Facebook: Engage don’t intrude (Part 2)

Facebook: Engage don’t intrude (Part 1)

Sunday, March 7, 2010 21:57

400 Million users strong and still growing! For marketers it’s a dream come true and cannot be ignored such a large and highly targeted platform does not come too often. So why is it so difficult to utilize this social channel?
Well. Facebook (and social media in general) is difficult to understand, and quite a lot [...]

Google Facts and Figures in Infographic

Monday, March 1, 2010 23:25

The internet giant Google drives people curious on important and interesting numbers. Pingdom is an international creative agency that has brought to you these numbers in a interesting infographic better than a boring wikipedia interface.
Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students [...]

ArabNet Got Twibbon

Sunday, February 21, 2010 19:15

A Twibbon has arrived for ArabNet conference, the first Arab web conference happening on March 25-26 in Lebanon (we covered the announcement before). Yallah, start showing your support on Twitter by adding a Twibbon to your avatar; you can generate it from here.
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Dubizzle to go Arab-izzle?

Sunday, February 21, 2010 15:47

If you live in Dubai and have ever thought of purchasing or selling a new/used item or just looking for a new place to move into, then you’ve probably checked out dubizzle.com. For those of you who are not familiar with Dubizzle, it’s a community website offering classifieds and forums for Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Starting [...]

Ever thought of being different?

Sunday, February 7, 2010 13:52

After researching domain names for a website I am planning on releasing in the near future, I have realized that there aren’t any real ground rules for selecting the correct domain name. Different people say different things but mainly they recommend keeping the domain name short, easy to remember, easy to type, have it reflect [...]

Effective Measure in the Middle East is growing like grasshopper

Saturday, February 6, 2010 19:43

While our website is tagged by Effective Measure for audience measurement, I met Dinesh Arasaratnam the commercial director of the platform the other day between his busy schedule traveling across the region introducing the platform to big and small players in the web industry. I asked him about the status of the platform in the [...]

Ahmadinejad: You can shop online but not tweeting

Friday, February 5, 2010 20:31

With nearly half of the population penetrates the worldwide web which represents 32,000,000 users, there should be at least one thing Iranian can do online if not tweeting or socializing on Facebook. The UK newspaper guardian exposed the new launch of the first online supermarket which is probably one of the rare activities you can [...]

Google is warming up for Arabia 2.0 event

Thursday, February 4, 2010 20:55

Despite the fact that Google is a bit late to organize such event, it will remain a big news for the industry.  Google is turning its head towards the Middle East and warming up to organize its first Google Day: Arabia 2.0 event.
Google Day aims to bring around 150 government and thought leaders together to [...]

Updated: No IE6 Support Campaigns Get Substantial Support

Saturday, January 30, 2010 18:24

Despite that IE6 is just very old browser and causes developer a headache that comes from a lot of necessary yet unpleasant work; IE6 used to own the biggest market share until only last year which was taken over a better browser, Mozilla Firefox. Google just recently has decided to disrupt IE6 domination on world’s [...]

Arabic Web Kicks Off On Google’s Browser

Friday, January 29, 2010 21:03

The primary purpose of a web browser is to bring information resources on world wide web to the users, they can generally display any kind of content that can be part of a web page. If you can’t use it in Arabic to retrieve Arabic content, then simply you can’t get to the Arabic Web. [...]

Find Out How Apple Kicks Down Competitors and Kicks Up Performers

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 22:34

Apple product introduction today to the new revolutionary device doesn’t mean it’s just another gadget with Multi-Touch display to buy, there is a complete business model that works behind this product which makes things tougher on competitors and opens up a lot of opportunities for partners who are/can-be up to speed.
iPad, the new 0.700 kilograms [...]

Silicon Arabia: Can the MENA Region Become a Viable and Vibrant Hub for Start-Ups? (Part 2)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:24

This article is the second in a multi-part series about entrepreneurship in the MENA region.  In my first post, I laid out the five key attributes that I believe to be necessary for a sustainable and flourishing start-up ecosystem: infrastructure, talent, investment capital, mentors, and a culture of adoption.
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Meet the Geek: Firas Steitiyeh Talks About His Digital Lifestyle & ProBlogging

Monday, January 25, 2010 20:32

This is an interview with a Jordanian internet marketing guy, we will unleash his digital lifestyle as well as take his point of view on blogging in the Arab World.

Tarek: Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
Firas: On a personal level, I was born and raised in Jordan and love anything related to technology [...]

Silicon Arabia: Can the MENA Region Become a Viable and Vibrant Hub for Start-Ups? (Part 1)

Sunday, January 24, 2010 8:39

This article is the first in a multi-part series about entrepreneurship in the MENA region.  In this series, I will posit that there are 4-5 key attributes for a sustainable and flourishing start-up ecosystem.
This is also my first post for InteractiveME – the first of many, ideally.  Feel free to offer any feedback.  I tweet [...]

Yallakora.com TV Plays Now On Mobile

Saturday, January 16, 2010 8:42

Yallakora.com, the leading sports website in Egypt and MENA region announces the launch of Yallakora TV for mobile phones, giving all users the privilege to watch match commentary and sports analysis from their mobile phones.
Yallakora.com is now considered the first website in the region to offer mobile phone compatible video streaming, allowing users to watch [...]

Microsoft Announces Tech.Ed Middle East 2010 Event in Dubai

Saturday, January 16, 2010 0:01

Dubai brand positioning as the largest managed ICT cluster in the region was not effected by the bad-publicity and media bashing. In association with Dubai Internet City, Microsoft will bring their first technology event in the region hosted in city, revealing how large the brand equity is at the ICT level.
Tech.Ed is Microsoft’s premier technical [...]

IBAG Announces The First Inaugural Conference for Arab Internet Business

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 0:05

IBAG, International Business Alliance Group has announced today the launch of the inaugural conference that will be held in Beirut on March 25th and 26th, 2010 about the trends and opportunities in internet business in the Arab World.

ArabNet 2010 is high anticipated to be the first event that brings together internet community to learn from [...]

Meet The Geek: Fouad Masoud Envisions His Internet Start-up As His Future Career

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 20:26

This is an interview with an internet start-up guy living in Dubai. This interview is meant to unleash his digital lifestyle; in addition to few insights about the interactive media industry in Middle East.

Tarek: Fouad Masoud, can you tell us a bit more about yourself?
Fouad: First off thank you Tarek for giving me this opportunity [...]

Taya IT Launches In Beta A New Content Discovery Portal for Arabic Web

Monday, January 11, 2010 18:40

In an optimistic move towards the internet in the Arab World, a firm specialized in enterprise and internet search applications, Taya IT, announced today the launch of a new content discovery portal which serves as an independent gateway to discover and share the best content on the Arabic Web.
Yajeel.com was released in beta featuring a [...]