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Wamda asks: How will Google Play Music All Access affect streaming services in the Arab World?

On May 16, 2013, during its I/O developer conference, Google made a major, albeit expected announcement: the launch of its...

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Google Reader is almost dead. Here are some alternatives from the Arab World

Google recently announced that they are discontinuing their news feed service Google Reader as of July 1st , citing...

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Google I/O Extended – Beirut

Google I/O Extended is a local event to get developers who are interested in Google related technologies to mingle and hangout together,...

Developers Conferences Google

12 Key Statistics on How Tunisians Use Social Media [Infographic]

Did you know that Tunisia is the second most connected country in Africa in terms of internet penetration rate? UM Digital Tunisie, a...

Infographic Social Networks Facebook

Google Acquires Wavii for $30 Million, a Startup Founded by a Lebanese Entrepreneur

In Silicon Valley, the race is on to build a better mobile news summarizer. Google is the latest to make a move, with its...

Mobile Google

Would You Be Concerned if Google Bought Out WhatsApp? [Poll Results]

After moving to Beirut, the first thing people ask me when we want to stay in touch is not “Can I have your number?” “What’s your e-ma...

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Wamda Announces Partnership with Google for Mix n’ Mentor 2013

Google for Entrepreneurs and Wamda are excited to announced our partnership to foster entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa...

Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Mix n Mentor Ecosystem

Exclusive Sneak Peek: Ma2too3a! Pivots Towards Crowdsourced Traffic Updates

Last June, during Lebanon’s latest electricity crisis, AUB-trained computer engineer and software developer Mohammed Taha received a f...

Google Mobile Mobile Apps

What's New at Google in the Arab World? [Wamda TV]

Ever since Google launched Maps with Navigation in beta in the Middle East (in Egypt, the UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, ...

Google Technology

Going Digital: Offline Businesses Moving Online, Part 4 [Wamda TV]

In the last segment of our June CoE E-Commerce panel, Going Digital: Offline Businesses Moving Online, moderator Omar Christidis o...

COE CoE E-Commerce Conferences

The State of the Internet in 2012 [Presentation]

Henry Blodget and Alex Cocotas from Business Insider’s BI Intelligence team have assembled a detailed overview of the U.S. and global digita...

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Going Digital: Offline Businesses Moving Online, Part 3 [Wamda TV]

In Part 3 of our June CoE E-Commerce panel, Going Digital: Offline Businesses Moving Online, moderator Omar Christidis...

COE CoE E-Commerce Conferences

Webit Congress 2012, An EMEA Emerging Digital Markets Event

Webit Congress is an international event for the digital, technology, and entrepreneurial ecosystem with special focus on European,...

Advertising Advice Conferences

Ramallah TT - a Hi Tech Hub event

Wednesday, September 12 will witness the kickoff of the Ramallah TT - Hi Tech Hub events, a series of events that will gather anyone...

Competitions Google Ideas

Google Days Is Coming To Algeria

The Google days are two or three days of workshop and exposition, organized by the internet giant “Google” and attracting developers, bus...

Google Workshops

Google Apps Developer Challenge 2012

Developers, get ready!! Google has opened the first round of submissions for “Google Apps Developer Challenge 2012”. This year developers fr...

Google

YouTube Launches Ramadan Channel, Bringing Favorite Series Online

In Cairo today, YouTube announced the launch of a new Ramadan-dedicated channel that will feature 50 premium shows during the...

Digital Media Google

Diary of a Google Finalist: Do Arab Entrepreneur Tournaments Help Startups?

Sarah Wali left the U.S. media scene and returned to Egypt to pursue an idea for a citizen journalism platform for the Middle East. With...

Digital Media Google Media

What Inspired Arab Entrepreneurs at Google I/O 2012

Google's yearly developer tech conference, Google I/O, brought developers and techies together from around the world to witness the latest...

Ecosystem Google

Moroccan Web Entrepreneurs Gather, Pitch Ideas at g|maroc

Following a promising first edition of the g|Maghreb event organized in 2011 in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, Google returned to Morocco...

Conferences Google

Google's Ebda2 Competition in Egypt Ends with Controversy

“The baby has a face only their mother could love,” some say. After waiting expectantly for about 9 months, witnessing the labor pains, loo...

Competitions Google Mentorship

Building Interactive Stories in Arabic for Children on Sacha Books [Wamda TV]

Co-founder Samer Adel Youssef of Egyptian startup Sacha Books, presenting at Google's startup competition in Cairo, Ebda2, describes how he ...

Animation Arabic Content Competitions

12 Mobile Predictions for 2012 from Google at Arabnet

Mobile was one of the biggest buzzwords during Arabnet 2012, and this talk from Ahmad Hamzawi (@ahamzawi), Google’s Head of New Business D...

Arabnet Google Mobile

Learning Online Marketing at g|SaudiArabia 2.0

This comment on g|saudi is co-authored by Nora Maghraby and Muna Alamer of Naqa’a Environmental Enterprise. With four simultaneous tracks t...

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