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Over 300 game developers gather for Egypt Game Jam conference

At the end of last month, the Egyptian Information Technology Institute (ITI) hosted the second annual Egypt Game Jam, hosting...

mobile games Gaming

Egyptian pharmacist creates Dawaa, a digital pharmaceutical drug index

Designed to bridge the gap between the conventional hard copy drug reference manual and the digital lives of today's physicians, Dawaa is...

Healthcare Health Mobile

Now serving one billion ads per month, Hsoub looks to the future

Hsoub, the web solutions company based in Egypt and the UK, whose mission is to develop online opportunities for people living throughout...

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Rethinking the relationship between culture and technology

This age we live in, of instant gratification and edge-of-seat fascination with technology has led many artists, technologists,...

Technology Art

How to get your posts listed on Hacker News, the online community of passionate techies

One of the most famous places to engage with passionate entrepreneurs and builders is Hacker News, an online community launched in 2007 by...

An Emirates-developed screenshot sharing app makes a flashing success

Smartphone users are becoming increasingly addicted to sharing screenshots from their mobile devices, as opposed to links that require...

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Two successful Saudi game developers eye the international market

“We felt like aliens,” says Bandar Al Mashari, on how he and his friend Sultan Al Sharif related to the mobile gaming industry four years a...

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Hello Tomorrow Challenge kickoff

With the February-March Hello Tomorrow Challenge kicking off in Istanbul on January 28th, among others cities across the world, there’s on...

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Two new online payment options emerge in Morocco as telecom monopoly ends

[Update: this article has been edited to add corrections concerning Fast Payment and the FNEM following a discussion with El Amine...

Payment Gateways E-commerce

Retail Show Middle East 2014

The Retail Show Middle East 2014 seeks to equip and enable retailers to maximize on the big changes in the retail industry as technology...

retail show

8 tech conferences in the Middle East to attend in 2014

Tech conferences in the Middle East have contributed to the success of several startups Wamda has covered over the past few months,...

Conferences

Wearables take the day at the CES show in Las Vegas

It seems like smartwatches won't be the hottest trend in wearables for long. Along with Google Glass, we’ve witnessed over the past c...

wearables Conferences

What Uber’s leaked financials say about its surge pricing model

Uber’s revenues were leaked on ValleyWag this month, revealing that the car service company is potentially making far more than i...

Uber

Can rewards platforms save daily deals? A look at AdvanTag's expansion

It seems that the last thing that startups in customer loyalty want these days is to be called a loyalty program. Echoing UrbanBuz, a...

Loyalty Programs

8 companies from the Arab world join the Endeavor Network

At Endeavor’s 51st International Selection Panel a couple of weeks ago, the support network accepted 28 entrepreneurs from 20 companies i...

A new Pakistani social coordination app beats Meetup for travellers on the go

If the Smurfs had to plan a picnic, one problem that they could run into is simply deciding which medium to use. Facebook? Whatsapp?...

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Trends in mobile advertising in the Middle East

It's no secret that mobile advertising is expected to grow globally in years to come, as smartphone use increases and the ability to...

Lebanese entrepreneur beats Google Glass with lightweight 3D glasses

Move over, Google Glass. A Lebanese entrepreneur and his cofounder have just debuted a pair of wearable glasses that displays augmented...

wearables

5 tips for getting your content on Google's In-Depth Articles search result

Whenever Google introduces a new feature to search results, smart businesses will sit up and take note of the new opportunities they might...

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5 internet trends for the next 10 years, from LeWeb Paris

What will the web look like in 10 years? That was the theme of LeWeb, Europe’s largest tech event, based in Paris, for its 10th a...

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BitPay founder Tony Gallipi on Bitcoin's bright future [WamdaTV]

BitPay is an easy-to-use platform enabling internet businesses to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. BitPay provides a plugin and makes it...

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4 technology predictions for the Middle East in 2014

“As we move into 2014, work is no longer a place, it’s something you do wherever inspiration strikes,” says Johnny Karam, regional vi...

2014 citrix Predictions

PayPal brings new mobile payment option to rapidly developing East Africa

M-PESA, a mobile payment scheme launched in 2007 by Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom, has fundamentally changed the way Kenyans...

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10 amazing holiday gifts from innovators in the Middle East

Whatever your religious beliefs, we all worship at the altar of buying new things, especially at this time of year. We compiled a list of...

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