TechLahore

After Etisalat’s $2.6BN investment in PTCL, the feeding frenzy appears to be just beginning. OmanTel announced that they are acquiring a majority stake in WordCall, one of Pakistan’s largest multimedia and telecom company. Salman Taseer, as we all know, also runs the Business Plus channel, the Daily Times Newspaper, PACE Pakistan and WordCall Multimedia, WorldCall [...]

So it’s official. The $100 laptop now costs $200 and that too, in quantities of 10,000 units. It’s really sad to see a great intellect such as Prof. Negroponte’s being wasted on this project. Before his One-Laptop-Per-Child project could even come close to producing units in any real quantity, with a much shorter development effort, [...]

It took me longer to resume posting about the Maker Faire, my apologies for that. What I wanted to focus on in this post is the creative atmosphere that exists at a convention like the Maker Faire and the importance of exposing children to constructive and positive experiences such as this. I know how crucial [...]

Much has been said and written about the revival of Pakistani Cinema. It seems, even more so than Khuda Kay Liye, “Freedom Sound” has huge potential for doing exactly that. The concept is brilliant, albeit a little scary. The special effects seem pretty amazing, and anything that has a Star Wars style walker wins my [...]

Check it out! While most of the premier channels, like Geo, ARY and MTV Pakistan, etc. are not included for free, you do get some decent ones, like Aaj TV and Hum TV, for free! The service is not limited to Pakistani channels alone. Plenty of other Asian channels are available as well. The coverage [...]

  When I read this news item in the Business Recorder earlier today, it immediately put a huge smile on my face. Partly, because I felt really proud that a local Pakistani animation studio, Post Amazers, were recognized in such a significant way. But the real reason why I’m beaming right now, is because my [...]