Finally! Time to Move on and Find another basket
I write this post with a very heavy heart. I registered the domain for this blog on Dec 31st, 2006 and officially started off with my My First Post on Jan 13, 2007.
That tells me that I have invested a time period of over 4 years, translated into over 35,000 hours and I am happy and very much satisfied with what I have done. Heck! Technorati even tells me that this blog has surpassed most other tech blogs to be included in the list of ‘Top 100 Technology’ and ‘Top 100 Gadgets’ blog around the world.
However, with much satisfaction and success comes the challenge to maintain and live up to what people expect from you. This blog, I can proudly say, at least in Pakistan, started what I call the ‘pedia frenzy’ and since then things have gotten out of hands for me. Not only did people steal the identity of this blog (all the blogs of the same name on .net, .eu, .in, .org etc are not owned by me) but they declined to credit me for something that I started and to be honest I do not feel bad about it.
This blog, my baby as I call it, taught me how to love doing something in life and still make it lucrative. Trust me, it wasn’t about the money, it was never about the money, it was about how one in the information-era is capable to consume and share information. That’s what it was all about but in the course that I followed I found many people were there with me for their personal benefits, to which I feel no remorse; all of them probably had their reasons.
Then, a recent incident, with this blog made me re-think the whole strategy on which I am working. Google banned AdSense on this blog passing a reason that does not make a bit of sense to me. This blog, as Google says, is violating the Adsense quality guidelines for user-experience. For me, it doesn’t make sense as this blog has always been in compliance with all policies and there is not a single reason why our blog’s revenue should face such a major slump.
But then, it hit me. It’s not just AdSense. It is how God wants to communicate with me and tell me that I need to move on. No one should put all their eggs in the same basket and that’s what I have been doing for a very long time. This blog will always remain dear to me and this is in no way a good-bye, this blog will keep running even if we make any revenue out of it or not.
The purpose of this blog post is to let our readers and friends know what I am going through and how they can extract a lesson out of it. God is watching and trust me! karma is a bitch. What I want you to learn from my story is not how you can become a millionaire with blogging rather how you can make a living out of something you love and something you want to do.
I will be shifting my main focus to iPhoneism.com, a new blog that I recently started with Adnan Farooqui. He has served as the editor at this blog for quite some time and will be my partner in the new project. I would like to thank him for all his work and dedication.
For those who wonder what I am doing right now, I work for a digital media agency called bramerz and I am very happy with my day-time job.
Update: This blog is not shutting down and will continue to operation normally with new posts being updated daily.
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Sony To Compensate PSN Users For Downtime, Stolen Data?
It’s really not been a great week for Sony. The news that their PlayStation Network had been hacked was bad enough, but then the Japanese electronics giant was forced to tell its 70 million users that their personal data, and even their credit card details may have been stolen.
Once users had finished cancelling every card they’d ever even thought of attaching to PSN, the thoughts then turned to compensation. Just what will Sony do to make things right? According to a statement from Sony, they’re working on something â€" but they’re not letting on just what they’ll be doing to appease us.
In the company’s latest Q&A session regarding the current problems, Sony did its best to ease players’ fears for their saved game data and trophies by assuring them that their data will simply re-sync as soon as PSN is brought back online. But what about those users who subscribe to online games such as DC Universe Online? According to Ars Technica, Sony is working on a ‘make good’ plan.
"To thank players for their patience, we will be hosting special events across our game portfolio," SOE said in a statement. "We are also working on a ‘make good’ plan for players of the PS3 versions of DC Universe Online and Free Realms. Details will be available soon on the individual game websites and forums."
The same goes for PSN as a whole and streaming service Qriocity. Seybold said that Sony is "evaluating ways to show appreciation" to users for the downtime, but specifics as to how that will be done are currently unavailable.
Ars Technica also notes that, according to gaming blog Kotaku, Sony has brought the FBI into the investigation into what’s happened. We’re sure that will help the vultures as they seek to sue Sony, too.
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How To Manually Update Nexus S to Android 2.3.4 with Google Talk Voice and Video Chat Features
It’s been a few days since Google announced Android 2.3.4 for Nexus S and Nexus One. The new update brings video and voice chat through Google Talk along with a few bug fixes. But, as with all Android updates, the roll out is gradual and it may be sometime before you get it. For those of the impatient ones amongst us with Nexus S phones, here’s a proper guide for you to manually upgrade your phones to Android 2.3.4 ( from Android 2.3.3 ) to try out and enjoy the new video and voice chat functionality. Read on after the break for the full guide.
If for some reason, your installation fails, let us know and we’ll try our best to help you out!
If you find this helpful, check out our following guides for Nexus S too:
- How to unlock Nexus S bootloader
- How to root Nexus S
- How to Install MeeGo on Nexus S [Guide]
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Flashback with: Pervaiz Musharraf, Former President of Pakistan (Interview conducted in 2007)
What is your vision for the Information Technology and Telecom’s role in the future of Pakistan?
At the World Summit on the Information Technology, the global leaders endorsed that we should move towards creating an Information Society in order to compete with services in these two sectors. We have come a long way in putting Pakistan on the right track in pursuit of sustainable growth in IT and telecom. It is evident from the fact that almost 2% of GDP comes from Telecom alone, however we still need to do a lot more in terms of promoting growth of these sectors and to attract FDI and business from around the world. Lower costs of factor of production in our country should prove as a catalyst in achieving this objective.
What ground work has been set out in the few years to ensure that Pakistan reaches this goal?
Pakistan allows foreign investment in the telecommunication sector on a repatriable basis. In addition, foreign investors are now allowed to hold 100% repatriation of profits (previously it was restricted to maximum of 60% profit repatriation).
Government of Pakistan in view of the emerging global trends and growing national needs for telecommunications development, approved following three policies for deregulation and opening up of the telecom sector: fixed line telecom deregulation policy, cellular mobile policy and broadband policy. Major objectives of these policies are to promote infrastructure development, increase in foreign and local investment in the sector, harness local entrepreneurship, increase quality and choice of affordable services for businesses and consumers, extend competition amongst licenses, implementation of these policies in a fair and transparent manner have thus far achieved tremendous success. Several of these new licenses have started their operations in the country resulting in paradigm shift in the telecom landscape in Pakistan.
Pakistan’s telecom sector is cited as a model for developing countries because of success of its policy and regulatory framework, deregulization, privatization, excellent growth and investment in the sector.
As a very important initiative towards providing universal access to telecom services and to increase out reach of these services to rural communities, the Government has brought legislation for developing Universal Service Fund (USF) framework to enhance tele-density and to provide basis telecom services to the under/ unserved areas of the country. Contributions raised from USF would be transparently deployed and the prime focus on Human Resource Development and Capacity Building.
Other major initiatives that the government is actively pursuing include:
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- Introducing/ Implementing Equipment Identity Register (EIR) to combat threat of mobile headset theft in the larger public interest.
- Convergence and 3G roadmap being prepared with a consultative process.
- Human Resource Capacity Building plans have been identified and dialogue being carried out with the stakeholders and universities to launch projects.
- Frequency and interference issues are being resolved on priority basis.
- Further legislative3 framework is underway to check anticompetitive behavior to facilitate sector growth and all rules to support policy to be put in place with in current calendar year.
In addition to the phenomenal growth of in telecom sector during this time, if the Government is to create an enabling environment through sound policy and facilitation, the privatization of PTCL will help introduce new innovative services to the customer and create a health competition in the sector.
What kind of opportunities do you see for the IT industry to help promote a more positive image of Pakistan in the international market?
The image of Pakistan and growth of the IT industry have a close relationship according to our surveys and reports by professional consultants the distorted image of Pakistan, which is largely based on misinformation has a negative effect on the industry. When business visit Pakistan, they are pleasantly surprised that the situation on ground is quite different then the preconceived image. We are taking various measures to improve this perception. As the IT industry grows in Pakistan and attracts more international players, they would get a first hand view of the country and the positive image would begin to emerge.
Except for increasing the number of foreign investment into Pakistan; how else would you measure the IT and Telecom industry’s success?
The success of the IT and Telecom industry has various parameters with FDI being only one component. The contribution to GDP, creation of jobs and the availability of the services to citizens will enable the creation of a competitive industry.
When the IT policy was created it was first time in the country’s history that the private sector has created something for the government to implement. How open will the government of Pakistan be to changing or creating policy in order to help boost the local industry?
The government is quite receptive to the feedback and the contribution of the private sector. This is evident in the process followed for the development of major policy documents in recent years including the fixed line telecom policy, electronic transaction ordinance and electronic crimes act. In all these cases, workshops were held with the private sector and documents were placed on the web for general feedback before they were submitted to the cabinet.
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The Results Are In, Apple Tops Microsoft In Quarterly Sales, Profits
Microsoft today released its Q3 2011 financial results and they’re good with the numbers beating those expected by all the analysts with net income reaching a staggering $5.23billion.
Despite these results however, Apple has managed to beat them with regards to profit, as noted by TechCrunch’s MG Siegler.
Last October, despite Apple pulling ahead in revenue, the profit gap was about $1.1 billion in Microsoft’s favor. Last quarter, that gap was down to roughly a $600 million. And now, rather remarkable, it’s over $700 million in the other direction â€" a $1.3 billion swing in just one quarter. And you can probably expect that trend to continue.
When it comes to revenue, Apple is firmly in the lead too with $24.6 billion compared to Microsoft’s not-to-be-sneezed-at $16.43 billion â€" staggering numbers no matter which way you slice it.
Oh how things have changed in just a few short years. With Apple posting record sales figures quarter after quarter, the Cupertino outfit shows no sign of letting up while Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is proving to be a similar story to the company’s older Windows Mobile â€" namely uninspiring. Perhaps their new partnership with Nokia will help things along in this regard.
No matter which side of the Apple-Microsoft divide you might fall on you have to admit, both companies know how to make money!
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Google Talk Brings Video/Audio Chat to Android
Awesome updates from the Google Mobile team just keep rolling out. Recently Google released a Google Docs app for Android, and now comes the ability to video/voice chat using Google Talk. Similar applications, like Fring and Tango, have sought to bring a facetime-like experience to Android. Now, with video chat being built-in to Google Talk(on Android 2.3+), the use of alternative apps will be a choice, not a necessity. Here’s an overview of what you can expect in the potentially game-changing Google Talk update:
What does it do?
The update brings the ability to video and voice chat with other gmail users. Users can chat with other Android users, along with those using Google Talk on their computer. Calls can be made over 3G and 4G(depending on carrier), and, of course, Wi-Fi.
How does it work?
Next to your Google Talk contacts, a video/voice chat button pops up. Simply press the button to initiate a call. Text chats are overlaid on top of the video so you don’t have to leave your call to read them. If you leave the chat to do something else, the video will pause, freeing up your screen. However, the audio will continue like a normal call, with the video resuming upon entering the call once again.
This looks awesome! When can I get it?
The Google Talk update will be distributed to Nexus S devices via an over-the-air update for Android 2.3.4. Some time in the future, this update will be released to other Android 2.3+ devices as well. Keep in mind that the Nexus S is a developer’s phone, meaning that a public release of the new Google Talk could be as far away as 3 months.
Here’s a video from Google demoing the new Google Talk update:
While the Google Talk update isn’t necessarily imminent, it’s definitely something to look forward to. We’ll be sure to let you know once this update becomes publicly available, so stay tuned!
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