Category Archive: Internet

Sep
09
2011

News of Bin Laden’s Death and Social Media’s Power of Communication

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I was about to sign out of my email account, when there appeared a new email in my inbox. I immediately opened it to check it out. It was from one of the citizen journalism social networking sites I am a member of. All it said without any details to the information was that Bin …

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Jul
17
2009

Use Google Urdu Transliteration tool to convert Roman Urdu to simple Urdu text

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Just a few years back, designing and building websites or simply chatting in Urdu appeared to be nothing less than a Herculean task. The main difficulty that users came across was typing text in Urdu. As a result, most web users would resort to conversing in Roman Urdu, the typing of Urdu with the help …

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Apr
26
2009

اے زمیں

یہ جو اقدار ہیں یہ ہماری تمہاری جو اقدار ہیں وقت کے کوڑے دانوں میں پھینکے گئے کھوٹے سکوں کی مبہم سی جھنکار ہیں (اور کچھ بھی نہیں) یہ جو معیار ہیں یہ ہمارے تمھارے جو معیار ہیں شب و روز کی اس کسوٹی پہ تُلنے کو لائے گئے تو کُھلا یہ کہ یہ بس …

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Mar
12
2009

Pakistani blogosphere continues to gain ground…

I believe it is no longer a hidden fact that the Pakistani blogosphere has been growing at an amazing pace during atleast these last couple of years. What with the government blocking the blogspot.com domain, the seriously troubled political situation in Pakistan and all, but Alhamdulillah, Pakistani bloggers have definitely rose to the occasion and …

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Oct
17
2008

کاش وہ وقت پھر لوٹ آئے

I must admit that it felt really nice going down memory lane while reading this lovely article by Afzal. True, there is perhaps no time in our life better than our childhood, which we can’t get back…but would it be too much to wish for a stable and calm Pakistan? Or was that all an …

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Oct
15
2008

Wi-tribe to be the next WiMAX Operator in Pakistan

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Aamir Atta at ProPakistani had reported back in May 2008 that Wi-Tribe is planning to enter into WiMAX market in Pakistan, after Wateen and Mobilink. Now after Motorola has signed a multi-year WiMAX contract with wi-tribe Pakistan limited, Wi-Tribe seems set ready for a the all-new wireless broadband Internet provider to enter the Pakistan. Motorola …

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