Report: Online spend in the MENA region negligible
A report prepared by Pan Arab Research Center (PARC) reveals the advertising spending in the region for 2010. Growth was…
Archives: January 2011
Comedian to get 1 million USD by asking millionaires on Youtube?
A comedian by the name of Craing Rowin in the USA has requested people millionaires to give him 1 million…
Event: Blackberry Developer Day Review
The Blackberry Developer Day was held yesterday at the Art Sawa gallery in Dubai, UAE and for those of you…
Event: Global Game Jam Middle East
Global Game Jam coming to Jordan on the 28th – 30th of January at the SAE institute
Attack of the clones: Group buying websites in the MENA region
Group buying websites have been gaining a lot of grounds in the past year worldwide and in the MENA region….
Wow Skype is communicating with me in Arabic… I think?!
I just received this emailer from Skype and at first I was amazed not because they were communicating with me,…
6 Essential Free Mac Applications for better productivity
If you have a MAC you must be excited about the MAC application store which had recently launched, I have…
Social gaming in the MENA
2010 was a very successful year for Zynga the developers of the hit social games such as Farmville and Mafia…
AdMob a deeper look
Last week we mentioned AdMob’s great rise in Asia in 2010 according to Google’s Mobile ads blog. Now and after…
Digitizing The Koran of Kansuh al-Ghuri
Ok so this is not your typical post about Social Media however I feel it is relevant for the region….
Foursquare in the UAE
Foursqaure the location based application which lets users check in to their favorite places is definitely growing worldwide, but don’t…
AdMob great rise in Asia in 2010
A post published on Google’s mobile ads blog recently reported that AdMob a leading mobile advertising network has benefited heavily…
Online and Social Marketing tips for the MENA region in 2011
2011 should be a better year in the market (we hope it turns out to be!) however things are still…
Facebook accounts in Tunisia hacked?
A bizarre story reported on allfacebook recently that claims that the a number of Facebook accounts in Tunisia have been…
Going Mobile
Ok so I have been visiting the Du Kiosk’s here in Dubai, UAE for quite some time now and on…
Browser battles in the MENA region
As you may have read recently Firefox has overtaken Internet Explorer as the most used browser in Europe, according to…
Great Social Media Campaign
while everybody was celebrating new years eve On December 24th a Spanair Flight with 190 passenger got the surprise of…
Why aren’t more companies using social media in the MENA region?
With the new year here and with new marketing budgets and strategies being placed for 2011, we hope to see…