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The Challenges of Open Innovation

Sahlique Sultan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:00:24 +0000

Two factors take up the function explaining the phenomenon of open innovation 1. The ability of the industrial complex to satisfy the demand for certain goods Demand and incumbent companies’ ability to produce change at different speeds exist in ill balanced environments. There is a pocket of opportunity for open innovation — though it is [...]

Why Facebook’s IPO is Screwed (Sort Of)

Babar Khan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:28:45 +0000

So there’s a pretty critical aspect no one seems to be discussing regarding how valid the valuation on Facebook is; a few days ago, the maximum price tag placed was USD 5 billion … now speculators have doubled that amount. The former can make sense, but what is the latter based on? Have they not [...]

ISI Lover Imran Khan Blames Punjab Govt. Again

Sundus Bano — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:06:50 +0000

The PTI leader is back to blaming everyone but himself over deaths caused in hospitals as a result of questionable drugs. He is backed my the ISI and Taliban, how dare he pretend to care over the deaths of innocents! Thank goodness his Facebook pages were hacked, Mr Khan your change is not something we [...]

Gilani Makes Another Promise He Can’t Keep

Babar Khan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:16:59 +0000

Our beloved prime minister, the master class champion of taking back statements made without pause nor reflection, has vowed to expose hidden elements that seek to disrupt Senate elections. Given his track record here, here and here .. place your bets wisely. Gilani Makes Another Promise He Can’t Keep is a post from: PakMediaBlog All [...]

Idiots Guide to Augmented Reality

Babar Khan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:58:43 +0000

The seamless overlay of digitized images onto a real environment is referred to as Augmented Reality, which ends up producing a composite picture. An example now familiar to movie goers is by taking filmed shots of real scenery and actors or some digital effects. A time will come in the not so distant future when [...]

Hackers Take PTI Facebook Pages

Sundus Bano — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:19:29 +0000

There is an active Imran Khan Facebook fan page, The Revolution We Need – Imran Khan has just announced that all their pages have been hacked. Does this mean we can expect PPP, MQM and APML backed messages of not voting for his gora-ness? The PTI official page and Jaag Utho appear to have the [...]

Idiots Guide to Cloud Computing

Babar Khan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:37:48 +0000

Ever wondered how Express Tribune stores all that data, blogs, articles, video’s and more on its website? Turns out, they utilize a cloud computing service called Amazon S3 (cloud storage solution) which allows sub-editors to obtain computing capabilities through the internet, regardless of physical location. To simplify, cloud computing comprises of massive data centers with [...]

Why IBA and CBM are Karachi’s best business schools

Sundus Bano — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:41:15 +0000

When studying at a business school, we wonder how some are better than our own. We hear from our teachers and seniors about how the alumni come back and make all the difference. More than the knowledge gained, networking matters the most. As a whole, graduates from IBA and CBM return to their colleges and [...]

Brand Asim Jofa & it’s Hilarious Imagination

Hiba Moeen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:53:38 +0000

It’s strange how these lawn brands have tapped onto the minds of nutshells with their still trapped inside the box positioning. For example, it gets to be the season of lawn exhibitions and road turmoil when the birds of a feather flock together for the sake of trend so that they get to carry the [...]

Psychopaths Rejoice Over Asim Jofa 2012 Campaign

Babar Khan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:37:05 +0000

Thanks to a new clothing line, all manner of working and non working women can identify themselves with a brand that promotes the existence of all sorts of people, regardless of how unproductive they really are. Asim Jofa campaigns for 2012 call for personifying all manner of women as potential customers, even raging psychopaths. “I [...]