Kakakhel | March 25, 2011 21 Comments

11th February was the date when Nokia announced its partnership with Microsoft. It’s was just the last month but it already feels like an old story. I thought the same until I picked up this month’s issue of the most reputed local internet magazine and was disappointed to read the same pre-calculated analysis published in it (which is circulating all over the web). So let’s [...]

Google Tips: Improving Your Search Skills

By Rameez Kakakhel | March 24, 2011 9 Comments

All of us are accustomed to using Google on daily basis, either directly or indirectly (like the ProPakistani search feature which is powered by Google). If I ask you what’s the number of cancer patients in Pakistan? Almost all of you readers will jump onto Google or any search engine and query for the answer. Google is good at understanding natural questions like ‘what is [...]

Block Unwanted Calls/SMS [Ultimate Guide]

By Rameez Kakakhel | March 3, 2011 7 Comments

Lets come to the point, there’s this number that you actually want to get rid of or you are tired of Spam SMS or SMS Bombers. Here are the options to your absolute peace of Mind to block all unwanted calls/SMS. Carrier Based Options ZonG Level of Protection: Both Calls & SMS (up to 50 numbers). Charges: Rs. 15/Month. Activation Method: Call 9211 or URL: [...]

0-1-2-3-4 The G’s of Mobile Communication

By Rameez Kakakhel | February 28, 2011 17 Comments

The goal of this article is to let the readers know of the different generations of wireless telephone networks we have been through or hopefully will see in the future. I assure you it will be an interesting and informative read. 0G Networks: 0G or pre-cellular network is here just for the sake of reference, always remember your ‘roots’ kind of thing. They operated mostly [...]