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Gmail Attachment Alert: Another Reason to Love GMAIL

By Shayan Khan • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Technology

From previewing the text, XML, PDF and other file formats to security to drafts to everything, Gmail is the darling and it has really made email a fun, when everybody is twittering, facebooking and googling.
How many times is it that you composed an email to send your CV to employer. You wrote cover letter in [...]



SAMSUNG Genoa Mobile in Pakistan

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 13th, 2010 • Category: Technology

The simplest touch can go a long way. Especially with the SAMSUNG Genoa mobile phone. Using only a touch of your finger, you can easily and intuitively navigate SAMSUNG Genoa’s simplified menus to access its amazing features. The wide range of incredible applications help connect you to a vast world, whether it’s social networking, web [...]



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 [...]



Top Twitter Client

By Sharafat • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Technology

We’ve written about Twitter client Sobees, which is working to create the best social media client on the market, competing with both TweetDeck and Seesmic. Today Sobees is releasing a new version of its Windows native desktop app built in .NET, complete with realtime search, a redesign and more.
The new client includes support for Facebook, [...]



PTCL Evo PCMCIA Card

By Guest Blogger • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Technology

As for all of you who are wondering about the title i.e. what on earth is an Evo PCMCIA card? Allow me to tell you that it is Aladdin’s magic carpet which will take you around the world on a magic ride. PTCL Evo Rocks! Not really ….. Not without an Evo PCMCIA Card. But [...]



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 [...]



Will the Internet be Hijacked by Corporate Interests?

By Isha Khan • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Technology

The Internet has become one more tool hijacked by corporate interests to accelerate our cultural, political and economic decline. The great promise of the Internet, to open up dialogue, break down cultural barriers, promote democracy and unleash innovation and creativity, has been exposed as a scam. The Internet is dividing us into antagonistic clans, in [...]