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Meet the Winner of Startup Weekend Amman: Educational iPad Game SafePlay [Wamda TV]
[Arabic] The leader of the winning team at Startup Weekend Amman, Darine Al-Ashy, talks to Wamda about SafePlay, an iPad and Android game teaching children appropriate behavior through feedback in a cartoon simulation. Built for kids from 4 to 16 years…
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Arabic E-Commerce Site Travel Sheikh: A Good Model for Offline Businesses Going Online
Since Arabic travel booking portal Travel Sheikh launched last July, it has quickly beat out regional competition, partly thanks to the experience of its existing offline business. Here's what Travel Sheikh did right.
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Online Education Viewed Positively in the Middle East [Infographic]
Over half of employers in the Middle East now say they will hire employees with an online degree. Does your company agree?
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Power Pioneers: How One Firm Became a Leader in the Gulf's Energy Sector
GDF Suez came to the Gulf region in the 1970s, as countries such as Oman were celebrating newfound independence. In time, it has become the major electricity producer in the Gulf marketplace.
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Prayer, Media, and Gaming Apps Win at the Innovation Theatre Competition at QITCOM
Three teams that won the Innovation Theatre Competition hosted by Potential at QITCOM included a prayer timing app, a multimedia documentary platform, and a local Qatari gaming lab.
by Nina Curley
Announcing the new Wamda: A 360 degree approach…
In November 2010, the region witnessed the Celebration of Entrepreneurship (CoE), one of the most comprehensive…
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wamda
Meet the Winner of Startup Weekend Amman: Educational…
[Arabic] The leader of the winning team at Startup Weekend Amman, Darine Al-Ashy, talks to Wamda about SafePlay,…
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wamda
Arabic E-Commerce Site Travel Sheikh: A Good…
The newest flight and hotel booking on the block, Travel Sheikh, is set to lead the travel e-commerce space. Not…
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Nina Curley
Online Education Viewed Positively in the Middle…
Bayt.com's newest infographic examines perceptions in the Middle East about online education, both from job seekers…
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wamda
Prayer, Media, and Gaming Apps Win at the Innovation…
After 10 teams pitched their ideas yesterday at the Innovation Theatre, in a competition hosted by Potential at…
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Nina Curley
Diabetes Prevention App for Qatar Wins Vodafone…
Over the past 48 hours, 13 teams hustled to build working mobile apps during the Appathon hosted by Vodafone Qatar…
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Nina Curley
How an Advisory Board Adds Value to Your Business
What is an advisory board? Ideally, it’s a collection of individuals who bring unique knowledge and skills to…
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Elie Habib
10 Semifinalists Pitch at QITCOM's Innovation…
Today, in the Innovation Theatre at QITCOM, Qatar's IT-focused conference, 10 nervous entrepreneurs pitched ideas…
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Nina Curley
Interested in Tracking Your Daily Health? Quantified…
I woke up this morning at 7:30 AM after going to sleep at 1:20 AM. I woke up twice during the night. My heart…
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Hind Hobeika
Pitching a Mobile App for Medical Diagnosis in…
[English]. At Startup Weekend Amman, engineer Mahmoud Darawsheh discusses his team's idea for Dr. Bot, a mobile…
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Nina Curley
WMA: Bringing Sponsored Tweets to the Arab World…
WMA: Bringing Sponsored Tweets to the Arab World [Wamda TV] At Startup Weekend Amman a few weeks ago, Ahmad Kharbat…
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Nina Curley
Yahoo! Maktoob's New Geo-Located Events Concept…
Of the pitches that I saw today in the TechZone at QITCOM, Qatar's IT-dedicated conference, one that stood out…
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Nina Curley
Wamda Capital Announces Investment in Translation…
Wamda Capital, the early stage funding arm of Wamda, has announced investment in crowdsourced translation platform…
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Nina Curley
What Ethical SEO Is and Why You Should Care
I was reading a book by Christopher Elliott titled Scammed, which is all about the extent to which companies…
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Said Hamideh
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