TechLahore

Tweet TechCrunch just published a piece about the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST). This institution is absolutely marvelous by all accounts. Not only does it have a $10BN endowment, one of the largest of any institution in the Islamic world,  it also has state of the art facilities, ranging from [...]

Tweet Microsoft’s been talking about their plans to release a web version of Office for a while now. They obviously weren’t too hot on the concept of browser enabling one of their core revenue earners because it could potentially de-link Office from Windows on stock x86 machines. But, ultimately, it became clear that the only choice [...]

Tweet I’m just not going to buy a bloomin’ Macintosh. That would be against every fibre of my being. I’ve railed and ranted about the deeply philosophical issues I have with Apple, so I don’t want to make this another flame. Let’s just say that TechLahore ain’t no black polo neck wearin’ hippie. Now that [...]

Tweet Khooni Muqabla A few months ago I wrote a review about PTCL’s then brand-spanking-new EV-DO service. And if memory serves, I was pretty high on it. Since then, I’ve been travelling internationally much of the time and haven’t had an opportunity to use it much or to followup on the numerous comments and alternate perspectives that were [...]

Tweet Let the good times roll! The KSE is rocketing north once more, foreign exchange remittances by Pakistanis abroad are hitting all time highs and property deals are happening left, right and center. The Pakistani economy is booming, baby! I was thrilled to see a recent announcement by the much respected Defence Housing Authority, Lahore, [...]