Wrote a fairly lengthy post on the topic but decided to skip and just go with this cartoon

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I have noticed lately that while using Facebook on my mobile often when i am about to comment on something Facebook gives me a bad IP error
The message appears
“You are trying to access Facebook from an IP (Internet Protocol) address that has been associated with abusive behavior. You may request to have this block lifted [...]

After the southpark episode censoring, shout out by freedom of speech bandwagon and protest by people against Draw Muhammad day, government of Pakistan has banned Facebook in Pakistan (started from banning specific pages and then completely banned the site due to court orders). Where many people still can figure out how to use Facebook even [...]

Microsoft is organizing an event in collaboration with Saif Center of Innovation for the launch of BizSparkCamp. Microsoft’s BizSpark program is a must register for a small startup for multiple reasons like Software, Support , trainings and visibility (through Microsoft Startup listings and promotions). This can prove priceless in business development during initial phase of a startup. [...]

There was a time when people would refrain to give away any information about them online (for general users even their names were something not to be mentioned online). Introduction of Social Networks have totally revamped the way we use internet. Now its a very tightly coupled system shaped by our online behaviors. This deep [...]

We have seen the information flow transform from uni-directional to multi directional, we have seen the web transform from static to collaborative. This transitional period has seen many guest and grand appearances. One of them is Social Networks. Some of us might have a lot against them, some like wasting time on them and some [...]

Some time ago Microsoft released Official Facebook Application for Windows Mobile phones. (We broke the story of Facebook officially advertising it on its mobile website). Eventhough its considered the best of both worlds (in terms of expertise) still the app fails to impress at most of the occasions.
Facebook has really enhanced its [...]

Google finally makes available all its data that has been drawn collaboratively by people across globe (mainly from the countries that didn’t have digital maps or not upto the mark) using Map Maker in GoogleMaps API. Now you can use this data to do wonders for your web applications and it supports routing as well. [...]

Since people simply can’t resist speculating about iPhone’s future and what Apple will have to offer in near future, why should we stay behind. Ever since iPhone first came out there had been heated debates among friends about how revolutionary is it? Is it really worth all the appreciation? Rest aside it did spark a [...]

As part of a movement to encourage freedom of speech, free media, citizen journalism, effortless integration of common life with internet and to promote mediums of expression we have recently launched another project through a platform which is already in a successful beta. “Twitter Pakistan Project” powered by iSMS. Twitter has been a famous [...]