8th Junior Leaders Conference begins in Karachi

The 8^th edition of the Junior Leaders Conference (JLC) kicked off today at the Movenpick Hotel Karachi, with energy and excitement dominating the proceedings. Supported by English Biscuit Manufacturers, GLUCO Ki JLC brings together 200 youngsters between the ages of 10 to 15. The conference focuses on developing leadership potential through a unique blend of experiential learning, interactive sessions, lateral thinking, attitudinal training, simulations and group-based activities.

As participants embarked on the three-day journey themed ‘I AM ALIVE’, the first day was filled with networking exercises and fun-filled activities, to enhance their capabilities and allow them to overcome  hurdles, understand situations, and carve out their own paths in life with a passion to achieve what they want. Equipped with their GLUCO Ki JLC kits which included conference T-shirts, bags and diaries, participants were divided into teams with one ‘Enabler’ assigned to each team.

The Inauguration Ceremony was an elegant affair with many prominent personalities making an appearance. The experts and participants remarked on the importance of such events for the grooming of Pakistan’s future generations and congratulated School of Leadership for organizing it. Representatives from EBM also graced the occasion with their presence along with many individuals from the media.

The day was moderated by Uzair Ausaf, lead trainer at Torque and rising trainer, Anusha Somani, who provided the context for participants, set the norms, chalked out expectations and elaborated on the thought-process behind the day’s theme. This was followed by Anmol Zehra, the conference Champion, who discerned about the importance of JLC and how it can impact lives of the participants.

The tea break brought together the sponsors and the participants, which was followed by a networking lunch; each participant interacted with each other and got to know about their wishes and how they can achieve them. Then a keynote session was delivered by Shireen Naqvi- renowned trainer and founder at SoL- who proceeded to debrief the previous activities.

Sania saeed and Fakhre-e-Alam took forward the conference. They did not just address but also inspired the participants by talking about their experiences and how did they intelligently overcome the stumbling-blocks in the path of success.

After this, four different break-out sessions were set up, addressing a number of themes designed with the aim to help the participants identify their strengths, and allowing them to engage in stimulating dialogue.

Before the day ended, the participants were taken for an outdoor activity to help awaken a sense of empathy and responsibility towards their communities, and towards society at large. The conference will continue till July 17, 2016.

Samsung Introduces World’s First Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Removable Memory Card Line-up, Offering up to 256-Gigabyte (GB) Capacity

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today unveiled the industry’s first removable memory cards based on the JEDEC Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 1.0 Card Extension Standard*, for use in high-resolution mobile shooting devices such as DSLRs, 3D VR cameras, action cams and drones. Coming in a wide range of storage capacities including 256, 128, 64 and 32 gigabyte (GB), Samsung’s UFS cards are expected to bring a significant performance boost to the external memory storage market, allowing much more satisfying multimedia experiences.

“Our new 256GB UFS card will provide an ideal user experience for digitally-minded consumers and lead the industry in establishing the most competitive memory card solution,” said Jung-bae Lee, senior vice president, Memory Product Planning & Application Engineering, Samsung Electronics “By launching our new high-capacity, high-performance UFS card line-up, we are changing the growth paradigm of the memory card market to prioritize performance and user convenience above all.”

Samsung’s new 256GB UFS removable memory card ─ simply referred to as the UFS card will provide greatly improved user experiences, especially in high-resolution 3D gaming and high-resolution movie playback. It provides more than five times faster sequential read performance compared to that of a typical microSD card, reading sequentially at 530 megabytes per second (MB/s) which is similar to the sequential read speed of the most widely used SATA SSDs. With this UFS card, consumers have the ability to read a 5GB, Full-HD movie in approximately 10 seconds, compared to a typical UHS-1 microSD card, which would take over 50 seconds with 95MB/s of sequential reading speed. Also, at a random read rate of 40,000 IOPS, the 256GB card delivers more than 20 times higher random read performance compared to a typical microSD, which offers approximately 1,800 IOPS.

When it comes to writing, the new 256GB UFS card processes 35,000 random IOPS, which is 350 times higher than the 100 IOPs of a typical microSD card, and attains a 170MB/s sequential write speed, almost doubling the top-end microSD card speed. With these substantial performance improvements, the new 256GB UFS card significantly reduces multimedia data downloading time, photo thumbnail loading time and buffer clearing time in burst shooting mode, which, collectively, can be particularly beneficial to DSLR camera users. To shoot 24 large/extra fine JPEG photographs (1,120 megabyte (MB)-equivalent) continuously with a high-end DSLR camera, the 256GB UFS card takes less than seven seconds, compared to a UHS-1 microSD card which typically takes about 32 seconds, at 35MB/s.

To achieve the highest performance and most power-efficient data transport, the UFS card supports multiple commands with command queuing features and enables simultaneous reading and writing through the use of separately dedicated paths, doubling throughput.

As the leading memory storage provider, Samsung has been aggressive in preparing UFS solutions for the marketplace, while contributing to JEDEC standardization of the Universal Flash Storage 2.0 specification in September 2013 and the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 1.0 Card Extension standard in March 2016. Following its introduction of the industry-first 128GB embedded UFS chip in January 2015, the company successfully launched a 256GB embedded UFS memory for high-end mobile devices in February of this year. As of earlier this month, Samsung also completed the Universal Flash Storage Association** (UFSA)’s certification program that evaluates electrical and functional specifications for compatibility of a UFS card, and Samsung’s new UFS card products were approved as UFSA-certified UFS cards with the right to use the official UFS logo for the first time in the industry

Junior Leader's Conference 2016 Promises valuable knowledge & skills for children aged 10 to 15 years

Excitement is in the air, as the GLUCO KI JLC team is hard at work, preparing for the 8th annual episode of the Junior Leaders Conference. The team is led by Anmol Zehra, the JLC Champ for this year, and mentored by Kamran Rizvi, Umair Jaliawala and Waqar Ali.

GLUCO KI Junior Leaders Conference (JLC) is a game changer. It aspires to steer the energy of kids towards bringing positive change within themselves and the society. This thought-provoking and exciting 3-day leadership training program - GLUCO KI JLC is specifically designed for kids between the ages of 10-15 years, to develop their leadership skills. The conference aims to tap into the latent potential of its participants, enhance their creativity and enrich their relationships with family and society. It endows participants with a realization of their “amour proper”, laying the foundation for their own values and belief system for life & helping them cope with the stresses of peer and societal pressures, in order to make constructive decisions.

The theme for this year’s GLUCO KI JLC is ‘I AM ALIVE’. The theme signifies the fact that each day of our lives is precious, and we must make the most of it while we can. GLUCO KI JLC is celebrating its 8th year, and its 3rd year in partnership with GLUCO. It is the perfect platform for kids to come together and discover their latent potential, giving them a taste of responsibility and ownership, and enabling them to return to their lives and initiate practical change from a very young age.

The impressionable kids, who become a part of GLUCO KI JLC, are at a crucial stage in their lives, and the program is designed specifically to provide a combination of great fun with valuable knowledge and critical learning. GLUCO KI JLC ensures that the sessions are made insightful, while incorporating a wide range of enlightening segments, including activities for experiential learning, panel discussions, interactive speaker sessions and much more. This year, the program also has a special segment, devoted entirely to parents and improving parental methodologies.

Other cause partners in this endeavor include a number of prestigious organizations like; TCS, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Dalda, ACM Gold, Habitt, Glitz Productions, UHU and Shamrock Communications. Media partners of this grand event include the Jang Media Group and Suno Pakistan FM 89.4.

During the conference, the participants will interact with one another and learn to build productive social networks, under the able guidance of leading personalities from the fields of education, politics, corporate operations and training. More than fifty experts, renowned speakers and specialists from all 

Huawei P9 Lite, Comes up with Special offers and Great features

Huawei has recently announced a special offer to serve its loyal customers and brand lovers. According to the limited-time special offer, on the purchase of Huawei P9 Lite the customers will get a 16GB memory card along with a back cover for absolutely free. Indeed, this is best deal by Huawei and customers can avail the opportunity. Huawei has always been introducing such marvelous offers and free giveaways to the customers.

Huawei P9 Lite is a true successor of Huawei P8 Lite and the ultimate all rounder of the P Lite series. Huawei P9 Lite has been designed with superior touch of high technological innovations and esthetic taste. Right after its launch, Huawei P9 Lite was successfully endorsed in the consumer market in Pakistan. The Huawei P9 Lite is considered a real boon for the hash tag generation, especially the youth between the age limit of 15-35 years old.

Huawei has introduced this amazing smart device with the best smart phone features. Huawei P9 LITE offers an extraordinary camera at the rear side powered with new Sony IMX214 13megapixel stacked CMOS image sensor. It has the F2.0 big aperture, 7cm micro spurs, 28mm wide angle and 5P lens. P9 Lite has a front camera for selfies and it comes with 8 megapixels.

Along with the camera feature, Huawei P9 LITE has a Kirin 650 that is certainly an advanced chipset. Huawei has been focusing on revolutionizing the smart phone experience through such inventions. Huawei P9 LITE is a next step towards compact and slim smart phones. It is also lined from the edges and the corners are rounded giving it a perfectly exquisite look from each angle. The Huawei P9 LITE body reflects the impression of streamlined design and it is incorporated with keeping the finest taste of esthetics in consideration. Overall, Huawei has designed all new P9 LITE with the finest touch that cannot be described in words. This marvelous smart phone is available at the comparatively best price of Rs.28,499. 

Huawei Mobiles price update of best-selling strong mid-range smart phones

Huawei mobiles announced exclusive discount on solid performing strong mid-range smart phones. Huawei’s Y6 PRO now available at new discounted price of Rs.18, 499/- GR3 on Rs.20, 999/- and Honor5X Rs.24, 999/-

The Huawei Y6 Pro possesses an IPS LCD screen of 5 inches with 720X1280 pixel resolution for perfect vision. EMUI 3.1 sensor is present along with multi touch option. Android v5.1.1 Lollipop OS operated Huawei Y6 Pro works faster and effectively with 2GB RAM and 16 GB internal space that is further expandable with up to 128 GB of micro SD card. The phone is equipped with 13 MP rear cam and 5MP front cam. One of the Y6 Pro's most impressive features is its massive 4,000 mAh battery. The battery pack is estimated to provide up to 39 hours of talk time and over 90 hours of light use time. With the Smart Power Saving Mode, the smartphone can last up to 24 hours even with just 10 percent of the battery remaining.

Huawei GR3 has successfully recorded huge sales across the country. The Huawei GR3 features a 5-inches HD IPS touchscreen that has 720X1280 pixels  resolution and is powered by a MediaTek MTK6753T 1.5GHz Octa core processor that is coupled with 2GB of RAM. It is equipped with 16GB of internal memory that is further expandable with up to 32GB of micro SD card. The device boots from Android 5.1 Lollipop OS with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite. The Huawei GR3 houses a 13 MP of rear camera that features Auto-Focus and LED flash. There is also a 5 MP front-facing snapper for selfies and video calling. It is fueled by a 2200mAh battery. It comes in Golden, Silver, and Grey variant colors.

Honor5X is a dual SIM integrated device with a 5.5 inches screen size and 1080x1920 pixel resolution of display that gives you an amazing smart phone experience. Running on Android Lollipop version with all the latest updates, the phone works fluently and faster with quad core processor. Camera of 13 MP featuring autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, and HDR enables the users of Huawei Honor5X to click memorable pictures. Secondary camera of 5MP is for selfies and video calling. The phone also features amazing battery specs of 3000 mAh that makes you stick to your phone for long hours.

As every smartphone geeks know that Huawei is on the verge to bear the palm in handsets industry all over the world. Higher ups and Innovation obsessed experts of Huawei have made ground-breaking impact in market after announcement of Y6 Pro, GR3 and Honor 5X, strong mid-range phones designed with superior touch of high technological innovations and esthetic taste.

Samsung Pay Accelerates Growth with Three New Markets in Three Weeks

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced today that Samsung Pay, the most widely accepted mobile payment system, successfully launched in three new countries, across three continents in three weeks, including:

·          Spain, the first market to launch in Europe;

·          Singapore, the first within the South East Asian region; and

·          Australia, the first market to launch within the Oceania region.

The launch marks a significant milestone in the service’s global expansion, with a number of additional markets, including Brazil, Canada and the U.K., planned this year.

“Samsung Pay’s momentum is bringing us closer than ever to a world without wallets,” said Injong Rhee, CTO and EVP of Software and Services, Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Consumers are seeking convenience, security and ease of use in a mobile payment solution, and these latest launches show how Samsung Pay is providing an even faster and easier experience to a broader base of global users.”

Growing Ecosystem and Adoption

Samsung Pay is fueling strong consumer adoption and a growing partner ecosystem. The service has processed more than $1 billion in transactions in South Korea since its launch less than a year ago, demonstrating the increased adoption and showcasing its position as a preferred service for making secure, convenient payments.*

Also since launching in the U.S. in September 2015 with four banks and support for credit, debit and private label credit card payments, Samsung Pay is now supported by 300 major and regional banks and credit unions. Value-added services such as gift cards, and membership and loyalty features have been added as well with more than 110 merchants joining Samsung Pay’s Gift Card program and more than 140 retailers participating in its membership and loyalty cards program.

More Than a Payment Service

Building on its extensive ecosystem, Samsung recently announced partnerships with both Citi for Asia Pacific and Ant Financial Services Group, parent company of Alipay, in China that further bolster Samsung Pay’s compatibility with payment networks and banks, and provide choice and flexibility to its users.

Samsung Pay, a secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service, can be used to make purchases almost anywhere cards are accepted.

Additionally, Samsung Pay continues to evolve and expand its services beyond payments, now offering U.S. users gift card, membership and loyalty card support. This gives them easy and direct access to receive savings, rewards and other applicable offers all from their Galaxy smartphone. Users in other global markets can soon expect to see additional value-added services that enable them to make more than just payments in their respective regions.

Samsung Pay is currently available on select Galaxy devices including the new Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, S6 edge+, Note5 as well as premium and mid-range options like the 2016 models of the Galaxy A5, A7 and A9.

Huawei P9 Plus; An Innovation in the Smart World

Huawei P9 Plus is a unique smart phone, recently launched in Pakistan, that not only offers a dual camera features but, this flagship smart phone also has some extra ordinary features that no other smart phone in the market currently offers. Huawei has always known for its innovative approach in the production of smart phone and high technology products. And even more important is the fact that such innovations have been tremendously attracting the consumer market that no other brand could claim the same.

Huawei P9 Plus has a special feature, offering the user control for the TV and Air conditioner simply by using the Huawei P9 Plus smart phone. Indeed, this is the feature where the users do not have to bother about the separate remote control devices to change the TV channels or to adjust the temperature of their Air Conditioner. Huawei P9 Plus is such a gift by the technology giant that has turned the life easier and more comfortable.

Another interesting feature is the dual SIM option in the Huawei P9 Plus. Although, there are smart phones in the market with the dual SIM card options, but the difference in Huawei P9 Plus is that it offers the users with the both SIM active simultaneously, even if the user has a call on one of these. This is surely a feature not available in other competitors’ products in the market.

Third and the most exciting thing the customers have been attracted towards being the Dual 4G SIM activation in Huawei P9 Plus. This is really an innovative idea by the Huawei Technologies. As the smart phone users usually having Dual SIM in their smart phones were not able to use 4G internet on both at a time. But, the Huawei has changed the concept. Now the technology lovers can surf fastest 4G internet on their both SIM cards due to the remarkble concept introduced by Huawei.

These are the distinct features available exclusively with Huawei P9 Plus, making Huawei Pakistan the only technology manufacturer in the market that introduces some extraordinary and surprising features in its products. Same is the reason of confidence the consumer market has built in the company. No doubt Huawei has a potential to become the world number 1 technology manufacturer in near future.