Intel Pakistan, in collaboration with Karachi Press Club, celebrated International Women’s Day with women in media. The event titled ‘Intel Celebrates Women’ was held at Karachi Press Club and included a panel of leading women achievers, Jehan Ara (President P@SHA and Bolo Bhi), Nezihe Hussain (Owner, SWOT), Salma Jafri (Content Marketer, Social Media Trainer and Writer) and Sana Saleem. The program is a stepping stone [...]

If you thought wearable tech was stupid, think again. From the guys who gave you Google Glass comes another wearable tech product called ‘Google Glass’. It won’t be coming to stores near you unlike Google Glass, but ripoffs are expected now that the idea is publicized. Google Shoes are modified Adidas sneakers and is a part of the company’s ‘Art, Copy and Code’ project. Its [...]

By Sohaib Sheikh I recently read about a prominent Pakistani brand that was super proud of the fact that it had tons of fans on its Facebook page. It even touted this across various media. This got me thinking: are we, as marketers in Pakistan ,really utilising social media to its fullest extent? While having loads of ‘Likes’ on Facebook is great for one’s ego, [...]

Naveed Qamar, federal defence minister, has assured the National Assembly or lower house of parliament that government will open the access of YouTube in Pakistan before dissolution of assemblies, i.e. with-in less than a week and a half. Mr. Qamar said that government is seriously considering to unblock the video sharing website in the country, which was banned on September 17th, 2012 after a anti-Islamic [...]

Intel Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF – Federal Ministry of Science & Technology) to support Intel Pakistan in holding Science Fairs all over the country. The MoU will bring Intel Pakistan and PSF together to work for accelerating the pace and scale of education in Pakistan and will create awareness and promote research in Sciences. PSF works [...]

Soneri Bank’s online banking website has been hacked twice by two separate hacking groups with-in 24 hours. Defaced Page: http://soneribankonline.com.pk/x.htm Initially the Soneri website – which manages the online banking system of Soneri customers – was hacked by Pakbugs yesterday night. Later, Pak Cyber Army re-hacked the website and defaced the same page with their own message. It is still unclear if customers’ data was [...]

Did you know that the world’s biggest smartphone company first made noodles (similar to Nokia which manufactured tyres)? And do you know what is the meaning of the word Samsung and how did the once small, unknown company became the Samsung which we’ve all come to know? Are you familiar with the gem-studded phone the company released in 2003? If no, then you need to [...]

Freelancer.com, one of the largest freelancing / jobs marketplace in the world, is planning to start its operations in Pakistan, we have confirmed with sources. Pakistan holds one of the largest freelancing community in the world and the trend is on the rise. More and more individuals and professionals from Pakistan are turning towards self-employment and entrepreneurship by offering services to off-shore clients through free-lancing [...]

After building it for years, the wait for IE fans is over as the ’10′ version of the browser is coming to the biggest operating system in the world. This is a big news for the users of Windows 7 who make up over half of the computer world. Internet Explorer 10 brings notable improvements including better JavaScript performance. It comes pre-installed with a built-in [...]

Microsoft announced worldwide availability of a major new update to its Microsoft Office 365 services for business. Microsoft’s Office cloud service to date has new features and offerings tailored to the needs and budgets of small, medium-size and large organizations. In addition to updated Microsoft Lync Online, Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft SharePoint Online services, business users can now get the rich Office applications they [...]

Samsung has unveiled its e-learning or smart-education for B2B markets at the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Forum 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai. There is much interest and investment in the e-learning sector from governments around the world, seeking to deliver Smart-Education to the masses. Samsung is inspiring further investment in this sector by introducing digital Smart-Education solutions and experiences to [...]

Telenor Pakistan is airing a new TVC for its unlimited call offer, that is available to all djuice customers. Before we go into further details, let’s have a look at the TVC that we are talking about: And here is the art work that Telenor is using to promote the offer. We have copied this creative from Facebook page of djuice and pasted below for [...]

YouTube is likely to remain blocked in Pakistan for more time as recent talks between Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and Google for blockade of anti-Islamic content in Pakistan have failed, told us sources familiar with the matter. Google, the parent company of YouTube, is reportedly not agreeing to block the access of anti-Islamic content in Pakistan and hence the government of Pakistan is going to maintain [...]

Competition Commission of Pakistan has prepared Deceptive Marketing Guidelines draft for telecommunication companies as part of its efforts to protect consumers from anti-competitive behaviour through ensuring compliance in telecom sector sales, marketing, advertising, and communication in all forms across all mediums, online and Point of Sale (PoS). The draft guidelines have been shared with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and other telecom companies and have been [...]

As I am writing this post, I’ve just caught a glimpse of a news story on Google News that says Samsung’s Series 7 Chronos Ultrabook is now available in US for $1200. A good news is that it’s actually $100 cheaper than the Chromebook Pixel which was only recently unveiled, thanks to Windows 8 which is several times more functional than Chrome OS. But there’s [...]