Guest post by Hassan Baig who runs Islamabad based Facebook development start-up called White Rabbits. After the introduction of Facebook’s Open Platform in late 2007, the social gaming industry has become hot with hundreds of millions of dollars poured in by venture capitalists. Moreover since 2007, several large Facebook gaming companies have...
Feline Frenzy is what they have named it; a Facebook Game from Islamabad based start-up called White Rabbit. Play Feline Frenzy here: http://apps.facebook.com/feline-frenzy/ Become a Fan here Gameplay is about throwing boots at birds in the sky from a thrower that can turn right or left to aim the birds. Along with there are cats flowing down hanged...
There are around or above 90 data centralization projects in the queue at NADRA, which will ultimately enable all the data of several dozen departments linked with your CNIC number, told us high level sources at NADRA. Orientation of projects is yet to be made public; however, NADRA is planning big to make all the data of the country to be linked with...
Earlier today I came across this news playing on GEO television network where they showed an email sent from PM cell. The address was mentioned as pmmediaoffice gmail.com. Went into shock and awe. The government official channel is using GMAIL account. What is going on here? Thought it was some kinda mistake so I just googled the email address and...
Just recently we wrote on importance of local content generation and its important for broadband and ICT uplift in the country. Now in this conference held yesterday over the on the same topic, and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said that it will encourage and facilitate local content providers to participate in the ICT based economy...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched a special program for the promotion of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Sector of Pakistan. In this connection, an inaugural ceremony was held at PTA Headquarters, Islamabad wherein Advisor to the Prime Minister on IT, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa formally inaugurated the PTA program...
As spotted by CodeWeek, Fly By, Pakistan’s first Flash Game has ultimately appeared on Facebook, and already it has attracted more than 800 users from all over the world. Fly By is developed by Web Sketchers, a team of individuals who graduated from FAST-NU Lahore in 2009. The game is visually spectacular, rich in colors, and encompasses eye-catching...
We came across another scam hitting Pakistani shores – this time with a new way. Scammers pose as representative of MTN of South Africa (a cellular company), and calls young professionals offering them very catchy jobs with hefty salaries. They pose as if MTN is going to start telecom services in Pakistan, and company is large scale hiring the workforce. When...
Mr. Bashir Ahmed, Director, HEC addressing a seminar to promote Oracle Academy Program in Universities in Pakistan. Dr. Khaver Zia, Beaconhouse National University, and Aamirah Nyazee, Manager Corporate Citizenship Oracle SAGE-West are also seen in the picture. Participants from Oracle, HEC and various universities at a seminar to promote Oracle Academy...
A P2P network, as understandable from its name, helps transfer files between two ordinary computers (peers); like mine and yours. P2P as a network contains thousands of computers (peers) connected to each other in an ad-hoc manner. (For an ad-hoc network the number of peers, peers adding on to the network and peers leaving the network don’t have a...
We have received multiple confirmation from various sources that YouTube has been banned in Pakistan, at least on some ISPs. We are checking ISPs and authority for any official word on it. We will update this story, when and if we get anything further in hands. Update: YouTube is back. We are told by sources that during filtering policy update, YouTube...
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has appointed Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa as his Advisor on Information Technology. APP says that Mr. Latif Khosa has been given the status of a federal minister, citing Cabinet Division’s notification. Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa is a Pakistani senator and advocate, and the previous Attorney General...
Following the Intel Provincial Science Fairs held recently across Sindh, ICT, Punjab and Baluchistan where young scientists presented innovative research-based projects in the categories of biology, chemistry, computer sciences, mathematics and physics, Intel Pakistan Corporation marked the end of its nation-wide science competitions with the Intel...
Imran Zia, the former chairman of Pakistan Software House Association (PASHA) and CEO of Vahzay Inc, has been recently appointed as the new Managing Director of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB). Imran Zia has over 17 years experience working in senior managerial positions in sales, consulting, product management and product development at Oracle,...
Highlights ProPakistani faced hacking attempt ProPakistani remained down due to a Wordpress Bug Attacker was traced by ProPakistani team Mr.c0d3r, who allegedly launched DOS on ProPakistani is Lahore based He is allegedly involved in defacing Rehman Malik’s website, FIA, Geo NEWS and various other websites Its Pakistan’s first case study...
