Ufone 100 pay 100 ki Offer: ProPakistani

Ufone 100 pay 100 ki Offer
Pakistani ICT Firms Should Tap South African Markets: CEO InfoTech
Dennis Ritchie, Father of C and Unix, Died
Earn Free Minutes, SMS, GRPS by Using Easypaisa Mobile Account

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT

Ufone has announced this '100 + 100 Offer'; an deal that will double the benefits. This is a similar offering to what we have seen from Zong Earlier.

With this offer on every recharge of Rs. 100 Ufone customers will immediately receive 100 minutes talk time absolutely free.

Read terms and conditions for more clarity.

How to Subscribe:

To subscribe to this offer simply dial *36# and load balance of Rs. 100.

How to Check Remaining Balance:

To make it further convenient, you can also keep yourself updated to the remaining balance and awarded free minutes, by simply dialing *707#.

Terms & Conditions:

Subscription charges are Rs.5 + tax
100 free minutes will be divided into 90 minutes for Ufone to Ufone and 10 minutes to all other networks
Validity of these Free minutes is for 3 days
Balance loaded after subscribing to the offer and till the end of campaign will have UShare restriction
This offer is available for Prepaid customers only
Free minutes will not apply to calls made on short codes
19.5% FED on usage and 10% withholding tax at recharge or bill applies

To read more, click: Ufone 100 pay 100 ki Offer
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Pakistani ICT Firms Should Tap South African Markets: CEO InfoTech

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 09:20 PM PDT

Pakistan’s ICT companies are competent to cash in on untapped markets of South African countries with their products and services provided that they work hard to win contracts against their rivals in China and India.

Naseer A Akhtar, President and CEO of InfoTech explained the potential of South African markets in an interview with ProPakistani.

African region is lucrative for Pakistan IT firms particularly the south part where the infrastructure development has accelerated lately.

These countries are Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria where basic communication network and financial services are being developed by their respective governments, private sectors and international donors like World Bank.

There are sectors such as logistics, transport, utilities, banks, e-government, telecommunication in which big and medium sized companies will be engaged in Africa provided that they can compete with Chinese and Indian firms, CEO InfoTech said who established an IT automated system in the stock exchange of Ghana.

There is a need to shift the focus of Pakistani firms towards South African markets from different regions to jack up growth of IT exports in the country, which could be done wonderfully under the supervision of government’s body or association.

Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) and Pakistan Software Houses’ Association for IT and ITES (P@SHA) should come forward and assemble all large, medium and small sized companies for a focused target in South Africa, he said.

However, if companies single-handedly engage these new markets then they would benefit themselves not the country, he added.

The governments of China and India have supported their ICT companies and becoming successful in getting business contracts in developing regions, Akhtar said.

He said the dynamics of software exports sector have changed notably in the world, particularly in US and EU – where the demand of ICT sector particularly for Pakistani companies has dried up.

Even in Middle East, big markets such as KSA and UAE have shut their doors for Pakistan’s firm owing to image issues, despite of the fact Pakistani firms are competent enough compared with companies of neighboring countries.

Pakistan's Information and Technology (IT) sector has immense potential to grow its production and service volume at domestic and international level. Number of IT companies are performing tremendously and differently in several areas of IT including service sector, software programming, software engineering, media production and etc. But there is a big room of improvement in the industry because of the fact that industry has been established by entrepreneurs without major support of the government's finance and its policy.

Local IT firms have been awarded international projects by World Bank in different countries but they are neglected at local level. The government should realize the talent of local companies and give them a chance to prove their ability. The government should engage IT companies in public sector projects so they can train local workforce.

Akhtar is very optimistic about his Infotech business growth as he claims to expand his office in ten more countries with over 2,000 employees along with the earning targets of $100 million in 2013 and then to US $ 200 million in 2015 from current US $ 25 million revenues in an year.

Dennis Ritchie, Father of C and Unix, Died

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 09:15 PM PDT

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For C lover, let me say it this way:

#include <stdio.h> int main(void) {     printf("Dennis Ritchie, the Father of C has died\n");     return 0; }

Dennis Ritchie, famous for inventing the programming language C and who co-developed Unix, was found dead at his home in New Jersey last week.

He died at the age of 70, never fully recovering from his struggles with prostate cancer and heart disease during the last years of his life.

Dennis Ritchie might not get all tributes that Steve Jobs got – but many believe that Ritchie's shoulders helped Steve Jobs to achieve what he achieved in his life.

Dennis Ritchie joined Bell Labs after graduating from Harvard with a BS in Mathematics and a PhD in Physics. There he and Ken Thompson were among the key creators of the UNIX operating system. The influence of UNIX cannot be stated enough – you know it well.

Just in case if you aren't aware, Linux, the free open-source variant of UNIX is used in the largest data centers in the world by companies like Google. UNIX has been translated to run on different types of hardware and it also laid the foundation for operating systems like Apple iOS 5 on which the iPhone runs.

While still at Bell Labs, Dennis Ritchie developed the C programming language which is the second most popular language in the world and is considered as the main pillar of modern computing and software.

In addition to creating the language, he also co-authored "The C Programming Language" which is considered as the most definitive book on the programming language.

C grew wildly popular exceeding expectations because of its concise syntax and features that made it simple yet powerful tool. It seemed to cover all the basics and was heralded as a "language by programmers for programmers". It also laid the ground work for more modern programming languages like C++ and Java.

Dennis Ritchie won numerous accolades and awards during his lifetime for his work. He received the Turing award in 1983 for his work on UNIX. And he was bestowed with the US National Medal of Technology in 1999 for his work on UNIX and C, which is the highest technology award that can be given in America. After a long and fulfilling career, Dennis Ritchie retired in 2007 as the head of System Software Research Department at Lucent Technologies. His death may not have made the same waves as Steve Job's did, but his influence was equal to his at the very least, if not greater.

Earn Free Minutes, SMS, GRPS by Using Easypaisa Mobile Account

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 09:10 PM PDT

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Telenor is pushing it's Easypaisa mobile account holders by incentivizing them with free minutes, SMS and data bundles – just by transferring money or paying utility bills through Easypaisa. Read on fore more details:

Send a fund transfer of more than Rs.1000 or pay your utility bills through your Easypaisa mobile account and get Free minutes and SMS to Any Network, and internet usage for 10 days.

150 Minutes ( 75 mins Any Network and 75 mins Telenor Network)
1500 SMS (Any Network)
15 MB GPRS (internet)

Offer Details:

- Sending a fund transfer of more than Rs.1000 or paying your utility bill through your Easypaisa mobile account and registered on the Easypaisa system will be considered to be a qualifying transaction.

- This offer is applicable for all new and existing Talkshawk and Djuice mobile account customers (pre-paid customers) only.

- The validity of this offer will be applicable for 10 days from the date a qualifying transaction is made.

- The total validity is for 10 days however in the event that a customer makes a second qualifying transaction prior to the expiry of the first validity period then the free minutes, SMS and MB (internet) will be added to the remaining balance and the next 10 days start from the date of the second qualifying transaction and the same shall apply to a third and last qualifying transaction.

- Mobile account customers can qualify for the offer for a maximum of 3 times in a month regardless of the number of qualifying transactions made.

- This offer is valid for a limited time.

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