The broadband regime in Pakistan
Pakistan had its first broadband policy documented in 2001. According to that, the following implied the definition of broadband in the country:     Broadband in Pakistan will be defined as “Always on Internet connection with a download speed of at least 128kbps connectivity”. This download speed target will be subject to an increase as the bandwidth prices reduce, local content becomes available and there is a general increase in awareness of broadband.     The main objectives of the established Broadband policy were: 1. Spreading of an affordable, �

Five Rivers stepping into Mobile Application Development
Mobile application development is emerging in our local Industry at a break neck speed.  Every week i hear a new company entering the domain or setting up a mobile phone development department. The success of iPhone apps has made a lot of local firms wanting to dip their feet in this new market where barrier to entry is not much compared to services projects no long list of successful projects or satisfied clientage required to win your next work. and the success stories are like fantasies, if you hit the right spot the gains are almost un ending. FiveRivers Technologies which initially branched out as a software development out

Geni team’s designed iPhone app for oDesk, helps oDesk win at TC 50
If you guys have been following TechCrunch 50 (and who in the world interested in Tech Entrepreneur ship doesn’t)  you might have noticed that oDesk won an award at Demo Pit for enabling managers or customers to monitor their development efforts online and from iPhone. For those of you who are un aware of oDesk, its an outsourcing platform like Elance where the the skills are offered through bidding etc. what oDesk does differently than Elance is to enable the buyer to monitor activities of service provider at a deeper level, taking a detailed log of what they have been up to on their PCs plus detailed hou

The Definitive Entrepreneur’s Guide to Lawyers
Over the last few years I have seen a tremendous rise in interest in entrepreneurship. Surprisingly, a large number of early stage entrepreneurs keep making expensive mistakes which are completely avoidable. One of the reason for such mistakes is the lack of access to seasoned entrepreneurs who can be a source of learning. I previously wrote about the startup guide written by Naeem Zafar. That guide laid out the necessary steps one needs before starting a new venture (you can get a free copy of the book by signing up at Startup-Advisor.com). As a followup to that, Naeem has recently

SeeNReport Series A funding : What does it mean for local industry
If you are any way tied to local startup scene or are interested in whats happening around you must have read or heard the news that SeeNReport recently got series A funding you can read their official press release here. SeeNReport is a place where the community is responsible for generating the news. what they do is allow users to create news by sending in through their mobile emails and on the site, also they