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Pakistani Retailers Enter UAE using LumenSoft Candela RMS

10. February 2012

Some of the top brands of the country have started their retail business in UAE and their retail operations are powered by LumenSoft “Candela Retail Management System (Candela RMS)”. The first brand to use LumenSoft’s Candela RMS was popular clothing brand Junaid Jamshed that employed Candela RMS to manage the UAE retail operations. The brand [...]

PTA expedites efforts to bring in global telecom operators for 3G license auction

9. February 2012

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Last month Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) announced the auction date for 3G/ 4G/ LTE license/spectrum at the second investment awareness conference held in Karachi. The auction was scheduled for March 28 and 29 of this year. And the bidding process appears to be moving on schedule. The Expression of Interest (EoI) have been published in [...]

Babar Iqbal publishes research paper on Digital Forensic Science, sets world record

8. February 2012

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Four time world record holder and our very own child prodigy Babar Iqbal has gone to put Pakistan on the genius map yet again through the publishing of his first research paper on Digital Forensic Science. Digital Forensic Science, as the name suggests, is the use of scientific methods for procurement, identification, analysis and documentation [...]

Punjab comes to Google Street View: MoU between Google and Punjab

7. February 2012

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About 15 hours ago Badar Khushnood tweeted the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing between Google and Punjab, along with a picture of the signing. The MoU allows Google Street View to capture and upload images of locations part of the cultural heritage of Punjab. The 360-degree street-level imagery allows people to absorb [...]

National ICT R&D Fund Board of Directors approves IPR transfer

7. February 2012

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Board of Directors of the National ICT R&D Fund Approves Transfer of IPR of Technical R&D Projects to the Funded Entities The Board of Directors of the National ICT R&D Fund approved the policy for transferring of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of its technical R&D projects to the funded entities in its last meeting. The [...]

Arfa Karim Technology Park’s official inauguration date set

6. February 2012

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A mere three days stand between now and the official inauguration of the Arfa Karim Technology Park – previously the Lahore Technology Park – in Lahore. The Arfa Karim Technology Park is Punjab IT Board’s (PITB) flagship project meant to promote the new ‘era of technology’ in Punjab. The facility stands 17-storeys tall upon 475,000 [...]

wi-tribe launches Pakistan’s first Buy and Sell Software Portal

6. February 2012

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wi-tribe has just announced the beta launch of wi-tribe Bazaar – a Buy and Sell software portal which is the first of its kind for the country. With a simple and user-friendly interface, wi-tribe Bazaar allows software developers the convenience of selling their software products online locally. As of now the portal enlists the following [...]

GoodCore’s Educational App for Preschoolers gets lauded

30. January 2012

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After the success of their popular Spot the Farm Animal, the GoodCore team presents the much-anticipated sequel: Spot the Jungle Animal! The new app has been well-received to the extent that it got chosen as app-of-the-day by the popular parenting & educational website ‘SmartAppsForKids’. The goal of this website is provide the most complete source [...]

i2c Experiences Strong Growth as Banks Begin Adopting Prepaid

30. January 2012

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i2c, Inc., a provider of payment processing, loyalty and transaction settlement solutions, announced recently that 11 banks have signed up to use i2c’s payment processing solution since October 2011. The banks, many of which launched with i2c in under 45 days, together manage 23 different prepaid programs marketed to consumers in hundreds of locations across [...]

Smarter Kids can make a brighter future for Pakistan

28. January 2012

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IBM presented 26 Young Explorer computers to four non-profit organizations including Development in Literacy (DIL), Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization (MGPO), Kaghan Memorial Trust (KMT), and PAF’s Special School of Education. This donation was carried out under IBM’s ‘KidSmart Early Learning Program’ which is the company’s initiative to make Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) widely [...]

Folio3 Success Story: Solutions for Waterbar

27. January 2012

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“My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water” – Mark Twain Waterbar is the first company in the Middle East that provides its clients with exclusive, fine, premium waters from around the world. Their portfolio is carefully selected by renowned water sommeliers and is considered as “the finest bottled [...]