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The Wall Street mayhem seems to have spared tech firms, at least that’s the case with Intel. The company has posted a third-quarter revenue of $10.2 billion - a new record for the company.According to an Oct. 14 news release, the company reported a pretax net income of $2.01 billion, up from $1.79 billion […]
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Syed Amir Hussain bagged the Chief Operating Officer (COO) position at Telecard. He’ll oversee the Wireless Local Loop business of the company in Pakistan.According to a news release, Mr. Hussain has over thirteen years of telecom experience in Pakistan and led the team that launched countries first Wireless Local Loop Service back in 2002 and […]
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According to a recent news report published in The News, Pakistani telecom companies have made billions during the Eid holidays. The faulty network and a possible ‘tempering’ might be the reason for that.KARACHI: Telecommunication companies in Pakistan made billions during the three days of Eid-ul-Fitr while choked service lines caused trouble to people with […]
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Mozilla will form a new group that will focus on the research and development of developer tools for the open Web.”We believe that there’s tremendous opportunity for innovation in tools that increase developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences, and promote the use of open standards”.The browser giant has hired Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith, co-founders […]
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This message naturally applies most to U.S. startups in the midst of economic turmoil, but its a good reality check in any case. The key thought: Get Real or Go Home.Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturnView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: depression recession)Share This
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BumpIn.com is a service we covered some months ago that lets you have live conversations with people visiting the same webpage as you. Their main product is a pretty sophisticated browser-plugin that lets you discover and connect with people who are visiting the same webpage as you - this can be useful to find people […]
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We have seen a growth in Web sites that are dedicated to online reviews. While the movies and music review portals are now a well established phenomenon in Pakistan but reviews on restaurants, educational institutes, health clubs and all things related to our life style are quite rare.To bridge this gap, two web portals have […]
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We’ve tried this a couple of ways before, but as BumpIn leaves its private beta they were kind enough to help us set it up at Green & White too. Using the chat-widget on the right, you can now talk live with whoever is reading G&W at that time as well. If you’re […]
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Electronic government or e-Govt as it’s more commonly referred to is still a distant dream in Pakistan. While we have seen an immense growth in the e-governance in the developed countries and many developing countries too, Pakistan is left behind in this race.I would narrate two personal experiences here to solidify my claim. National Savings […]
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Necessity is the mother of invention - and perhaps no one has needed this more than aggravated Wateen Wimax users who are plagued with constant disconnections that require them to manually re-login to the wateen service. From the brief time I’ve had to use the wimax service myself I can tell you nothing is […]
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Some of you might remember Saad from a year ago when he was writing about very interesting stories within IT and Telecom, such as cellphone coverage over specific train routes, urdu portals in cyberspace, the growth of the media industry and more.He joined CDF as a fulltime editor of Social Bridges — our 6-month project […]
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Coeus Solutions GmbH and Evoworks Media from Germany have just launched a screen capture software Cacatoo that lets you capture screenshots or video from your desktop, annotate them, and then upload them to their service so that you can share it as a link with your friends. Coeus Solutions GmbH is the german offshoot […]
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This is a guest post by Anthony Mitchell, InternationalStaff.net (http://internationalstaff.net)What questions should high-tech entrepreneurs be asking themselves as they plan a new enterprise? What questions will seed-fund managers ask applicants for funding? Borrowing from the open-source software movement, a new seed-stage investment fund in Seattle has published a questionnaire that they use to […]
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The discussions and debates about an apparent slow down in the Pakistani telecom sector are in full bloom these days. While the telecom growth has certainly taken a nosedive and indicators prove this assumption but what would be its impacts on a common Pakistani and more importantly on thousands of people who depend on […]
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Wow - 1000+ RSS subscribers seems like a pretty landmark achievement.I think the major set of thanks for this goes out to all of the great guest and contributing writers on the site… especially Babar Bhatti, Mansoor, Adnan Ali, S. Ahsan Iqbal, Ali Raza Shaikh, Ramla, Salman Munir and other guest writers.Here’s some other, […]
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Long break…. lonnnng break. Extra special thanks to Babar Bhatti and Mansoor for keeping the torch lit while we were away.You know, honestly, I’ve recently gone through a lot of thoughts about the future of community and kinship and ways to take things forward… and the conclusions were mostly not very pretty or hopeful.Its actually […]
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I received this email through one of the technology mailing list. A quick check on naqsha.net showed that the maps are there and there are some POIs (points of interest) that you can search. The quality of maps is decent and it covers a handful of major cities. Just don’t expect the overall experience to […]
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I have received variations on this SMS message a dozen times since the beginning of this month of Ramadan. It saysApjo koi ho plz mere is num 03xxxxxxxxx per15rps send kr do main hospital main musibt man hun plz tumko alah aur rasol k waste mera yakin kro plz10rps plz.which translates roughly to:Whoever you are, […]
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Corporations see in software’s seductive invisibility and seemingly open-ended flexibility a never-ending frontier of promise, where hope triumphs over reality …. And hope, unfortunately, has never been a very effective strategy. The above quote is taken from a paper “The Trouble With Enterprise Software” by Cynthia Rettig, published by Sloan Management Review. I recommend it […]
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Guy Kawasaki explains the difference between fundable and viable startups in his own down-to-earth style . Following the original post for watching rest of the videos.WPvideo 1.10Download!Share This
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Simeon, a serial entrepreneur and VC, has written a thoughtful piece about the success factors for entrepreneurs.We tend to say that one of the marks of great entrepreneurs is that they know how to operate in uncertain environments. I believe this is very true but it merits asking the further question about why are entrepreneurs […]
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I stumbled upon this blog post and found it to be a useful checklist for preparing for sales, demos and other selling activities. I have included one set of list but there’s more at the post about the meeting, followups and sales strategy.Build The Client RelationshipThe positive Client relationship that may take an eternity to […]
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The year 2008 has shown quite a few signs that Telecom - the once hot industry of Pakistan - is losing its steam. Among other factors, foreign investment is down and there are other issues listed below. Follow the links for posts in which each of these items has been discussed.Susbcriber growth has slowed downIllegal […]
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A quick scan of my google reader shows a lot of activity in the social networking / social media / social technology area. A few established sites have reached critical mass. Many many startups are coming up with a re-hash of the same idea or with ideas which have small incremental worth. I see an interesting trend […]
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I was showing a prototype to the CEO of my company and explained to him that the solution will be available on mobile devices as well as an accompanying web portal where users can register for the services. He looked at me and asked if the portal can be completely optional. “I don’t want to […]
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Sohail Abid of IdeasHut.com has posted some interesting questions about developing a local Location Based Services (LBS) platform in Pakistan. This is in the wake of recent announcements by Yahoo (FireEagle) and Google (see below) to make it easy for developers to use LBS. His thinking is that this local platform will be based on […]
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These days its hard not to notice the increase in popularity of cloud computing. Amazon can be credited for taking this technical concept to a mainstream level. Now HP and other giants want a slice of this.Cloud computing can be thought of an extension of software as a service but with an interesting twist that […]
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The September edition of the MIT Technology Review has featured the work of Umar Saif, a professor at LUMS, on improving Internet connectivity in the developing-world. The Project, dubbed DonateBandwidth, is a follow-up project of Poor Man’s Broadband work which I wrote about previously. Our congratulations to Dr. Saif and the team.Umar shared his […]
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Sometimes, a picture (or a collection of them) is worth more than a thousand words. So instead of boring you with text and bullet points, i’ll just show you!Click on the image to go to the hosted presentation on slideshare, the best place in the world to share slides. I would’ve embedded it here, but […]
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This post was contributed by Heather Johnson, who writes on the subject of graphic designer. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com.The very reason for the existence of a business is to make money. Even altruistic set ups like non profit organizations have to make enough money to enable them stay alive […]
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The rise in popularity of semi-professional social networks has led to a large number of digital version of paper tigers. Just to be clear, by a paper tiger I refer to someone who artificially inflates his or her online profile to make it appear more impressive than it is in reality.This is no different than […]
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Warid has recently announced 2 location based services: friend finder and place finder (i.e. local search). These are pay-per-use services (Rs.3+tax). Using SMS or MMS. you can find the location of another warid cell phone customer or do a local search for a point of interest such as bank. Service is limited to major cities.This […]
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So far, a very good indicator for the industry. Pakistani IT exports have been growing steadily for the last five years at 50% and even this year has not been behind in any aspect, growing from $116M to $175M (66%) this year.I’ve been quite involved in the software industry here and the figures do justice […]
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This is a guest post by Kamran Niazi - Kamran is a regular commenter on G&W and works as a Financial Analyst at the Agribusiness Support Fund. The views in this article are his own.
The other day, I went to CTC (Coffee, Tea & Company, Lahore) to buy a cake. Over there, I mentioned that […]
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Update: The name of the product is Mango - Manoparty is just the domain nameConfiz Systems recently unveiled their second product targeting the PK Market. Mango is a "SMS based social network" for the masses. It is somewhat similar to Twitter, but not focused on micro-blogging - rather they let people mass-send SMSes to their […]
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Confiz Systems recently unveiled their second product targeting the PK Market. MangoParty is an "SMS based social network" for the masses. It is somewhat similar to Twitter, but not focused on micro-blogging - rather they let people mass-send SMSes to their friends or to special groups.A number of our readers are already aware of […]
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Rozee / Naseeb networks just received Rs.12.19 Million from the ICT R&D Fund to launch a career and alumni management software application that will be offered to universities free of charge.The web application will contain different modules to allow university career centers to liaison with the industry, track their alumni and more. Based on the […]
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It seems like everywhere you look, there’s a new business plan competition going on. While not many businesses sprout up immediately, they do sprout up new idea’s which would make it more likely for the idea owners to pursue a little later down the road.This latest competition is being held under the auspices of Ministry […]
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Unfortunate ad placement Videofunny video This is hilarious… but on a serious note - do news companies really have a conflict of interest here - in the example above… is it the interest of the news corp to mention credit card fraud? Its not really their interest to do that - just their job.Should a […]
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I want to write a few posts about trends that we might be seeing that we should be concerned about. Not the economy etc in general but specifically related to online activities or Tech / IT.Specifically these are things that might seriously discourage the outlook of people like us.Before I add my own thoughts on […]
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The PTCL ITI Connectivity with SMW-4 went down early Monday because of a cable cut in Segment 2.2. International traffic is currently running on a backup via SMW-3, and because of the excess load there, net access speed has started crawling (we’re getting sub 200kbps instead of the regular T1).Other ISPs who also used PTCL […]
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I just had the chance to look at JustMeans, who are offering an incredibly fresh way for companies to find good employees via an online platform. In short: their platform is nothing short of beautiful.The beauty is that JustMeans isnt only focusing on helping with the process of hiring (i.e. helping you get more […]
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An email has been circulating on some technical groups which requests input from all stakeholders about Pakistan’s upcoming IT policy. The attachment with the mail has the text as shown below. This is quite a way to gather input. Many have expressed their concerns about the process and the lack of clear context and missing […]
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MIT Technology Review magazine has published a list of 10 web startups to watch out. Even though I do not agree with their list (for reasons which will take up many posts), it is worth sharing as some of these up and coming startups are interesting. But wait, there’s more. There are is an article […]
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I met the Managing Partner of Zeropoint.it - Jelle Mattelaer - at SI3 in LMKR - and two things stood out right off the bat.The first is their business niche. Although what they’re doing still falls under custom software development or customization, but they have atleast one slightly distinguishing aspect. They specialize in customizing […]
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Wi-Tribe is a joint venture between Qatar Telecom and A.A. Turki Corporation for Trading and Contracting (ATCO), which is offering Clearwire’s wimax technology and services to Jordan and (soon) to Pakistan.In Pakistan, this is the brand that will emerge out of the acquisition of majority stake in Burraq Telecom that occurred more than a […]
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Aarpix caught my attention recently, and I’ll be honest, I’m still taken aback by just how much they’re doing! Seriously, I need your help in evaluating this startup.Here goes:Aarpix.com is a web, images, audio, video, news, sport, blogs search engine (powered by Windows Live), a dictionary, encyclopedia, casual gaming site, gamer discussion site, article […]
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Bramerz from Lahore was arguably Pakistan’s first citizen journalism startup - now they’ve taken another good web initiative to launch Pakistan’s first ad network for websites.They’re selling ad-space from publisher partners to local advertisers on a CPM basis, and from the looks of it they have already gotten a number of interesting local advertisers […]
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The 5th Innovation Journalism conference was an impressive gathering of the leading mainstream and emerging journalists from around the world. The three day conference brought together people from Venturebeat, GigaOm, AlwaysOn, Bloomberg, New York Times, and dozens of other media publications to discuss prevalent issues in the state of media.Issues discussed ranged from media […]
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ProPakistan has started what they’re calling a "Professionals Board" which is further being marketed as being a "social network for Pakistani community, especially for the people presently associated as an expert or lead in any of the industry. The board is open for people within Pakistan as well as over seas Pakistanis."Actually what it […]
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