April Fools: ProPakistani

April Fools
Ufone’s Super Call Offer is Back
15 Colleges & Universities Rocked by Jazz Jazba Such Talent, More to Go!
Mobile Threats Double in Number

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:05 PM PDT

April Fools is a post from: ProPakistani

This year, like every year, the internet embraced April fools day and as usual, major tech companies and websites shocked people who didn't realize what the date was. So without further ado, I present the better pranks pulled off this year:

Australia to get 2022 World Cup, FIFA descends into chaos:

Sport news website "The roar" had quite a few people going with this one. The article stated that FIFA had some internal disputes and Qatar had been stripped of its World Cup hosting rights. Instead Australia had been given the right to host World Cup 2022. Here's the posted article:

http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/04/01/australia-to-get-2022-world-cup-fifa-descends-into-chaos/

Google’s Hiring Autocompleter:

Google always comes up with the better jokes every year and this year was no exception. Turns out, Google autcomplete feature is powered by people. And you can be one of them! You are eligible if your typing speed is around 32,000 words per minute, and you are willing to travel to far off places to learn local trends. Here's a video of life as an autocompleter.

Another one from Google is the new Gmail Motion feature which uses body gestures to control everything in Gmail, as is demonstrated below:

Groupon patents April fools day:

Keeping in line with companies applying for crazy patents in the industry, Groupon decided to patent April fools day.

"For centuries, April Fools' Day's intellectual trademark ownership has been uncertain. That's why we are proud to announce our patent application for April Fools’ Day. Everyone’s favorite day of daffiness finally has a new owner—Groupon!"

Here's the page where they announced it:

http://www.groupon.com/pages/april-fools

A pen that tweets as you write! :

"Artline" have revolutionized the industry with the release of the world's first Twitter pen. This piece of equipment can twitter whatever you are writing through the use of a series of accelerometers and a small camera mounted in the barrel track the pen's movements and translates that into characters. A specially designed 4th generation microchip allows the pen access to your Twitter account, updating it instantly.

http://www.artline.com.au/flash.aspx

YouTube:

YouTube posted the top 5 viral pictures of 1911, complete with grainy black and white film. It's a collection of actual viral videos these days by the way for the YouTube newbies.

Kodak:

Kodak really got into the groove this year. They offered an app for removing a specific person from all of your photos and videos regardless of their location. Super creative stuff.

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2/6868&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=16712

Share funny pranks you've come across the web in the comments!

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Ufone’s Super Call Offer is Back

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Ufone’s Super Call Offer is Back is a post from: ProPakistani

Super Call Offer Ufones Super Call Offer is Back Ufone has gone aggressive recently, with back to back plentiful of offerings in last few days.

Latest addition is the Super all Offer, which remained Ufone's major weapon for retaining customers and for getting new customers in last one year or so.

Once again, Ufone has brought its Super Call Offer back for its customers, with little variation though.

Super Call Offer Details:

With Super Call Offer, Ufone customers can make hourly calls:

Make Ufone to Ufone calls from 10:00 pm to 7:00 pm the next day at Rs. 2.99 plus tax
There is no daily charge for Super Call Offer

How to Subscribe:

To activate Super Call Offer, simply dial *45#
One time activation charges are Rs. 20 plus tax

Terms & Conditions:

One time subscription charges are Rs.20+tax
This offer is valid for Lady's Package, UWON, UWON Plus, Tension Free Special Package, Public Demand, Josh and Uth Packages
This rate also applies to Ufone Friends & Family
This facility is not available on Bundle Offer calls.
The maximum duration of a call is 59:59 minutes.
Customers existing package rate applies from 7pm to 10pm.
Daily charges will continue to apply on existing package of customers.
19.5% FED on usage and 11.5% withholding tax at recharge or bill applies.

15 Colleges & Universities Rocked by Jazz Jazba Such Talent, More to Go!

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:32 AM PDT

15 Colleges & Universities Rocked by Jazz Jazba Such Talent, More to Go! is a post from: ProPakistani

The Jazz Jazba hunt for Such Talent commenced in February and since its beginning, it has generated extreme excitement among young students of colleges and universities all across Pakistan.

Students have been actively participating in Such Talent competitions by showing their Jazbas, may it be singing, dancing, acting or painting, playing musical instruments or doing an imaginable feat. These young students proudly present their talents on the Such Talent platform, get applauded by their friends and in the end, the one with the best and most voted Jazba takes home the prize.

So far, Jazz Jazba has visited more than 15 institutes of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and many other cities and in each one of these colleges and universities, hundreds of Talent nominations were received by young students.

A unanimous feedback from the young participating students was that they look forward to such activities to be organized by companies. Youth of Pakistan has so much talent and so much energy yet they hardly come across such constructive avenues whereby they can channel their energies into positive activities.

Mobile Threats Double in Number

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:05 AM PDT

Mobile Threats Double in Number is a post from: ProPakistani

Number of malicious programs targeting mobile devices has more than doubled between August 2009 and December 2010.

In 2010, over 65% more new threats targeting mobile devices were detected than in the previous year; said a report published by Kaspersky Lab.

The growing popularity of the Android platform has inevitably drawn the cybercriminals attention: in August 2010, the first malicious program targeting Android was detected, and since then, that number has reached 15 programs from a total of 7 families.

The first threats targeting Apple’s iPhone OS also appeared during this last reporting period, but infected only devices that had been jailbroken in order to install third-party games and other software not manufactured by Apple.

Most mobile threats continue to target the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) platform, which is supported by a huge number of mobile devices. That means it is not only smartphones that are at risk of infection, but basic mobile phones as well. The second most-targeted platform is Symbian, with Python in third place.

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The distribution of variants of detected threats, by platform

"The use of SMS Trojans is still the easiest and most effective means by which malicious users can earn money. The reason is relatively simple: any mobile device, be it a smartphone or a basic mobile phone, has a direct connection to its owner's money via their mobile account. It is this 'direct connection' that cybercriminals actively exploit," said the report.

From 2010 onwards, sending fee-based text messages ceased to be the sole illegal money-making scheme for virus writers developing threats targeting different platforms.

Other unlawful schemes such as redirecting mobile Internet banking users to phishing sites and stealing passwords sent by banks to mobile phones were also used. Mobile threats have become more complex than ever and include the emergence of mobile bots and other remotely-controlled software.

Kaspersky Lab predicts an increase in the number of vulnerabilities found on mobile platforms, as well as an increase in the number of threats for Android and the continued use of short numbers by cybercriminals.