Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee leaves for Sri Lanka on official visit Rawalpindi – March 18, 2012: General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee today left for four days official visit to Sri Lanka. During the visit the Chairman will meet HE Mahinda Rajapaksa the President of Sri Lanka, Secretary Defence and […]
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Climate Change is unequivocal; experts call for timely intervention ISLAMABAD: (19 March 2012) “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average atmospheric and oceanic temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising sea level rise” said Dr. Karim Ahmed, Director of International Programs and […]
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan emphasize on continuity and respect of political process Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced alarm over the continued deterioration in the state of human rights across the country and emphasised the need for all actors and institutions to urgently address pressing concerns as well as respect and […]
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The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Islamabad police to present an investigative report, pertaining to the case of a ‘missing person’ who was released, within the next two weeks. A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Justice Tariq Parvez, which had taken up the case of seven of the 11 surviving […]
Sony has a similar dream as their Korean competitors, LG and Samsung and the same as their neighbours, Panasonic, to be better equipped and to supply their customers with the best gadgets. All these manufacturers want to win four screens: mobile, tablets, televisions and computers. The Japanese giant also has a major movie studio, some of the best game developers and […]
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Apple’s new beast is out of the cage and the most intimidating factor of it is its Retina Display. Now, I can go on and on for hours on new display and how it has the power to convert people from other tablets to the Apple product, and how it can lure the uninitiated public […]
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What Apple has done here is doubled the pixel number in height and width—2,048×1,536 from 1,024×768—quadrupling its pixel density on the screen real estate, 3.1 million, if you want to crunch some numbers. Hence, the Retina Display. Prior to iPad, only iPhone 4/4S and iPod Touch 3rd generation were bestowed with the mesmerizing technology. On […]
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iPad’s updated rear camera, which the company calls its iSight camera. It is a huge improvement over the iPad 2’s 0.7-megapixel shooter. If you’ve spent any time over on Apple’s iPad page, you’ve probably seen the exploded view of Apple’s five-element lens system, which was adopted from the iPhone. However you want to explain it, […]
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I still think Siri was a fine addition to family of features in the iPhone 4S, but as far as the iPad is concerned, it does not make much of a sense to me. A smartphone is an advised thing to carry with you on a morning jog or stroll through the park in the […]
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The original iPad made its debut with iOS 3.2. That OS’ limitations seem prehistoric today. You couldn’t bounce between applications with multitasking. You couldn’t organize applications into folders. And support for document printing and AirPlay streaming of music, videos, and photos didn’t arrive until November 2010. At launch, the new iPad comes with iOS 5.1. […]
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Mainstream magazines, including The New Yorker, Wired, and Vanity Fair, all have iPad-specific editions. Even specialty publications, such as comic books, test prep, and sheet music, have found their way onto the iPad. But when you compare the experience of reading on the iPad with its paper-based ancestor or dedicated e-ink readers, the iPad still […]
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Another advantage of iPad with 4G is the added capability of assisted GPS (A-GPS), allowing users to accurately pinpoint their locations on a map and take advantage of navigation and location-aware apps. The Wi-Fi-only models of the iPad can use rudimentary Wi-Fi hot-spot triangulation techniques to guess locations, but are much less accurate and consistent. […]
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