Twitter Removes User Agent Information

in above screenshot, you can see the second person posted tweet via Mobile Web (old screenshot)

Twitter removed user agents information from their mobile clients back in July 2012. Now they have removed it from web too.
Expect it to be removed from Tweetdeck also. Tweetdeck is owned by Twitter.

What I mean by user agent is, you cannot know from which client your friends are posting tweets. Like before you were able to see whether they are using web, mobile web, twitter for android, twitter for iPhone, twicca, Hootsuite, twitterfeed etc.

Pakistani Cellular Companies Continue Their Fraud Prize Schemes

Pakistan government is not boss of our Telecom industry, but Telecom companies are boss of Pakistan.

Despite PTA warning, companies continue their prize fraud schemes ...

Mobilink, Warid, Telenor still sending this kinda SMS messages to customers which say that "your number have won the prize, spend 10 rupees to get your prize, this is true".

Do not reply to such messages.

Stopping Cellular Prepaid Packages in Pakistan

Pakistan government is considering to stop prepaid packages of cellular networks in Pakistan. Pakistan's prepaid subscriber base is more than 80% of the whole cellular subscribers.

Reports say that these cellular network failed and are involved in wrong customers data to increase their subscribers base. Several sim cards are not registered on genuinely.

Cellular networks awards their dealers who sell their sims. Dealers use other customers Identification cards to issue new sim cards. For example in Faisalabad new mobile connection price is 50rs but if you pay 200Rs he will give you registered sim card (ie, using other customers ID card for your sim)

Networks are involved too, networks like Telenor love their customers more than government orders. In past, government asked customers to get extra connections blocked which they didn't register on their CNIC. I myself knew a number which was registered on my CNIC but not owned by me, went to Telenor customer service centre and completed the procedure to get that number blocked. But that number is still running and on my name. When contacted the company they told that they are still asking the number user to visit service centre for ownership change. It have been several months, if that number is used in some criminal activity then I will be blamed, not the number user or network.

Mobile networks offline, for security or to save network costs?

Cellular services in following cities were terminated in the evening of 19th August 2012(chand raat). Reason told to public, "for some security reasons".

They will be restored today till 10AM, 20th August 2012 Eid day.

Customers of these cities effected: Multan, Lahore, Quetta, Karachi


Was it really for security reasons or to save network costs from massive Eid communications?
Do you remember past Eids when these networks tried to save their network costs on these kind of holidays by disabling minutes and SMS offers?

Mobilink Eid Offer: 3 days Mobile Internet in 15 Rupees

Mobilink Eid offer for prepaid Jazz customers, Enjoy 500MB mobile internet for three days in 15 Rupees.


Activation:
Dial *114*8# to activate

Charges:
Charges are 15 Rupees including taxes

Other details:
Offer is for all Mobilink prepaid packages
500MB fair use policy applies
You can subsribe to this offer as many times as you want to add validity (maximum til 23rd August) and 500MB data
Offer started on 17th August and will end on 23rd August 2012


No other network have given Eid offer.

PTCL Azadi ka Jashan: Free 2MB DSL Speed for Students

PTCL is celebrating Pakistan Independence with student customers by giving 2MB DSL speed in the price of 1MB till 30 September 2012.

PTCL 1MB student package customers can upgrade to 2MB speed for free. No extra charges till 30 September. After the date 2MB student package DSL charges would be applied.

After 30 september 2012, those who want to stay with PTCL 2MB student package they will pay 1300 Rs per month.
Those who don't want to stay on 2MB they can revert to 1MB. 1MB student package charges are 1100 Rs per month.

For speed upgrade/downgrade email PTCL or contact at 1236 from PTCL phone.

Get Verification Tick for your Google Plus Business page

Google now allows manual verification for Google+ pages. Let your page members know that page is real with a verification tick. Google will send you mail with a pin code at your business address for verification.

Follow these steps for verification:
Create your page by going to google.com/+/business

After you’ve created your page, you can verify it:

1. Hover over Unverified at the top of your Google+ page. Click the Verify now button when it appears. Or, click Verify now in the Is this your business? section below the map.
2. Confirm your address and click Request postcard. Your postcard should arrive within a week or so.
3. Once it’s arrived, go to the website listed on the postcard, google.com/local/verify
4. Enter the PIN listed on the postcard and click Submit.
5. If you've requested a postcard for multiple Google+ pages, make sure to click on the name of the business that the postcard is for.

Note:

• Any page manager can request page verification.
• Don't forget to fill in the address of your business in your page.

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How do I verify my +page?

Follow these three steps:

1. 
   Link your +page to your website: Fill out the ‘About’ section of your Google+ page, being sure to enter your site’s top-level URL.
   Link your website to your +page: Add a Google+ badge or code snippet to your site, which lets us know that the site is associated with your +page. We recommend using the Google+ badge, as it can help you attract additional followers -- for top publishers, adding the Google+ badge helped drive a 38% increase in followers. You can select the size of the +badge for your pages, and with some of the larger sizes, users will be able to add your +page to their circles without leaving your site.
2. Complete verification request form.
3. As you complete the verification process, be sure to continue posting regularly to your +page to engage with your users. To help attract followers to your pages we also recommend promoting your +page on other relevant sites or blogs you own, as well as other social destinations. You can also place an author tag on your online materials, which means your authorized photo and name appear next to search results for content you’ve created.

Manual verification on Twitter is also coming in future.

Warid Telecom is no longer cheapest Ring back tones provider

Warid have increased caller tones service rental charges 10Rs monthly charges to 65 paisas daily charges. Which make it about 20Rs+tax per month charges. Taxes not included.

Warid telecom was cheapest ringback tones service provider in Pakistan. Before Warid customers could purchase as many ringtones they want with only one time purchase charges of tone and then monthly service rental 10Rs only. You buy ten tones you pay one time purchase charges for each tone then only 10Rs per month service rent, no matter how many caller tones you keep you were paying the 10Rs service rent only. Now rent have increase 10Rs to 20Rs,monthly and add taxes.

Twitter SMS now available for Warid telecom Pakistan customers

Twitter SMS services are now available for Warid Pakistan customers. Warid customers can update their Twitter status via SMS. Can receive SMS notifications from their favourite Twitter users.

Charges:

• SMS notifications receiving is free
• Sending SMS to Twitter number 40404 charges are 1Rs per SMS
• No hidden or other rental charges