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What are the most popular mobile phones and operating systems in the UAE?

While Android is still the most popular operating system in terms of global sales, followed next by iOS, Nokia is dominating the biggest...

Mobile

Lebanon’s Game Cooks Releases Mobile Multiplayer Title NERDS

On top of their recent release, Captain Oil, Game Cooks studios in Lebanon just launched new mobile game NERDS on both...

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Trends in Internet Usage in the Arab World [Report]

Did you know that 28% of Arab internet users prefer social media as their main source of news? Individuals worldwide are downloading...

Social Networks Social Media Mobile

Why your startup should be on Instagram, Tumblr and Pinterest

The number of social network users in the Middle East is expected to grow by 23.3% in 2013, creating a new opportunity for...

Social Networks Social Media

Think Science Fair Unites Technology Talents in the Emirates

The Sunday before last, Dubai witnessed the launch of the biggest national science innovation fair for youth in UAE. The "Think Science"...

Science Emirates Foundation Sustainability

The Mobile Show Middle East 2013 - Dubai, UAE

The Mobile Show Middle East is an opportunity to meet the world’s leaders, disrupters and challengers of the mobile ecosystem and d...

Mobile

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

GameTako Announces the Winners of the 3rd Annual Game Zanga

This week, GameTako announced the winners of their 3rdannual Game Zanga, which drew over 325 developers to compete across the region to...

Competitions Gaming

Mohammed Al-Ayouti: Vodafone Egypt's Intrapreneur

"I don’t even believe in the value of a formal education. What drives me is the desire to build," says Mohammed Al-Ayouti, the Senior M...

vodafone xone vodafone Incubator

4 popular mobile apps for managing your personal expenses

Many entrepreneurs need to find ways to more easily manage their expenses, especially when balancing a new startup with daily life. This is...

Financial management Mobile

TV Goes Social in the Arab World: 3 Trends

With the growing popularity of social media, TV has become increasingly social. People now communicate and interact extensively about TV...

SmartTV Video On Demand

TECOM Speed Business Dating in Dubai

On May 8, 2013, TECOM is hosting the third edition of Speed Business Dating with representation from a variety of business sectors and the ...

Technology Media

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

An Overview of Gaza's ICT Labor Market [Report]

Gaza might not be the first place one associates with gender equality. Yet the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector may...

Telecommunication

A Look Inside Lebanon's Game Cooks as They Launch a New iOS Game

The development studio for Game Cooks is set on a hill in Mansourieh, Lebanon overlooking a sprawling Beirut. After its two...

Developers Mobile Gaming Gaming

Egyptian Team Delivers a Killer Global App: Ninja SMS

Recently we had an Arab company going head-to-head with Google, now we have the Ninja apps team going head-to-head with...

A Look at Egypt's ICT Sector: Growth, Strategy, and Impact on Startups

Note: this piece has been adapted from the Arabic original. To help the Egyptian economy recover from the revolution, the Egyptian...

Advertising Egypt Mobile

Egypt's National ICT Strategy [Report]

The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) has just launched a new National ICT Strategy to revamp and boost t...

Egypt

Information and Communications Technology Indicators in Egypt [Report]

Given the role social media and technology played in the Egyptian revolution, it should come as no surprise that Egypt's mobile internet...

Egypt

How the Internet Affects the Egyptian Economy [Report]

With the Egyptian government scrambling to revive the nation's economy, this Boston Consulting Group report, discusses the impact of in...

Egypt

Students Imagine Crazy Tech Ideas at Minya's Second Innovation Day in Egypt

Despite a train conductor strike that paralyzed Egypt’s railways in mid-April, the engineering Faculty at Minya University pushed ahead w...

Egypt Competitions

Rocket's HelloFood Launches in Saudi Arabia and Morocco; Can It Tackle the Middle East?

Yesterday, Rocket Internet expanded their HelloFood brand into Saudi, marking the German clone factory's first expansion of its...

Rocket Internet Food & Beverage Delivery

Should You Get an MBA or Start a Business?

A few years ago, I completed my MBA at HKUST in Hong Kong, which is currently ranked 8th worldwide by the Financial Times. I’m now running ...

MBA Advice Education

AltCity Launches Net2Beirut

On April 18, 2013, AltCity is launching Net2Beirut, the first ever local NetSquared group in Lebanon. During April, global NetSquared...

Citizen Journalism

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