TechLahore

I just received a message from the folks over at FiveRivers who have produced this wonderful documentary on innovation & entrepreneurship in Pakistan. It’s really worth watching, and I love the underlying message: the notion that we can redefine our perceived identity with our hard work and achievements. I can certainly sign up for that, and [...]

Lahore-based Pepper.pk has been in the news quite a bit recently and that’s only because they’ve been doing newsworthy things! They’ve just completed a previously unparalleled feat – their third application, Ninja Fruit Bash, has hit World #1 on Blackberry Appworld. With over 25,000 applications now listed on the marketplace, this is no small achievement if [...]

Ok, I’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but when the news is this awesome, I hardly mind! You may remember that a few months ago we covered Lahore-based Pepper.pk’s Photo Editor application which had made it to World #1 on Blackberry Appworld. Well, they’ve done it again, and this time with a [...]

Pakistani game developers are increasingly in the news. It seems that over the past couple of years, an entire sub-industry has been created out of thin air. Given the political and economic context, this is nothing short of remarkable. Prior to the new all-star lineup featuring companies such as Mindstorm Studios, Pepper.pk, TinTash, Tkxel and [...]

I just have a good feeling about 2011. I think it’s going to be a great year. I’ve thought a lot about where the optimism is coming from, and I don’t think it’s all subjective. Very important things happened in 2010, such as the incredibly pivotal visit by the Chinese Premier to Pakistan, Pakistan’s establishment [...]

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 [...]

Just a couple of days ago we shared Pepper.pk’s amazing achievement; their Photo Editor application for Blackberry devices had made it to the Top 5 best selling BlackBerry applications on RIM’s AppWorld. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, I received an email from the Pepper.pk team who sounded on top of the [...]

Stop the presses, ’cause here’s a piece of mind blowingly awesome news. Pepper.pk, a Lahore-based software company we’ve covered in the past, has hit it out of the park with their latest Photo Editor suite for Blackberry devices. Photo Editor has made it to #5 on the list of Top Paid Blackberry Applications ON THE [...]

Back in October last year, we covered Mindstorm Studio’s exciting new cricket game for the PC. It is clearly “best in class” when it comes to a cricketing experience on the PC. Well, another Pakistani mobile gaming company just jumped into the fray! Pepper.pk has come out with a fun-to-play cricket game for the iPhone. What is [...]

The New York Times published an interesting article on the state of IT innovation in India. In a nutshell, the Times found that while India continues to be a low-cost offshoring destination, Indian companies are not being able to truly innovate and create compelling new products. Within India, there appears to be an overwhelming focus [...]