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Google TV

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Technology

Google Inc and No. 2 U.S. satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp are jointly testing a television programming search service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The paper said the service runs on TV set-top boxes which use elements of Google’s Android wireless operating system. It allows users to [...]



Black Barbie Sold for Less Than White Barbie at Walmart Store

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

A photo first posted to the humor Web site FunnyJunk.com and later to the Latino Web site Guanabee.com shows packages of Mattel’s Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Theresa dolls hanging side by side at an unidentified store. The Theresa dolls, which feature brown skin and dark hair, are marked as being on sale at $3.00. The [...]



Did Blog Buzz for “Hurt Locker” Predict Its Oscar Win?

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

The blogosphere was literally split down the middle in terms of online buzz around the 82nd Academy Awards Best Picture nominees. Both Avatar and The Hurt Locker each maxed out with three quarters of a percent (.75%) of blog post buzz across the web.
The data in question comes from The Nielsen Company, who charted all [...]



How Job Seekers Are Using Social Media for Real Results

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Misc

Whether you’re looking for your first job, exploring a career change, or just setting yourself up for future success, social media sites have proven themselves as important platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing you the job you actually want.
We know it’s possible to land a job with social media know-how [...]



Replicators, Innovators, and Bill Gates

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Technology

My last post triggered some interesting debates in the blogosphere about whether entrepreneurs were a product of nature or could be nurtured. It’s not black or white. People are a product of their upbringing and education. Average humans can achieve extraordinary feats when they really try. I’ll concede that, like some great athletes, some great [...]



ReBuzzThis Wants To Be The TweetMeme Of Google Buzz

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Technology

You know how TweetMeme started out trying to be the Techmeme of Twitter before it ventured off plastering its ReTweet buttons on every blog on the Web? Well now there’s a site that just launched today that wants to be the TweetMeme of Google Buzz called ReBuzzThis.
It is not much to look at right now—five [...]



Sony Cyber-Shot Digital Cameras Prices in Pakistan Drop

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 3rd, 2010 • Category: Technology

Sony is a giant in the electronics industry, and its digital camera division reaches far and wide. Sony’s Cybershot models have been incredibly popular since digital cameras became hot property, though their market share seems to be falling off slightly in the past few years. They’re still among the most innovative digital cameras in the [...]



Apple admits using child labour

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Technology

At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple.
The company did not name the offending factories, or say where they were based, but the majority of its goods are assembled in China.
Apple also has factories working for it in Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, the [...]



Dress up Games for girls in Pakistan Download or Play Online

By Sumaira Bajwa • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Playing games is not a fad, and playing games online is certainly not a temporary pastime. Online dress up games in Pakistan are becoming very popular, because they not only provide a fine chance for enjoyment and fun but they also help in improving the sense of fashion.
The mania of online games is not only [...]



photofunia in Pakistan

By Sumaira Bajwa • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: Misc

PhotoFunia lets you add cool photo effects to your pictures online wihin a matters of seconds. PhotoFunia provides you with a huge collection of templates where you can insert a face of your choice. Select the template, uplod your pic, and let PhotoFunia do the hard work and add your face to the template. Once [...]