Playground for the middle aged

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Published Articles

When Mark Zukerberg created Facebook with his pals in college, did he know that he was on the brink of something which would alter life to this extent around the world? Was he thinking of the possibilities this monster could have? Did he have any vision to how his so called coolest thing to do

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Twitter 101

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Published Articles

At first, there was only Facebook, the be-all and end-all of social media in Pakistan. You had to set up an account. It was a privilege; putting up all those updates and being part of a class of the country which was digitally aware – an outlet for the silent majority, as they were often

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Social media circus

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Published Articles

When we come across the term social media in mainstream media, it is always being trumpeted as a ground breaking leap that is altering the connected human conscience. But the question remains: how many Pakistanis use it properly? By social media, I mean the entire gamut of blogging/Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin, etc in case you are wondering or are

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Smart or not

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Published Articles

I remember the moment quite clearly. I was completely lucid and walking past a shop which had funny looking bulky cellphones with lots of buttons, displayed with colourful banners. This was a time in life when looking at my Nokia’s blue screen made me feel a bit smug. However my carrier had just launched something

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Iphone 4 signal issues?

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Telecom

The new Iphone 4.0 is out in the market now and even though apple has sold 1.7 million of these babies with lines at apple stores sometimes stretching around a couple of blocks, the Iphone has a serious problem. You cannot hold it…no no I have not gone nuts. The issue is with the antenna

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How not to be hacked

Author: FK  //  Category: Current Affairs, Day To Day, F.K's Life, Geek Speak

Being the Uber geek that I am I never imagined this could happen to me, but it did and although I am still fuming at the person who did it, whom I will get sooner or later  in this life I thought it was necessary that I tell you all my experience so that you

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One pad to rule them all, Ipad

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Random reviews

As usual apple has taken the worlds breath away an hour ago by launching the IPAD.  A 9.6 inch touch led screen with a onscreen keyboard, 3g and wifi built in and a hell of a lot of apps, 140,000 from the word go designed for it. It comes in 16, 32 and 64 gb

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Iphone, knowing your way around it

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Telecom

Keeping up with an old habit of mine to dive headfirst into the device I currently use I have not failed with the Iphone 3G so far. I have installed OS 3.12, jail broken it with some help from Farhan Chawla and have found ways and hacks that might generally help many Iphone users. I

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Motorola droid, an iphone killer at last?

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Random reviews

Everything has a life and in the tech world, the life of a killer app or a killer phone is about as short as an average consumers attention span. That being said the apple Iphone has and still manages to capture the attention of cellphone users and buyers worldwide, mainly due to the fact that

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Hp bloggers meetup

Author: FK  //  Category: Geek Speak, Karachi, Random reviews

Dec 13th saw the blogger community of Karachi gather with great gusto for the Hp bloggers meet up. An event  scheduled at par with the launch of the new Hp mini series in Pakistan and a discussion forum on how to sell/market the product better. The event was organized by the Emagine group who were

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