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10 Semifinalists Pitch at QITCOM's Innovation Theatre

Today, in the Innovation Theatre at QITCOM, Qatar's IT-focused conference, 10 nervous entrepreneurs pitched ideas to a panel of judges,...

Competitions Innovation

Interested in Tracking Your Daily Health? Quantified Self Comes to Beirut

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 rate was 56 BPM, my weight 65...

Health

A Practitioner's Guide for Social Entrepreneurs in Egypt and the Arab Region

Ehab Abdou is a social entrepreneur who has spent more than 15 years working to energize young Egyptians to contribute to their country's...

Pitching a Mobile App for Medical Diagnosis in Jordan: Dr. Bot

[English]. At Startup Weekend Amman, engineer Mahmoud Darawsheh discusses his team's idea for Dr. Bot, a mobile and tablet application that...

Startup Weekend

WMA: Bringing Sponsored Tweets to the Arab World [Wamda TV]

WMA: Bringing Sponsored Tweets to the Arab World [Wamda TV] At Startup Weekend Amman a few weeks ago, Ahmad Kharbat told us about the idea...

Startup Weekend

Yahoo! Maktoob's New Geo-Located Events Concept Battuta Revealed at QITCOM

Of the pitches that I saw today in the TechZone at QITCOM, Qatar's IT-dedicated conference, one that stood out was Yahoo's forward-thinking...

Digital Media Mobile Mobile Apps

Wamda Capital Announces Investment in Translation Platform Qordoba

Wamda Capital, the early stage funding arm of Wamda, has announced investment in crowdsourced translation platform Qordoba. Qordoba, which...

Investment

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 will go to misinform...

Analytics Digital Marketing SEO

Dalalat: A Research Initiative to Boost Arabic SEO [Wamda TV]

At Startup Weekend Amman a few weeks ago, young Jordanian Hussein El Natcheh told Wamda about the idea behind his startup, Dalalat.Dalalat ...

Startup Weekend

Which Mobile OS Dominated 2011?

If you're looking to build mobile applications for export to a global market, take a look at iCrossing's recent infographic detailing the...

Mobile Trends

Entrepreneurs: Stop Innovating, Start Minnovating

This article was originally published on the Harvard Business Review Blog Network. If we want more entrepreneurs, stop worrying about...

Innovation

Intelligent Flying Robots, Designed for Social Good [Wamda TV]

Today we're inspired by this video of a set of intelligent flying robots, developed by Vijay Kumar. While the robots, which coordinate in a...

Innovation Theatre to Boost Startups at QITCOM 2012

At QITCOM 2012 next week, Qatar's second ICT-industry focused conference, young entrepreneurs will get a chance to hone their innovative...

Competitions

Getting Rid of Used Items in the Arab World? Swaphood Makes It Fun

When Zaid Jawad built Swaphood in Dubai last October, he had been looking for a site where he could post items to sell or trade, where...

In the Age of Mobile Networks, E-Commerce Gets Personal

Imagine an online store that replicates the experience of stepping into a boutique. As online and in-store retailing converges with the...

E-commerce

6 Ways Tunisia Can Become a Green Energy Leader

Since the 70’s, Tunisia has managed increasing unemployment pressures by promoting low value-added manufacturing sectors such as textiles a...

Green Energy

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