The Official Corporate Blog of Qashqar. Your Business Development Partnernoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:50:43 +0500Blogger http://www.blogger.com39125http://qashqar.blogspot.com/en-usnoThe Official Corporate Blog of Qashqar. Your Business Development Partnernoreply@blogger.comhttp://qashqar.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-new-macbook-is-great-travel-laptop.htmlAppleLaptopLatestMacBooknewTechnologynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 28 May 2015 10:58:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-9106695191367861787 There are a lot of innovations crammed into Apple's latest MacBook, including a 12-in. Retina display, a new Force Touch trackpad, a full-size keyboard that's been redesigned to compensate for the device's size, the introduction of USB-C (a new USB standard featuring a reversible connection) and cleverly stacked batteries for maximum space efficiency. Also, for the first time, Apple is 1http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2012/05/best-tech-gift-ideas-for-high-school.htmlLatestTechnologynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 31 May 2012 11:37:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-2744295088231440235 No matter where the next phase of life is taking them, high school grads appreciate tech gifts. Laptops have been a gift staple for years, and graduates still love them. With prices starting as low as $399, an Apple iPad also may be a sound investment. Apple has teamed up with publishers to bring more textbooks to the iPad, so it’s a particularly good choice for college-bound 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2011/10/ptcl-double-play-packages-details.htmljazzLatestmobilinkTechnologynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:56:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-7104742763973388079The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is introducing a Double Play packages for voice and data segments of the market along with its Double Up packages throughout the country.This PTCL double play packages propose convenience and speed with six diverse economy packages ranging from 1Mbps to 10 Mbps. Below are the PTCL Double-Play Packages with Capped Voice Minutes: Double-Play 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2011/08/learn-more-about-your-computers.htmlComputerrLatestseven 7Technologywindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:41:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-8438400092275187315Knowing how fast your PC is or how much RAM it has shouldn't be information that's limited to übergeeks. Having a clear idea about your system hardware specifications is important, and may come in quite handy in different situations: when trying to sell your computer to someone else, buying a new videogame or checking the system requirements of that huge program you're about to download, to name 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2011/07/operating-system-x-lion-released_22.htmlLatestTechnologynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:46:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-952425968116943752After a couple of weeks of anticipation, OS X 10.7 Lion, the latest operating system for Macs, has been released by Apple today. Lion is available via the Mac App Store and costs $29.99 to upgrade. Before you rush into upgrading however, don't forget to check out our words of advice (especially if you run old applications on your Mac) and also read our full review of Lion. If you're one of the0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2011/07/operating-system-x-lion-released.htmlLatestTechnologynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:46:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-8444309678028182941After a couple of weeks of anticipation, OS X 10.7 Lion, the latest operating system for Macs, has been released by Apple today. Lion is available via the Mac App Store and costs $29.99 to upgrade. Before you rush into upgrading however, don't forget to check out our words of advice (especially if you run old applications on your Mac) and also read our full review of Lion. If you're one of the0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2011/05/with-so-many-broadband-choices.htmlcomputerDSLfreeinternetLatestnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 1 May 2011 22:12:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-3702292454584488203With so many broadband choices available today, it can be overwhelming when selecting the best choice for you. Satellite internet is a great broadband choice, but it's not the best option for everyone. How do you know if Satellite's right for you? Here are a few questions that will help you decide: Do you have access to a telephone line or a cable TV line? For those that aren't plugged into 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-free-mind-mapping-software.htmldesignLatestmapingnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:12:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-8364528159456738027Whether you are studying, in business or you’ve got a complicated plan to execute, and you’re having trouble getting your thoughts in order, you should take a look mind mapping software. Mapping the mind - ordering thoughts as a diagram - is an excellent way of organizing your thoughts, forming plans and completing a job and, best of all, there are excellent free tools available to help you. 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-clean-your-files-and-folders.htmlfreeLatestProductivitysoftwaretipsTop Listsutilitieswindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:17:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-7698735522489996295File have a nasty habit of getting very messy, very quickly, especially if you are a keen downloader, photographer or music buff. If your folders look like the computer equivalent of a teenage girl’s bedroom, take a look at my guide to keeping your files in top condition. Get rid of the duplicates - this should definitely be step 1 in any re-organization. Duplicate Cleaner is top of my list 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/turn-scanned-document-into-microsoft.htmldocumentsLatestmicrosoftWordnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:16:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-3601481675563779156 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('.intro .thumbnail a:first').attr('href','http://i.ehow.com/images/a02/65/qf/turn-scanned-document-microsoft-word-800X800.jpg'); }); Turning a scanned document into a Word document is fairly easy, and this process will show you how to turn a scan into editable text. For the purposes of this step-by-step procedure, I 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/5-tools-to-improve-your-typing-speed.htmlfreeLatestProductivitysoftwareTop Listswindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:41:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-4315627622116369518If you’ve been using computers for as long as me, you can probably type quite well without looking at the keyboard. Improving your typing speed and accuracy has become increasingly important in today’s world, where computers, smartphones and other keyboard-equipped devices are almost omnipresent. Typing faster means you can get your work done more quickly, answer your emails in a few minutes0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-stop-windows-shutdown.htmlLatestOperating Systemssoftwaretipsutilitieswindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:47:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-8243039822794890803We’ve all been there. In fact, I was there just yesterday, happily pressing “next, next” in a long installation process. Just a microsecond too late, however, I realized I had accidentally told the program to restart my system. Unsaved documents, half-finished reviews and long strings of tabs disappeared before my eyes. I looked frantically around for some way of stopping it, a big red 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/look-at-paltalk-for-windows-and-mac.htmlinternetLatestMacsoftwarewindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:42:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-640125139620174830 If you like chat rooms where you can chat anonymously with different people from around the world on a huge variety of topics, then Paltalk may interest you. Note that Paltalk is also confusingly known as PaltalkScene and on Mac and Linux, where it only works in a web browser, it’s also known as PaltalkExpress. Paltalk is a US based service that claims to have over 4 million users. One of 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-10-tools-to-restrict-access-to-your.htmlfreeLatestSecuritysoftwareTop Listswindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:03:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-7268945855454325980If you share your PC then sometimes it’s nice to know that you’ve got some control over what happens on it when you’re not there. Maybe you want to stop your kids accessing certain sites, or maybe you’ve got some confidential information on there that you don’t want prying eyes looking at. Whatever the reason, there are tons of mini-applications out there to give you a bit more peace of mind0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-change-your-voice-in-skype.htmlAudiofreeinternetLatestsoftwaretipsTrialwindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:54:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-7595963859718452354f you fancy having a bit of fun next time you use Skype then why not try out a voice-changing app? You’ll be able to do all sorts of cool things, from prank-calling your pals as Darth Vader to faking a sore throat in order to get a day off work. There are a number of software tools around that can change your voice in Skype, and none of them are particularly difficult to use. Skype Voice 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/ad-blockers-are-they-harming-websites.htmlBlockfreeinternetLatestwebsitenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:42:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-7921080981587998837 A while ago, I reviewed a program called AdBlock Plus, a popular Firefox add-on that nukes the annoying ads that get in the way when you’re browsing. It is super-effective, stripping ads from the screen and leaving only clean, white space in their place. As anyone who has ever spent more than 30 seconds on the internet knows, you’ll soon be assaulted by blinking, buzzing and flashing 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/03/five-ways-to-create-your-own-homepage.htmlfreehomepageLatestpersonalwebsitenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:17:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-1852770727357903335Having a good homepage is important. 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Video 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/02/easier-access-to-your-contacts-with.htmlbrowsercontactLatestmailnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:24:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-7784807937278859504A few months ago I installed Xobni and since then my experience of Outlook has improved tenfold. I was looking for something similar for Gmail in order to better navigate my bulging inbox, and I came across MailBrowser. This free little extension for Firefox and Internet Explorer adds an Xobni-style sidebar to Gmail, giving you a much clearer view of your contacts and allowing you to sift 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/02/create-and-edit-pdfs-for-free.htmlconverteditfreeLatestpdfsoftwarenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:18:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-7238547441021576798If you’re looking for PDF utilities, you’ve got plenty of choice if you want to open and view without paying a fortune. What’s not so easy is creating and editing them, a problem that leads lots of users to avoid this handy file format altogether. Just remember: creating PDFs may not be as easy as creating other types of document, but there are still lots of tools that will help you get the 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/01/remote-control-your-computer-from-your.htmlcomputerconnectiPhoneLatestremotenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:59:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-6063591333855042969 Imagine being able to access and control your computer from anywhere on Earth using your iPhone. Sounds pretty futuristic, right? Actually, it’s not because there are apps available already that let you tap into your PC or Mac on your phone. And these remote control apps do a lot more that just allowing you to view your files and folders. In fact, they actually let you use your operating 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-open-iso-files-without-burning.htmlfreeisoLatestsetupsoftwarewindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:05:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-1803480066486315342Have you ever wanted to open an ISO, IMG or CCD file but either didn’t want to burn it, didn’t have a blank DVD spare or didn’t even have a DVD burner? Well you can by mounting the file for free using a virtual drive cloning tool. Virtual drive cloning means that you effectively create a new DVD drive for your computer - but it exists only virtually on your desktop. It’s pretty much like 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2009/11/microsoft-office-2010.html2010Latestmicrosoftofficenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:57:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-76837701893493123Microsoft have finally launched a first Beta version of the much anticipated Microsoft Office 2010. You can download it from the Microsoft Office website, as long as you have a Live ID (your Hotmail address or Live Messenger account will do the trick). Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus Beta is available in several languages, for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems, and features a few 0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2009/11/kindle-ebook-reader.htmlBook readerbooksLatestreadnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-4524760012702500484Lets leave the ‘why would you read a book on your PC?’ question to one side for a moment, and take a look at Amazon’s new free eBook reader: What you can see is everything Kindle for PC can do. You can insert bookmarks, but not annotations or highlights (like you can on the Kindle device). The library system is basic, although clear and there’s an amazon button that takes you to the shop via0http://qashqar.blogspot.com/2009/11/chopping-big-emails-down-to-size.htmlfreeinternetsoftwaretipsutilitieswebwindowsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:58:00 +0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394956463521775902.post-3787551782035128588 During the summer, Gmail increased its maximum attachment size to 25MB, up 5MB on its previous limit. Great news, I hear you cry - now you can squeeze a few more photos into that email or send an album in 2 parts rather than 3! Well yes, you can, but does that mean you should? One thing you have to remember about email is that it’s old. Really old. Although it mightn’t feel it, email has been0