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Shayan Akhtar Makes an Exquisite Record for Microsoft Professional Certificate

With the departure of Arfa Karim, we thought we would not be able to have such bright students in future. However, we have been coming across some great achievements by our youth. Adding to those achievements, a young student from Okara, Shayan Anique Akhtar has made it to Guinness Book of World Records. The reason is his score of 998 marks out of total 1,000 in a Microsoft Professional Certificate program. Shayan Akhtar is invited by founder of Microsoft Bill Gates on his achievement. Shayan has been making computer and mobile games since 2009 and is currently waiting for his matriculation exam results. It is worth mentioning here that Shayan Akhtar is already a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Professional Developer (MPD).

Facebook Launches Instagram-Like Photo Sharing App

In less than two months, after agreeing to pay about $1 billion for photo-sharing application Instagram, Facebook has introduced a similar app for iPhone and iOS devices. Facebook has announced a free app called Camera that focuses on viewing and sharing photos. Instead of showing what your friends are doing and thinking, it just dives straight to their photo galleries. The app also allows you to share multiple photos at a time, including descriptions and tagging. There are also tools for cropping and applying filters to your images. The app allows Facebook to be used in a much more Instagram-like manner. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the time of acquisition that Instagram would continue to function as a separate entity, so the introduction of Facebook Photos would create a competitor from Facebook’s side.

PTCL’s Appeal against PTA gets Dismissed by the High Court

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has lost a legal battle, for about six years, against Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) as the Islamabad High Court has issued ruling in the favor of authority’s decision which was challenged later on. PTCL’s appeal on the PTA’s determination over dispute of PTCL and LDI Operators has also been dismissed by the Islamabad High Court regarding origination of charges on prepaid calling card service. Long Distance and International (LDI) operators have to pay origination charges to PTCL to provide prepaid calling card services, since they are dependent on PTCL’s network for connectivity. The problem came when PTCL started charging LDI operators for unsuccessful calls while O&M partners were not being charged. LDI operators brought the issue because they should not be charged as per the terms and conditions given in Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) of PTCL. Therefore, PTA came in between and analyzed the issue with the help of international references as well. As a result, PTA gave determination on 21 August, 2006 that PTCL shall charge LDI operators for both ‘Revenue Time’ and ‘Non-Revenue Time’ on calling card traffic, as origination charges, after giving 25% discount.

Office for iOS and Android Tablets Allegedly Releasing in November

A couple of months ago, a running version of Microsoft Office was spotted on an iPad, but its authenticity was questioned after Microsoft denied it. But the demand for dedicated mobile apps is clearly there, so Microsoft is apparently planning to release its full Office suit for Android and iOS soon. The news was first reported by BGR, which got a tip from “a reliable source” about Microsoft’s plan to bring Office to a wider audience. Not only is the company planning to make the suite available on the iPad, but it’ll also come to Android tablets. It’s still not clear yet whether iPod Touch and iPhone owners will also get to enjoy editing their docs while on the go, but chances are it will be compatible with the two. According to our source, Microsoft is aiming to release both mobile versions of the app in November. Although Office for Windows runs on non-ARM Windows 8 tablets in legacy mode, Microsoft made no promise in regard to providing a metro-optimized version.

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