Mobile Evolution

Apple Inc. says it has fixed an iPhone vulnerability that lets hackers knock people offline — and possibly take over the phones — by sending them specially crafted text messages.Apple says it issued a software fix Friday after the vulnerability was exposed this week at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Similar weaknesses were found in phones running Google Inc.'s Android and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating systems....

By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: The country's exports of Information Technology (IT) and its related services have registered a modestgrowth of 19 percent compared with last fiscal year. This is the lowest exports growth rate since 2004 because the exports have been witnessing 50 percent growth consecutively for the last five years.As per statistics obtained from Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), the country's IT and IT-enabled services...

KARACHI: Google and CIO Pakistan recently organized the first Kolachi Tweetup here by gathering 80 active bloggers and micro-bloggers to engage in a discussion of how virtual networking platforms are being used.The conference brought together the experiences of how people use Twitter and Facebook for their professional and personal networking and marketing, a press release issued here sa...

ISLAMABAD (August 01 2009): Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has revised all Vfone packages while new packageshave also been announced. As per PTA policies, PTCL Vfone has now given its customers time till August 13 to choose their desired package. First package change for all such customers aiming to change their package will be free of charge till August 13.According to details, Customers currently on Vfone Simple Package...

Ufone has taken back the message from its website which said Balance Inquiries through USSD would be charged at 10 paisas plus tax per instance, while Telenor’s website is saying that charges will be imposed soon. Earlier both the companies had announced that all balance inquiries will be charged 10 paisas plus tax from August 1, 2009. Responses from customers, and involvement of PTA made both the companies re-consider their decisi...