App Store for MAC Launched: ProPakistani

App Store for MAC Launched
PTCL Sign MoU with DHA for ICT Infrastructure Deployment
Android 3.0 Unveiled
Geo News Gets its iPhone App
Pakistani Organisations Share Their Experiences at ‘Oracle Applications Day’

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 07:23 AM PST

App Store for MAC Launched is a post from: ProPakistani

Today Apple has released the final update of Mac OS 10.6.6 with all the bugs fixed and also the much anticipated appstore for Mac.

According to Apple, the marketplace is launching with over 1,000 paid and free apps in categories ranging from games to productivity.

As with the company’s mobile store available for the iPad and iPhone, users can search for apps, find out "what’s hot," check out staff favorites, and see the most-downloaded programs in different categories.

"With more than 1,000 apps, the Mac App Store is off to a great start," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement. "We think users are going to love this innovative new way to discover and buy their favorite apps."

But it’s important to note that the Mac App Store won’t be offered to every Mac owner. The store is available only to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users through the free 10.6.6 software update.

It will also be made available in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion expected to be launched later this year.

For Developers, Apple is keeping the same revenue-sharing policy it has in place for its mobile app store. Developers selling paid apps will keep 70 percent of the revenue generated from sales, while Apple will take the remaining 30 percent. Developers offering free apps won’t be charged anything to make their programs available in the Mac marketplace.

Download link

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1349

PTCL Sign MoU with DHA for ICT Infrastructure Deployment

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:25 AM PST

PTCL Sign MoU with DHA for ICT Infrastructure Deployment is a post from: ProPakistani

DHA Islamabad has signed MOU with PTCL for providing ICT services for all phases / blocks of DHA i.e. Phase-I, Phase-II, Phase-I Ext, Phase-II Ext, DHA Valley etc.

The DHA has planned for more than 150,000 houses in their several phases. PTCL has already provided PSTN and broadband services in Phase-I last year which is now planned for further expansion.

DHA phase-II has planned for more than 10,000 houses and approx. more than 2,000 houses are in place or under construction and to be completed very soon.

The residents of this phase were deprived of communication services and connectivity with rest of world. Hence, DHA had to engage this partnership with PTCL for ICT services to their members/residents.

This MOU will bring new information highways and futuristic product basket for the resident of DHA.

The MOU ceremony was signed by Chief Technical Officer PTCL and Administrator DHA Islamabad in the presence of President PTCL and Vice President DHA at DHA building in Phase-I, Islamabad.

This new year bring good news for the resident of DHA in shape of this MOU.

Android 3.0 Unveiled

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:08 AM PST

Android 3.0 Unveiled is a post from: ProPakistani

In ongoing mega event CES 2011 at Los Vegas, Google has come up with a new version of its android OS named as Honeycomb.

Its a tablet only version and is much different from the one released for mobile devices named as Gingerbread.

Just to mention that after Mobilink's Galaxy Tablet launch, we may see more tablets makings their way to Pakistan. Galaxy Tab is powered by Android OS 2.2 (froyo), while We are yet to ascertain the possibility Galaxy's OS up-gradation.

Some Features of Android OS 3 (Honeycomb)

The UI looks nothing like earlier versions of Android. However, multiple home-screens still exist and will shelter application shortcut icons and widgets.

The widgets also seem to be redesigned, making better use of the larger screen area as compared to a smartphone. The browser looks a lot more like Google’s Chrome browser on PCs, with tabs that occupy the top-most row.

There’s also a Google eBooks app with the same page-flipping animations seen on the iPad.

Another design aspect “inspired” from the iPad’s UI is the new Gmail app, which shows a message list in one pane, while the actual message in the pane next to it.

And the most killer feature of the mobile OS is its Google Talk Video chat compatibility. That’s going to be a huge stab at Apple’s FaceTime, which currently works only on some iOS devices and Macs.

Google Talk’s video plugin works in any browser, thus with all popular OSes (Windows, Linux, Mac). So, this will not only enable video-conferencing from one Android tablet to another, but also from any Honeycomb tablet to any computer. We hope the same thing comes for smartphones soon!

Lastly, the new Google Maps 5.0 that was shown off last month with its 3D panning mode and other cool features were also shown in the video posted at the android’s youtube channel

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Geo News Gets its iPhone App

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:48 AM PST

Geo News Gets its iPhone App is a post from: ProPakistani

As all the major news companies, around the world, have their own iPhone apps for the latest news and even some apps offer breaking news notifications.

Finally Geo News, Pakistan's major news channel, has come up with its own news app which is free and is still in the top 25 apps in Pakistan AppStore

App has a very nice interface with a few options available as well. You can go through latest news, watch some funny videos and an option to upload pictures and videos directly for a programme named as "GEO DOST".

In my view this is a very useful opportunity for the companies/channels of Pakistan to go mobile.

You can download application here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geo-news-mobile/id402996071?mt=8

Some screenshots of the application:

Pakistani Organisations Share Their Experiences at ‘Oracle Applications Day’

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:11 PM PST

Pakistani Organisations Share Their Experiences at ‘Oracle Applications Day’ is a post from: ProPakistani

Customers and partners from leading Pakistani organizations along with senior Oracle executives gathered at 'Oracle Applications Day' to discuss the critical role that IT, especially business applications, is playing in helping to build the businesses of the future.

Speakers at the event discussed the new initiatives and best practices from Oracle Applications that could enable participants to take advantage of Oracle's expanded product portfolio for their specific needs.

"Economic and competitive pressures are challenging organizations to improve business performance, introduce new products to market more quickly and optimize distribution management. To address these challenges, we selected Oracle for its world-class leading technologies which will help us to integrate our decentralized IT infrastructure," said Salman Rehmatullah, Chief Information Officer, Pak Elektron Limited.

Oracle's extensive business applications portfolio provides Oracle a leadership position in business applications across many industries including financial services, manufacturing, distribution, retail and telecommunications.

"Our selection of Oracle Applications was based on a thorough evaluation of ERP solutions available in the market. We have found Oracle to be a natural choice in the areas of planning and manufacturing for our organization," said Qasim Imran, Manager, Information Technology, Atlas Battery Limited. "The Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 will give us a holistic view of information across all our business functions, and enable us to have real-time access to critical data through a reliable and highly available platform, helping us to develop strong relations with the businesses and individuals we serve."

The powerful combination of complete solutions and complete choice drive better business performance and help customers tailor their enterprise business and IT strategy, optimize their IT investments and use IT as a strategic point of differentiation.

Ahsen Javed, Managing Director, Oracle Pakistan and South Asia Growth Economies – West said, "Our customers' feedback after deploying our best-in-class offerings is a great motivation for us to strengthen our product portfolio and Oracle Applications Day provide us an excellent opportunity to know about the experience of customers with our products."

"We are pleased to know that our purpose-built industry solutions have enabled organizations in Pakistan to strengthen their overall competitive position by driving greater value across the enterprise," he added.