CNETAnalysis: It appears that Apple’s iMessages and FaceTime outage earlier this week was not an isolated incident, as Apple users had no doubt hoped. The messaging and video chat networks went down again for some users this morning. Tuesday’s iMessage and FaceTime outage lasted more than five hours and affected users on both iOS and Mac OS X seemingly on a global scale. Today’s service interruption was really more of a hiccup, lasting little over one hour according to Apple, though CNET reported that it was actually closer to two. Does it really matter? One of the things that attracts everyday consumers to Apple is the company’s reliability. If there’s an issue with a product or service, Apple is normally quick to help, and the “geniuses” in Apple stores can solve most problems with a quick visit. Anything that tarnishes that image can’t do Apple any good. Granted, the lack of iMessages this morning and on Tuesday likely went unnoticed by the majority of iOS users, as all it meant was the little bubbles changed from blue to green as normal SMS messages were sent instead. Some who found Apple’s FaceTime video chat service down may have felt the outages more keenly, though. In any case, Apple has yet to release a statement or provide a reason for the outage, despite our queries. We’ll update this story if and when they do.
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi