BlackBerry App World and BIS working in Pakistan now!
Posted by BA on Feb 1, 2012 in App Store, App World, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Apps, Mobile Apps, Mobile Games, Playbook, PlayBook Apps, Uncategorized | 0 comments
Yeah, that’sso cool, BlackBerry App World as well as BlackBerry Internet Services – BIS is fully operational in Pakistan now. I’ve checked it both on Ufone as well as Mobilink. I can download both paid and free apps on my phone and playbook now. This means you’ll be reading more reviews of cool new BlackBerry apps on my blog now onwards.
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How to download App World in Pakistan
If you are a BlackBerry user, first thing you should do is get hold of BlackBerry App World on your phone or PlayBook( if you don’t have it already). You can get it by hitting this link from your mobile or PlayBook tablet.
Payment Mode
To download paid BlackBerry apps, you can pay either via Credit Card or you can use a PayPal account. Please not, Paypal is not supported in Pakistan yet.
Geo.tv is down
Posted by BA on Jan 17, 2012 in Pakistan | 0 comments
Geo.tv is a popular Pakistani news website. The site is found to be down with a message saying “Service not available”.
** Edit: 1:30pm local time (+5GMT)
We found Geo.tv to be down around 1pm and it’s been half an hour the website is down on web, on mobile and all other feeds.
Read MoreFacebook completely translated to Urdu
Posted by BA on Dec 20, 2011 in Facebook, Internet, Social Networking | 0 comments
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Look what I got in my notifications on Facebook today. Facebook says it has been completely translated into Urdu and now just some fine tuning is needed. Makes me proud as an Urdu speaker. Users who have opted to help Facebook in translations get such messages and you can either translate untranslated phrases and labels or you can vote if others are translating it right or not. Facebook has already being translated in many languages. Wanna contribute? Head to Facebook translations.
Read MoreWill PTCL slash Internet prices this 14th August?
Posted by BA on Aug 14, 2011 in Pakistan, Telecommunication | 0 comments
Here it is again, 14th August, Pakistan’s independence day. PTCL historically has been slashing Internet bandwidth prices on 14th August. I really wish they do it this time as well especially when they’re offering a 50 Mbps connection, it’ll be great to pay half the price. While their customer support and technical support has usually been a nightmare, their service just works. Just pray that you don’t get a problem in your connection and then your nightmare begins 
Come on PTCL, let’s go 50% on bandwidth prices.
Read MoreHappy Independence Day Pakistan!
Posted by BA on Aug 14, 2011 in Google, Pakistan | 0 comments
Happy independence day to all my Pakistani brothers and sisters, and Google goes green on this 14th August. I am so excited about it. Thanks to all those who made it happen. Long live Pakistan, Pakistan Zindabad!
