Posted on 31 December 2010 by PakBee - Total hits: 6,563
LONDON: A woman from Tenby is thought to be the oldest member of social networking site, Facebook.
A BBC News report highlighted Lillian Lowe, who is 103-years-old, and now thought to be the eldest member of the site after Ivy Bean from Bradford, 104 (who was also a big tweeter) passed away this summer.
Lillian used to run a hotel, but unsurprisingly has retired now, so has plenty of pottering time. Unlike most pensioners, however, her pottering is done on an iPad (which she finds easier to cope with than a laptop due to the touch interface).
The technologically aware great-grandmother has just a small collection of friends, and uses Facebook mainly to keep in touch with family. Although since she’s been handed the crown of Facebook’s oldest user, she has been inundated with congratulations, and something in the order of a thousand friend requests.
She told the Beeb: “We’ve had messages from all over the world. I’d like to say thank you very much.”
Local paper the Tenby Observer dubbed Lillian “Superhighway Gran.”
Posted on 23 December 2010 by PakBee - Total hits: 4,345
Skype appears to be suffering an outage.
Twitter users around the globe are taking to the social network to report that Skype is down for them. The tweets started hitting Twitter this morning and continue as of this writing. Users are also reporting that their mobile applications, including those on Android and on the iPhone, are inoperable.
I tested the Skype app on my Mac and it is down as of this writing. My Skype iPhone app is also down. CNET’s Rafe Needleman had been experiencing outage issues this morning, but said that his service was soon restored.
Update 9:18 a.m. PT: Skype wrote in an e-mail to CNET this morning that it’s “assessing the matter now and its extent. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to our users.”
Update 11:12 a.m. PT: Skype then followed that up with a blog post shedding more light on the outage.
According to the company, it “noticed that the number of people online on Skype was falling, which wasn’t typical or expected.” After investigating the issue, Skype found that “a large number of supernodes,” which act as the service’s phone directory of sorts, “were taken offline by a problem affecting some versions of Skype.”
Posted on 16 August 2010 by PakBee - Total hits: 42,010
PTCL has launched the most awaited product EVO 3G Nitro in Pakistan. EVO 3G Nitro uses EVDO Rev. B Technology and gives upto 9.3 mbps.
Price:
USB Charges: Rs.3, 999 – One time charge
Nitro Unlimited: Rs.2, 999 monthly
More information about EVO 3G Nitro
This is Pakistan’s fastest wireless broadband internet which gives speed upto 9.3 mbps & uplink upto 5.4 mbps. Average data speed varies b/w 1 mbps to 3mbps. Existing Evo customers can upgrade their devices.
Instant connectivity, just plug and play. High speed USB compatible with any laptop, desktop, netbook.
Unlimited downloads and fast HQ video streaming and uploads.
Official EVO 3G Nitro EVDO REV B link.
• Cruise with Matchless Speed of up to 9.3 Mbps.*
• Enhanced user experience
• Faster web browsing
• High Quality Video Streaming
• Unlimited Downloads
• Faster uploads
• Plug & Play—Instant Connectivity
• USB compatible with laptops & Desktops.
• Average data rates vary between 1.25 Mbps- 3.75 Mbps
• Backward compatibility & seamless roaming on Rev A Network (up to 3.1Mbps) in 99 cities across the country.
•Device Upgrades available for existing Evo customers.
*Speed is on Best effort basis up to 9.3Mbps on downlink & 5.4Mbps on Uplink. Speed depends on factors such as modem capability, location, distance from communication tower and number of simultaneous users.
Posted on 23 July 2010 by PakBee - Total hits: 12,492
PTCL has doubled its broadband data rate speed and upgraded all its existing 2Mbps customers to 4Mbps data rate on the same tariff and all existing 4Mbps customers have been upgraded to 6Mbps data service at the same tariff. In addition a new 8Mbps package has also been introduced. PTCL will have the following data rates for all its broadband existing and new customers with effect from July 15th 2010.
- 1Mbps at Rs 1199
- 4Mbps at Rs 1999
- 6Mbps at Rs 4999
- 8Mbps at Rs 6999
The existing 2Mbps package will no more exist and all existing 2Mbps customers have already been upgraded to 4Mbps package on the same tariff.
Benefits:
- PTCL is the largest broadband service provider in Pakistan with over 500K satisfied broadband users.
- PTCL Broadband is available in over 414 cities across the country.
- PTCL broadband customer has the liberty to choose from various packages. PTCL Broadband keeps you connected to high speed internet all the time.
- Economical package for students, corporate and individuals.
- Access to free movies, music, classical Pakistani plays, famous cricket matches, educational and religious contents exclusively for PTCL broadband customers on ‘Buzz’ broadband web content infotainment portal
Posted on 18 May 2010 by PakBee - Total hits: 45,287
After clear discrimination of Facebook for not banning blasphemous Fan Page, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom has directed PTA to ban Facebook Page in Pakistan, told us sources close to authority.
A reliable source, who is in direct contact with Secretary MoIT, told ProPakistani that ministry has issued the directive to PTA to ban said blasphemous content in the country.
Ministry of Information Technology directs PTA for banning any URL or whole of website in case of any inappropriate content available on it.
It is yet to be ascertained if the whole Facebook will be banned or just a single URL will be filtered. In both the situations, Step is inline with thousands of Facebook users and according to their urge of boycotting Facebook on May 20th.
It merits mentioning here that a Fan Page on Facebook is encouraging its members to draw Prophet Mohammad’s drawings (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa-aal-hi-Wasallam).
Despite thousands of requests, Facebook didn’t put this page down even it violated Facebook’s own terms of services.
Update: (3:14 PM – May 18, 2010) We have received confirmation from PTA that directive has been issued to all ISPs for blocking a single URL (of the particular Fan Page). Order was issued by Yawar Yasin, Director Enforcement PTA.
PTCL has confirmed the recipient of the order and said that specific URL is in process of being blocked throughout its network.
Update: (8:24 PM – May 18, 2010) Facebook fan page in question is still opening on various ISPs, however, reports are coming that specific URL is inaccessible on selected ISPs. Complete blackout is expected later tonight.
