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Evaluating TechLahore’s Predictions for 2010


Back in December 2009, I had come up with a list of predictions for 2010. I may have gotten a little lucky this year, because many of these predictions were spot-on to an uncanny degree. Here’s how I fared: Political predictions I don’t see Asif Zardari making it through 2010. I think he will be [...]

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Will WindowsPhone 7 dent the iPhone, Android, Blackberry oligopoly?


The decline of Windows Mobile in the last few years is one of the most confusing, frustrating and inexplicable tech stories of the past decade. After becoming *the* smartphone operating system, besting Palm, Handspring and even RIM, Microsoft apparently went into a coma. They failed to keep up with emerging competition, like the Apple iPhone, [...]

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TechLahore’s prediction about Palm comes true – Palm bought for $1.2B by HP


This news doesn’t make me particularly happy, because a great, innovative company that pioneered the handheld market has been gobbled up today for a paltry sum that may be less than the value of its patents alone. But I have to say, I did see this one coming. Almost two years ago I predicted that [...]

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TechLahore’s Predictions for 2010


I recently evaluated the predictions from last year. In a nutshell, I was about 80% correct. 2009 has certainly been filled with unique challenges, both at a global and national level. We’re all hopeful the future holds better things, and on that subject, I’ll share with you what I think will go down in 2010. Once [...]

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TechLahore's Predictions for 2009


Last year, I listed out a set of predictions and just recently I evaluated how they turned out. But on to more important business: what’s 2009 going to be like for Pakistan, for the IT industry and for the world at large? There are lots of very important trends unfolding before our eyes and they can [...]

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Celio builds a business around the worst idea Palm ever had. Maybe doing the same thing over and over will produce different results?


You’ve got to hand it to the brave and the few. Because that’s what the mavericks at Celio corp are. While you and I would try to learn from products that the world rejected and, oh, I don’t know, maybe NOT repeat the same mistakes, Celio has a different idea. They want to re-introduce the [...]

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Me like Centro, Me want it with GSM


Here comes the Centro! After the Foleo fiasco, Palm had some sense knocked into their head, probably by Elevation Partners, who now have way too much – $325M much, to be exact – riding on their success. Apparently Bono, who is one of the key investors and General Partners at Elevation, brought the U2 boys [...]

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