11 Pakistanis going mobile every minute – Mobilink CEO
From the Blog PakSpace: 11 Pakistanis going mobile every minute – Mobilink CEO - "Every minute roughly 11 Pakistanis become a part of the cellular community. More than 430,000 SMS messages and 160,000 voice minutes are being exchanged even now as I speak," said Rashid Khan, President and CEO Mobilink, Pakistan's market leader in cellular services, at the ceremony to mark the completion of 100 million cellular subscribers in Pakistan. Khan said, "This is not only a moment of joy for us gathered here but also a reaffirmation to the common Pakistani man and woman that access to technology is not a privilege limited to the elite, but a right that is available to them – that is accessible and affordable." Highlighting the contribution of the telecommunications sector in the country's growth and development, Khan said, the sector contributes 3% to the country's GDP whereas the total telecom sector revenue reached at Rs. 357.7 billion in the year 2009-10 compared to Rs. 333 billion in the previous year. This is despite the fact that the cellular industry in Pakistan is paying the highest taxes in comparison to the entire region. Incomes of 6 out of every 1,000 persons in Pakistan are tied with the telecom sector , he added. Khaled Bichara, Group CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding, Mobilink's parent company and Egypt's largest foreign investor in Pakistan was also present at the ceremony. Bichara congratulated Dr. Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) and the industry stakeholders on accomplishing this historic milestone. Hosted by PTA the ceremony was chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and attended by dignitaries from leading cellular operators as well as Telecom Ministry and industry. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Post on Google Buzz Add this to Mister Wong Share this on Mixx Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati title=”Tweet This!”>Tweet This! . Read Full Post
2 Millionth Application Downloaded for Samsung Smart TV
From the Blog PakSpace: 2 Millionth Application Downloaded for Samsung Smart TV - Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. today announced that Samsung Apps, the world's first application store for the television, has reached its two millionth TV application download globally. Samsung reached the 2 million mark within a year of the launch of Samsung Apps and the number of apps downloaded has doubled since November, when it reached one million downloads. Samsung Apps allows users to purchase and download applications from a wide variety of content and service providers, directly from their Smart TVs. Samsung Apps boasts around 380 applications designed for Smart TV, of which 259 are free. The store is currently available in 120 countries around the world. Samsung Pakistan's Managing Director, Mr. Hee Chang Yee said; "This achievement and the short period in which it was achieved demonstrate the rapidly growing popularity of applications and content for Smart TVs. Samsung's leadership role in this category has paid off and allowed us to provide new experiences for consumers that are more rich and integrated than any before." Some of the most frequently downloaded applications from Samsung Apps are YouTube, Hulu Plus, ESPN Next Level, AccuWeather, Google Maps and Texas Holdem, and other sports, movies and gaming. Throughout 2010, Samsung held "Free the TV Developer Days" and contests around the world, bringing together developers and notable leaders across the connected TV ecosystem. Samsung announced a series of high-level partnerships with cable television leaders Comcast and Time Warner as well as online video leaders Hulu and Adobe. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Post on Google Buzz Add this to Mister Wong Share this on Mixx Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati title=”Tweet This!”>Tweet This! . Read Full Post
British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant, Saves Own Life
From the Blog Speak Your Mind!!!: British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant, Saves Own Life - Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Tal Golesworthy is a British engineer & in the year 2000, he was informed that he suffered from Marfan syndrome. It's a disorder of the connective tissue that often causes rupturing of the aorta. The only solution available was the pairing of mechanical valve & a highly risky blood thinner but it wasn't good enough in the eyes of Golesworthy. He constructed his own implant, which does a better job than what was recommended & he has become the 1 st patient to try it. Ever since the creation, 23 people have already tried it & many are on the waiting list. Nobody thought of using more modern technologies, namely combining MRI tests with computer-aided design tools and new rapid prototyping techniques. What Golesworthy saw was a chance to create an implant that would support itself and reduce the chance of blood clots, which will eliminate the need to take that dangerous blood thinner. But the hardest part was not the actual design or construction but securing reliable measurements. Luckily, the team figured out that a scan at one specific point in the cardiac cycle gave them the dimensions they needed. Tal Golesworthy is a genius. What I've always liked about Science is that it gives hope. This has been an amazing invention. At the same time, we have people like Sexy Cora; they go under the knife even when professionals warn them. . Read Full Post
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