HBL and Daraz invite you to celebrate 70 years of Independence

This August, HBL and Daraz are celebrating a story that entails the blood, sweat, tears and dreams of millions of Pakistanis. Seventy years on, against all odds, Pakistan is forging on the path of growth and development as the nation continues to endure the stories of millions of Pakistanis surmounting extraordinary obstacles to achieve their dreams.

Daraz and HBL could not be a more complementary partnership. As an institution, HBL has played an instrumental role in the nation’s economic progress since the country’s independence. Today, HBL is the largest bank of Pakistan, at the core of HBL is its philosophy of enriching lives and enabling dreams of its customers and the society at large. Daraz, on the other hand, is the digital powerhouse of the country, proud to have given e-commerce culture a home to call its own in Pakistan. In a short span of time, Daraz has cast a wide net over Pakistani commerce, its services penetrating the most bustling of metropolises and the humblest of villages.

Together, HBL and Daraz are united in their desire to deliver joys for the Pakistani consumers.

Independence Day provides the two a two-fold opportunity to honor the traditions of the past and brace for the innovations of the future.

In the words of Daraz Managing Director Zain Suharwardy, “As a pioneering, youth-driven e-commerce company, we cannot sit hunched over the weight of what has been. We’d much rather ask ‘What can be?’  ‘What can be?’ is a question Daraz asked itself when first pioneering e-commerce in Pakistan. Our millions of fans have answered in unison: A lot can be, if one is resilient and determined enough to will it into being. The HBL Independence Day ShopFest goes out to these fans, spread as they are across the length and breadth of Pakistan.’’

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Aamir Kureshi, Head Global Consumer Banking, HBL said, “HBL is proud to partner with Daraz.pk to offer our card customers additional value and a secured, convenient online shopping experience. While we are continuously exploring new ways of offering our customers a rewarding card experience, our partnership with Daraz is a step towards promoting e-commerce card usage in Pakistan”.

Join HBL and Daraz in the country’s 70^th Independence Day Celebrations, as we continue to restlessly pursue the question: What is next? For it is on the cutting edge of technology and digital culture and the power of connectivity to bring people together- that we find our purpose.

Daraz is pulling all the stops on what is looking to be a celebration to remember. The usual diet of flash sales, incredible discounts and new launches will be accompanied by yet to be announced surprises.

The HBL Independence ShopFest will bring discounts up to 70%, to celebrate 70 years of independence. Additional discounts will be available to all HBL credit and debit cardholders.

“Starting midnight on the 13^th of August, a celebration of independence awaits. Prepare your wish lists, mark those calendars in green and download the Daraz app while you’re at it! It’s time to rekindle the flame. A forward-looking, progressive Pakistan is not a place only in name: we’ll see you there,” Team Daraz.

DWP rewards exciting prizes to Facebook & Instagram contest winners

The Champion’s Trophy was held last month, where Pakistan was the undefeated champion after defeating India. During this tournament, the consumer electronics brands of DWP Group – GREE & EcoStar held a prize distribution ceremony at Packages Mall, Lahore, for the Cricket contest held on Facebook and Instagram.

The participants were asked questions based on their know-how of Cricket, and the winners were picked via Lucky Draw. For people living in Lahore, the prizes were given at GREE-EcoStar display center at Packages Mall, whereas winners of other cities were contacted by the sales offices to dispatch their gifts.

DWP Group goes out-of-the-way to reward its customers, and announces numerous different contents and games on Facebook and Instagram on special occasions, all while appreciating healthy participation and enjoying promotion. DWP Group wishes all the winners and motives others to actively participate in these contests and get a chance to win exciting prizes.

Samsung make winners to Karachi & Hyderabad Mobile consumers through Daily Jumbo Jeet scheme.

In a recent chain of events, Samsung Pakistan has been carrying out its exciting promotional activity called ‘Daily Jumbo Jeet’ at various cities in Pakistan. The most recent ones were held in Karachi and Hyderabad; in both the cities a lucky winner won the grand prize which was Yamaha YBR 125CC motorbike.

Samsung ‘Daily Jumbo Jeet’ was basically carried out in different cities with the objective of rewarding the loyal customers and retailers of Samsung. Customers simply had to purchase a Samsung smartphone and enter the lucky draw to win exciting prizes such as; Yamaha 125CC Bike, Samsung 32” LED TVs, T-285 Tablets and cash vouchers up to Rs. 5000 winner.

Head of Samsung Mobile Samsung EC Pakistan – Mr. Umar Ghumman stated: “Samsung has assumed a vibrant role to be a consumer-focused organization that seeks new opportunities to reward its customers, while providing them with the most innovative products to enable a modern lifestyle and powerful connectivity around the globe. With the Daily Jumbo Jeet promotional offer, we want to give our consumers and retailers both a chance to win high-valued prizes.”

The customers and distributors all across Pakistan took full advantage of this promotional activity, whereby participating enthusiastically. In order to reward the retailers, Samsung gave a Tablet to every retailer whose customer won a Bike or an LED TV from his shop. A cash voucher of Rs. 5000 was also given to the Promoter deployed by Samsung, at the Shop where the purchase is made.

Young Leaders Conference focuses on Political reforms on Day 5

Day five of the Young Leaders Conference (YLC) proved to be another insightful day, continuing process of transformation that was set in motion on day 1. With ‘Political Leadership’ the theme of the day, participants were given a preview of how politics play a significant role in leadership. 

Day moderator, Uzair Ausaf, a renowned corporate trainer, framed the purpose of the day in the overall context of the conference. Justice Nasira Iqbal took the stage for a spotlight session depicting the poetry of Allama Iqbal. 

 Governance Skills Shops were also part of the program covering topics such as; Collaborative Governance, Youth in Public Service, Electoral Reforms, ICT in Governance, and Ethics and Morality. These skill shops were conducted by leading personalities including Rizwan Rashid, Shireen Naqvi, and Kamran Rizvi amongst others. 

The Skill Shops were followed by a keynote on ‘Activism and Street Power’ carried out by activist and lawyer, Mohammad Jibran Nasir to highlight the current scenario of the country and how activists play a role in shaping the society. “I always thought that nothing would ever change in this country. Now I realize that nothing ever will unless I change that attitude,” remarked a visibly emotional participant following the discussion. 

A Plenary Activity was conducted by Umair Jaliawala which was followed by dinner as the day came to a close. 

The conference is supported by its founding partner – English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM); an organization with a long established history of working with conviction for the cause of youth empowerment. Participants and the program segments are also sponsored by other prestigious enterprises like; Thal Limited, Hilton Pharma, Marie Stopes Society, Sindh Youth Ministry, ACM Gold, Friedrich-Naumann-Stuftung (FNF) Pakistan, TCS, UNICEF, U-Report: Pak Avaz, Feroze1888, HMBL, SEHER, KFC, Shamrock, Ideas by Gul Ahmed, USEFP, Cinepax Cinemas, Bank Alfalah, Jubilee General, Champion Mango and Behtareen.pk. 

 The six-day conference will continue for another day and conclude on 31st July.

HUAWEI AI Chip: The future of Artificial Intelligence

HUAWEI telecommunications has earned its way reputation for being the leading company in the world of smartphone technology. HUAWEI aims to go out of the way to bring a major change in the way things function in the world of technology.

It is a fact that after the tremendous growth in mobile Internet, artificial intelligence will become the largest future outlet. Huawei is now tapping into newer technologies, and working on a dedicated chip for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The next-gen Huawei Mate 10 is expected to launch later this year, which will be the first smartphone to boast HUAWEI’s AI Chip.

HUAWEI grasped the attention of its customers by tweeting, “AI: It is more than just a Voice Assistant”, followed with “It’s time to rethink what AI means, what it does, where it lives, and how it enhances your life #MyAI”.

CEO of HUAWEI – Mr. Chengdong said, “By 2025 more than 90% of the intelligent and up-to-date users will be able to benefit from the personalized, intelligent personal assistant services”

The AI chipset of HUAWEI is expected to more than just a personal assistant who’s capable of scheduling appointments, setting alarms, and accomplishing other mundane tasks.

The Huawei AI Chip is likely to be shown off at the IFA 2017 event later in August in Berlin, Germany. Reports indicate that this announcement of the Huawei AI Chip would be made alongside the launch of the company’s all-new processor, the Kirin 970.

DWP Group and its foreign company partner Fuji Electric participated in IEEEP FAIR 2017

DWP Group along with its foreign company partner Fuji Electric participated in the IEEEP FAIR 2017 Held at Karachi Expo Center on 1st – 3rd August, 2017.

DWP Group has now joined hands with Fuji Electric to support Pakistan industry, Building and Utility Infrastructure with proven technologies to ensure that energy can be supplied in a stable, reliable and optimal manner. DWP Group is a leading business entity in Pakistan with core focus in Consumer Electronics (GREE ACs and EcoStar TVs), Power (UPS, Solar and batteries), System Integration (EMC and Lenovo), Networks (CISCO), Document Technology (XEROX) and HVAC (GREE) whereas Fuji Electric is a globally renowned name in power electronics industry with 90 years proven track record. Fuji Electric combines its power electronics products with measuring instruments and the internet of things (IOT) and facilitates the advance of plant automation and visualization to increase productivity and save energy. 

Both power business parties have a vision to evolve into a global organization where differentiation is created by knowledge, ethics and commitment; aspiring to be the most admired and respected company. DWP strives to be the first choice supplier to the customers by providing the best quality products and services with its highly motivated, trained, technology savvy and customer service oriented team.

Major Offered Products are: AC drives/IGBTS- MV/LV, Dry Transformers, AC Motors- MV/LV, Mini Turbines- Power generations, Special Transformers- Rectifiers/OSPs and Control Products- PLCs/EMS/BMS

HUAWEI Mobile phones are always young and never lags

It is a fact, rather a complaint that the older a smartphone, the slower it gets in term of speed and processing. HUAWEI, a global technology leader has finally developed a smart method to investigate this phenomenon thoroughly and remedy it, in coordination with Connect.

The top teams of HUAWEI’s Research & Development have been encountering this problem for a while now, where a fresh new phone works seamlessly until a few months and then it starts slowing down and lagging. HUAWEI seems to have found a way to overcome the gradual slowdown of smartphones with a project called "Stay fast". Dirk Waasen – Chief Editor of Connect, and his technical manager Bernd Theiss, took a closer look into the project.

The thriving developers at HUAWEI have analyzed the problem and have found the root causes. They were able to find software solutions that would maintain the performance of a smartphone far better than what was previously possible, regardless of the large amount of data and a high degree of utilization.

With special optimization of the software, HUAWEI wants to ensure that the smartphone optimally adjusts to the services preferred by the user. The concept with which HUAWEI intends to keep its smartphones forever young includes the optimization of the memory and the preference of frequently used apps. To counter the troublesome slowing down of the smartphone, HUAWEI relies on a "machine-learning" system.

Over time, this algorithm supposedly learns to predict the usage behavior of the smartphone owner with increasing accuracy. Knowing which app is needed when and how often is crucial for a multitasking system, if multiple applications use the same processor, memory, graphics processor, and the same radio interfaces. After the reset to the factory state, the smartphone is filled with different file types using the MyBench app. Smaller files are then deleted again to fragmented memory. This simulates a part of the aging process.

The current Huawei top models P10 and P10 Plus show that "Stay fast" works well. With an average response time of 0.64 to 0.69 seconds, they implement user inputs fast in the ten tested disciplines; the artificial aging reduced the performance by 10.6% to 12.4%.

Huawei is rapidly emerging as an innovative industry leader within the electronics and telecommunications arena, aiming to deliver exceptional services to the rapidly expanding segment of smartphone users in Pakistan, who seek powerful global connectivity.