Author Archive for Zaheer Ahmed Khan

Telenor Karo Mumkin – Where Do You See Pakistan in Future?

Telenor Pakistan has just launched their “Karo Mumkin – Pakistan in future” campaign. The campaign inspires everyone to realize possibilities by sharing ideas about future Pakistan. The whole concept revolves around hope, inspiration and believing in the realization of possibilities.
Telenor Pakistan has been a pioneer in innovation and a few months back, realized an incredible possibility with the launch of easypaisa services. The idea was to bring the bank to the customer – a possibility that became a reality through easypaisa.

Looking beyond, we must also remember our own heroes – Sarmad Tariq, Pakistan’s first physically challenged wheelchair racer who competed in the New York Marathon, demonstrating remarkable strength of character and setting an example for us to follow. Let us also remember Nabeel, Pakistan’s first student scoring 26As in the A-level exams and setting the world record for this extraordinary achievement. There are many more that believed in their [...]

Watch easypaisa Mobile Account TVC & Win an iPOD – Another Stupid Competition

Increasing viewership and attracting other networks’ customers right Telenor? Well… Even if they don’t reply we all know the purpose of such competitions. Though they claim to give incentive to the participants of the survey but come on… gimme a break, they don’t care about you. All these companies care about is one thing: MONEY.

Anyways…I am not supposed to write like that right? I just had my opinion, you can agree or disagree. They are giving free iPods through lucky draw to winners who give answers to the “stupidest” questions asked on their website about easypaisa latest product “easypaisa Mobile Account“. Customer of any network can participate in the competition (dang! I was right…attracting other networks’ customers ). I didn’t say that… Did you read that? No right?
People who want to “participate” in the survey can go to this link: http://www.easypaisa.com.pk/competition.php

Sony Plans to Launch 3D TVs in Japan in June 2010

TOKYO: Sony said Tuesday it would start selling 3D televisions in Japan in June, aiming to ride a new wave of interest in the technology thanks to recent movies such as sci-fi blockbuster “Avatar”, reported AFP.
The Japanese giant said its first 3D liquid crystal display TV models would hit the Japanese market on June 10, with a price tag of about 350,000 yen (3,535 dollars) for a 46-inch version.
Viewers will wear electronic glasses that open and close rapidly in time with images designed for the right and left eye, creating a three-dimensional effect.
Sony said its overall television business would shift into high gear in the fiscal year to March 2011, targeting sales of more than 25 million liquid crystal display TVs — up two thirds from its forecast for this year. It aims for 10 [...]

YouTube Enhances Automatic Caption Capability

WASHINGTON: YouTube, in a significant development for deaf Web users, extended automatic caption capability to all English-language videos on the video-sharing website on Thursday.
YouTube users have been able to manually add captions to videos since 2008 and in November of last year the site began offering machine-generated captions for about a dozen partner channels, reports AFP.
Hiroto Tokusei, a YouTube product manager, said in a blog post on Thursday that the automatic caption, or auto-caption, feature was now being expanded to all videos on the site in English.
Auto-captioning uses speech-to-text technology to generate subtitles.
“Making video easily accessible is something we’re working hard to address at YouTube,” said Tokusei, citing studies that predict that over 700 million people worldwide will suffer from hearing impairment by 2015.
While the auto-caption feature currently only works for videos where English is spoken, Tokusei said [...]

19 Interesting Internet Facts – 2009

Couple of days ago, I covered 18 interesting firsts of the Internet. Today, I am going to share 19 most interesting and amazing facts about Internet (as of year 2009). So, without wasting time, let’s start;

1. Out of 100 pictures on Internet, 80 are of naked women. That’s means 80% pictures on Internet are of naked women.
2. 17 billion devices will be connected to the Internet (in total) by the year 2012.
3. More than 3.7 million domain names are registered every month in 2009 (according to Domain Name Industry Brief).
4. Which came first? Email or Website? Yes, that’s email which predates websites. Find here.
5. The ration between ‘normal’ and porn pages is 1:5. That means, there are 5 porn pages for every ‘normal’ page.
6. Out of 8 Married couples in US, one met online (2009 report).
7. The first banner advertisement on Internet was used in 1994.
8. The total number [...]

Zong Achi SIM Offer – 300 Free On-Net Minutes

ZONG is being advertising Achi SIM offer for couple of days now but are yet to update their website with any informatoin regarding the offer. Today, ZONG replied on Facebook Fan Page and provided information about Achi SIM offer. With this offer subscribers can enjoy free minutes of worth Rs. 450/- or 300 on-net minutes for 12 months/1  year.

These free minutes will be divided into 12 months and users will get 25 free on-net (ZONG to ZONG) minutes every month along with free value added services i.e. 1 ringtone, 1 dial tune, 1 wallpaper.

18 Interesting Firsts on the Internet

There are more than 18.5 million Internet users in Pakistan among them 1.7 million are broadband users (as of June 2009). Internet has become a necessity of our lives especially for student and working class. But most of the Internet users do not know the history of Internet or many Internet services they use daily.
The purpose of this article is to increase your knowledge about what were the first different things happened in Internet World.  Below are the 18 “firsts” of the Internet. This is quite an interesting study.
1. The First Email
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent first email and also made use of @ symbol in email addresses. Same systems were available even before (early 60s) but they were only used it to exchange messages on mainframe computer. The current shape of email emerged in 1970s. It is to be noted that Internet didn’t even exist at that time [...]

Ufone New Handset Offer for Rs. 1199/-

Ufone once again introduces a new handset with built-in torch for its subscribers for Just Rs. 1199/- Ufone launched it’s handset couple of times in past but due to unlocking of these handsets, Ufone discontinued the offer but the new handsets are locked and can only be used with Ufone SIM (as of now). There is nothing new in this new phone other than they have protected it from unlocking. Also they claim to extend the battery timing.

Ufone Handset Main Features:

Torch

1.4” FSTN Display

Speaker Phone

16 Polyphonic Ring tones

Ultra Slim Design

Extended Battery Time

Weight: 58 Gms

Note:

This handset can only be used for Ufone SIMs.

You can purchase it from any Ufone Sales and Service Center.

Increase WiMax USB Signal Strength Using a Can

While browsing, I came across a very interesting article written by Sohaib Athar about increasing the WiFi signal strength using a Can (the antenna made using Can is often known as Cantenna).  I myself want to try it out but am out of town right now and don’t have my Wateen WiMax USB Dongle but I can’t wait to share this with most of the unfortunate Wateen customers. Before returning the device, try this method. There are solid chances that you will see an increase in signal strength. The writer claims to get 80% signals after applying this method.
What you’ll need?

An Empty 330ml Can;

A Scissor;

A WiMax USB Dongle.

Start Making Cantenna

Take an empty 330ml Can.

Chop it’s both end and cut it from the center vertically  using scissor so, you will be left with a concave sheet.

Make a slot/hole in the center of the sheet to adjust the USB Dongle.

Fit you [...]

Mobilink Recognized for Marketing Excellence

Lahore: March 04, 2010 – Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding, has been recognized for Marketing Excellence by the Marketing Association of Pakistan (MAP).
The MAP Marketing Excellence Award for 2009 has been conferred upon Bilal Munir Sheikh, Vice President Marketing Mobilink for outstanding Performance in the field of Marketing & Management, and for making a significant difference in the Organization’s standing in the Corporate Sector. Home to Pakistan’s most loved pre-paid and post-paid brands, Mobilink is known for its ground breaking campaigns that redefined the marketing scope of Pakistan.
To be presented at the MAP Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony slated to be held in Karachi on Friday, March 05, 2010, the distinguished Marketing Excellence Award has previously been bestowed upon various notable marketers including Musharaf Hai (Unilever), Sarmad Ali (Jang Group) as well as Mobilink’s former President & CEO Zouhair Khaliq.

Skype App Launched for Nokia Symbian SmartPhones

Luxembourg and Espoo, Finland – Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, and 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store, Nokia’s one-stop shop for mobile content.
Skype for Symbian enables Nokia smartphone users to:

Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world*

Save money on calls and texts (SMS) to phones abroad

Send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups

Share pictures, videos and other files

Receive calls to their existing online number

See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM

Easily import names and numbers from the phone’s address book

Skype for Symbian will [...]

easypaisa Mobile Banking Services Gets IS0 27001:2005 Certification

Islamabad. 3rd March 2010: Telenor Pakistan has become the first Telecom Operator in Pakistan to have received the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification for Information Security Management System (ISMS) for mobile banking services.  After a robust and comprehensive ISO 27001 compliance audit performed by the Certification Body Moody International accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Services), the ISMS for mobile banking services has been assessed and found compliant with all international requirements. This certification will ensure secure and reliable mobile transactions through Tameer Microfinance Bank and Telenor Pakistan’s easypaisa.
Chief Technology Officer, Telenor Pakistan Khalid Shehzad while talking about the certification said, “By having achieved this certification for easypaisa services, we have tried to offer to our external customers a secure, reliable and organized information security system that will give them the confidence to conduct their financial transactions without any hesitation.”
ISO 27001:2005 is an international code of practice for Information [...]