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 [...]

Buzz off!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 17:46

Welcome Google Buzz!
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Making “Social Media” part of your “Search Strategy”

Sunday, February 7, 2010 5:33

On a daily basis I am sure you come across clients who want to “leverage of social media” and want to have a social media strategy prepared for themselves. But how do you respond back to there request?
Personally, I always used to get stuck in presenting a social media strategy, mainly because…there isn’t one. Brands [...]

The First Step in Social Media Marketing

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 0:32

Everyone is talking about harnessing the power of social networks to further brand messages.  But the key element in successfully using social media is not identifying the social network’s tools of communication, but rather understanding how people use the network.All social networks, be it facebook, myspace, youtube or twitter, are built upon the population’s contributions [...]

6 Reasons why you should include “Social Media” in your media plan

Monday, February 1, 2010 13:59

Social media is booming in the region and is becoming the “it” topic in everyone’s mouth. Recently, I read that for the first time in 23 years, Pepsi dropped sponsoring the super bowl season to invest the money ($20 million) on social media! Why would Pepsi take such a decision? Why is everybody shifting towards [...]

Facebook Toolbar Now Speaks Arabic

Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:59

Originally launched in English language for the Firefox browser only, Facebook Toolbar was released today to for Internet Explorer browser as well and made both browser versions available in a total of 16 languages including Arabic.
Facebook Toolbar can be used easily utilize the most common sections and applications on Facebook in a one click-away, including [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s Not Twitter Fail Whale, It’s Iranian Cyber Army

Friday, December 18, 2009 19:45

Twitter is down! Fail Whale, Fail Whale!… Whenever Twitter is down, a holding page of a whale design appears that supposedly means that Twitter is facing large user-access capacity or on a scheduled/un-scheduled downtime. Yet, this time it was none of the mentioned.
Twitter reported in the morning that there is un-scheduled downtime and they are [...]

ictQatar Aims Big On Making Qatar Digital Savvy

Friday, December 18, 2009 18:03

The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) is leading the strategic thinking and implementation of ICT initiatives in e-government, market development and knowledge management, e-education, e-health, e-inclusion, cyber security. Along with their latest event, Mudawanat: All About Blogging, which took place on Dec 12th, 2009 in Qatar (which we covered it through live [...]

Twitter Top Trending Topics 2009: Iran Election, Google Wave, Michael Jackson

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 16:42

Twitter’s Trending Topics of 2009 is going to help everyone understand what was happening around the world showing you in a real-time coverage; whether you were following Tehran riots or geek-freak about a major new technology like Google Wave.
Among all the keywords, hashtags, and phrases that proliferated throughout the year, one topic surfaced repeatedly. Twitter [...]

YouTube 2009: Most Watched Videos & Most Searched Terms

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 15:55

For the first time YouTube shares with us their official Most Watched lists and some of the Fastest-Rising search terms on their platform; obviously because YouTube has been dominantly connecting millions of people around the world via YouTube simple service while online video consumption is growing year-by-year and a lot of viral marketing and social [...]

Google Makes URLs Shorter for Google Toolbar and FeedBurner

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 21:04

Google launches a new version of Google Toolbar and FeedBurner that offer a new URL shortening service. Google URL shortener is not a stand-alone service; you can’t use it to shorten links directly.
The new service for Google Toolbar and FeedBurner will benefit from a shortener that is easily accessible — making it faster and easier [...]

Bil3arabi Winners: Nokia Mobile Apps Developer Competition

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 17:16

Winners of Nokia’s Calling All Innovators “Bil3arabi” 2009 contest, a developer competition for Arabic-language mobile applications, have been announced.

1st place prize winner
The grand prize winner of $100,000 went to “Here I am” from Enpronomics in Egypt. It is a user-friendly, geo-presence application with personal safety features that enables users to call for help [...]

Mudawanat Event Persuades New Debate On Aljazeera Interactive TV Forum

Sunday, December 13, 2009 16:56

200 attendants and 60 viewers of our video live streaming channel have been a part of a successful event happened yesterday discussing two main challenges facing the web in the region in terms of effective blogging and e-Arabic content.
Mudawanat 1-full-day event that took place yesterday at Sharq Village in Doha city, an initiative by ictQatar, [...]

5 Easy Tips To Get Groups On Google Wave

Saturday, December 12, 2009 22:33

Some of you may have noticed that Google has started supporting for groups in Google Wave. Google Group is one of the very early stages functionality added to Google Wave. We saw its important to give you a quick explanation on how it works as shared by Google Wave.
Currently, you can add a Google Group [...]

Yahoo and Facebook Connect Agreement Is Not Log-in Agreement

Saturday, December 12, 2009 22:05

Last week breaking news about Yahoo announcement to integrate Facebook features across its network doesn’t mean it’s a log-in agreement as explained by Yahoo senior. Yahoo agreement with Facebook means Yahoo developers will be working on implementing couple of major developments inside Yahoo giant platform, for a strategic meaning, as 52% of Yahoo users visit [...]

Mudawanat Event: Watch Live Video Streaming Now & More

Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:39

QATAR is encouraging people in Qatar and the Arab world to take to the blog-waves. ictQATAR is now hosting Mudawanat: All About Blogging, started 9:30 a.m. and will continue until 3:30 p.m. at the Sharq Village & Spa.
If you couldn’t make it, I’m broadcasting the live video stream event now through http://livestream.com/ictqatar.
You can also follow [...]

Six Days To Go For Mudawanat Event: Check Out Speakers Profile

Saturday, December 5, 2009 22:15

Mudawanat, a new initiative of ictQATAR encouraging people in Qatar and the Arab world to take the blog-waves. Mudawanat event is happening this Saturday, December 12, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Sharq Village & Spa in Qatar. The event will feature international and regional blogging experts, as well as interactive workshops.
Speakers:
Jeremiah [...]