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Re: Shooting Video with an iPhone | Wistia Learning Center

Saad Hamid — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:06:47 -0000

Tell us the hack :p

Re: Mobilink to Lead Digital Revolution in Pakistan: Aamir Ibrahim

Saad Hamid — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:11:58 -0000

Hahaha. The network that has the biggest postpaid customer base and does not offer a easy to use self-care solution to them is going to lead the digital revolution. Sure!

Re: Ufone Launches Industry First Video Messaging Solution

Saad Hamid — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 04:43:51 -0000

Haha can't help control my laughter here. It's funny to see how telcos are acting like headless chickens running around thinking how to make money.

In the age of WhatsApp and Snapchat, they think this would work? Just look at the user experience "call this number, dial this bla bla".

What's funny about the whole thing and why I feel sad about telcos in Pakistan is that they have no freaking idea what users want and they have created their own utopian directions.

Don't get me wrong I am not talking about just urban areas. I think apps like WhatsApp through which you can send better and faster video messages have seen more growth in rural areas than urban so I am really confused as to why someone in their right mind would launch such a service.

Seriously!

Re: PTA Launches Smart Pakistan Portal

Saad Hamid — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 04:10:43 -0000

Thanks Ali for this information.

Re: PTA Launches Smart Pakistan Portal

Saad Hamid — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:48:44 -0000

They 'launched' it which means they think its ready and out there so why should I NOT make any assessment about the quality of this initiative? If they think they weren't ready, they shouldn't have launched it. Incompetency as I said earlier!

Re: PTA Launches Smart Pakistan Portal

Saad Hamid — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:13:17 -0000

Can you tell me the purpose of this platform? I'd love to learn from your insights.

Re: PTA Launches Smart Pakistan Portal

Saad Hamid — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:08:39 -0000

Corruption isn't hard to spot but what's really sad is when put a blind eye to corruption and call it 'progress' and 'development'. I don't have a habit of targeting people personally over the web so I am not going to start a debate here but in my personal opinion this is the most pathetic and useless project that I have seen from PTA so far.

Re: PTA Launches Smart Pakistan Portal

Saad Hamid — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 06:40:10 -0000

MashAllah. PTA yet again proves how incompetent it is!

Has anyone checked the website? I was thinking it to be something amazing when actually its a stupid website where half of the links don't work, the design looks like it is from the 80s, and on further exploration you will find out its nothing much more than a link farm linking to app on the Google Play store.

I mean seriously? Kids these days can even build better platforms. I wonder how much money Central Asian Cellular Forum made from PTA on this project. This is Smart Corruption.

Re: Pakistani Ecommerce Industry has One Key Flaw That we Must Fix Right Away!

Saad Hamid — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:47:16 -0000

You mean, bring in monkeys to regulate the online economy? While its scary, its not different to whats already happening in Pakistan so yes. Good idea!

Re: 20 reasons why Pakistan’s Technology Industry is much more than a fake degree scam

Saad Hamid — Thu, 21 May 2015 03:22:07 -0000

Btw you missed Najam Ahmad of Facebook and Ahmer Ali Khan of Apple

Re: 20 reasons why Pakistan’s Technology Industry is much more than a fake degree scam

Saad Hamid — Thu, 21 May 2015 03:19:58 -0000

wow - Jawbone's founder has roots in Pakistan? Didn't know. Good research!

Re: Telenor is Building a New HQ in Islamabad that will Cost Them $70 Million

Saad Hamid — Tue, 19 May 2015 05:16:46 -0000

Having worked in a telco and having constant interaction with the telecom industry, I can say that Telenor is surely the only telecom company in Pakistan that thinks of investing in infrastructure and well being of its employees beyond what traditional companies do.

Re: 6 Year Old Pakistani Becomes the Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the World

Saad Hamid — Mon, 18 May 2015 03:56:49 -0000

I mean seriously why would you do a story on this when even you know Microsoft does not keep a record of age anywhere? Its a cram-exam. Disappointed in ProPakistani

Re: Industry First: Telenor Introduces Real Time Billing for International Roaming

Saad Hamid — Tue, 12 May 2015 12:40:29 -0000

I don't know why but international roaming seems like a joke to me given that things like FaceTime, WhatsApp and Skype are now available.

Re: Ufone to Charge WhatsApp Calls With Regular Data Tariffs

Saad Hamid — Tue, 12 May 2015 11:18:34 -0000

This makes the perfect case as to why Pakistan Cyber laws should have a clause supporting Net Neutrality.

Re: Here are the 100 Best Startups of Pakistan [Infographic]

Saad Hamid — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:32:04 -0000

Very good point. Or perhaps at least if they had the names underneath as I want to reach out to a few startups and there's no easy way because the logos of some startups are very vague!

Re: Pakistani Startup H&O Services Closes its Seed Financing Round

Saad Hamid — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 07:57:51 -0000

Good for them. Have posted request for a maid and will see how they respond and how it turns out to be :)

Re: PTA Temporarily Blocks WordPress.com in Pakistan

Saad Hamid — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:12:11 -0000

If only they could think for a second what message this will send to the world. I am all for "national security" but they could have just asked WordPress to comply or blocked the relevant URLs (they already have paid 57 million Pakistani rupees to acquire this solution through FinFisher).

This is nothing but highest level of incompetency.

Re: This Pakistani Startup Promises to Help you Find your Next Maid or Driver

Saad Hamid — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:56:32 -0000

Extremely disappointed in the service. My eyes shined when I saw the title as I am in search for a housemaid for my infant and as soon as I filled out the form on the H&O and tried clicking 'Send', it turns out the form isn't working.

Not sure why startups do this, why build half baked stuff and put it out in the market?

Second thing i am pretty sure about is that they don't have enough supply (a wild guess) but KamataPakistan came before this and has bitten the dust and now there is also ForiMazdoori.com too which isn't doing any good either. The issue is not the demand, its the supply.

I hope Mudassar and his team can start off by at least fixing the form. Good luck!

Re: Is Local Music Streaming ‘Patari’ Pakistan’s Answer to Spotify?

Saad Hamid — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 03:12:36 -0000

Truly amazing product. My only concern is to know how are they handling the legal side of it?

Re: Pakistanis Storm PEMRA Website with Complaints Against QMobile

Saad Hamid — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 03:36:50 -0000

Sorry your argument is too logical.

Re: Pakistanis Storm PEMRA Website with Complaints Against QMobile

Saad Hamid — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 03:36:07 -0000

Hahhaha! "Sexiest" phone in the world is considered vulgar and when Altaf bhai openly relates PTI jalsas to heera mandi - that's okay!

What a country of hypocrites we are.

Re: PTA Launches “Pakistan Mobile App Awards 2015”

Saad Hamid — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:09:57 -0000

First, I think PTA needs to run a competition to get its website updated. Its freaking 2015!

Re: Qmobile Lifts an Indian TVC and Airs it in Pakistan for its Z7 Phone

Saad Hamid — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 06:20:06 -0000

I am here for slightly different purposes lol. Can anyone tell me the name of the model?

Re: oDesk Announces Two New Solutions for Freelancers

Saad Hamid — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:41:37 -0000

Great news for freelancers :)