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Volunteers Working to Translate Storify into Arabic

Storify has recently announced that it will be working in cooperation with Taghreedat to translate its interface into Arabic. We caught up with Taghreedat co-founder Mina Takla to find out…

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Google Awards $200,000 in Seed Capital to Egyptian Traffic App

Announced last September, the ‘Start with Google’ competition has finally come to a close with Egyptian traffic app Bey2ollak walking away with the grand prize of $200,000 in seed capital….

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Iran Forbids Local Institutions from Emailing Gmail, Yahoo Users

Iran has continued its online crackdown, and its move towards a national Internet, by introducing a new regulation that instructs banks, insurances firms and telecom companies to cease dealing with…

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Apple's New iPad Launching in 30 Territories This Weekend

The new iPad is coming to 30 additional territories on May 11th and May 12th, Apple announced on its site today. While we already knew that the tablet would become…

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Al Jazeera Forced to Leave China as Correspondent is Expelled

Al Jazeera has been forced to close its bureau in China, after the government declined to renew the visa of the organisation’s China anchor, and refused to sanction a replacement….

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Twitter Updates Its Mobile Web Version

Twitter has just updated its mobile web version, mobile.twitter.com, the startup announced on its blog today. According to the post, the purpose of this update is to improve Twitter experience for users…

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Naqeshny: A Social Network for Debating

Naqeshny is a brand new social network, launched out of Egypt, which brings the art of debate into a public online arena. Naqeshny, which literally means ‘discuss with me’, is…

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This Week in Media

One week after our conference in Amsterdam, we are now back with our weekly media roundup. From World Press Freedom Day to Guardian Activate Summit in New York, the last…

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Iran Criticizes Google for Nameless Gulf

Iran has lashed out at yet another Internet giant, this time going after Google for what it sees as an egregious omission on Google Maps, AFP reports. The body of water separating…

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Sky News is Launching a 24-hour Arabic News Channel

Having just been made available in the US and Canada via Livestation, Sky News is launching a 24-hour Arabic news channel, which has been two years in the making. Tomorrow, Sky News Arabia,…

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Flat6Labs Graduates its Second Cycle of Startups

We took a look at Flat6Labs, a Cairo-based accelerator in October when it launched its first cycle with 5 startups under its wing. Fast forward 7 months later, and the…

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Newspaper Circulation Declines in the Middle East

With newspapers in the Middle East recording the lowest circulation growth rate in the past 3 years, a small but significant Arabic speaking audience is turning to the digital space…

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Egyptian Government to Provide 10,000 Tablet PCs to Students

The Egyptian government has inked a deal to provide university students with 10,000 locally manufactured tablet PCs, local daily Al Ahram reports. While it is unclear how students who receive…

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Middle East Volunteers Compile a Web 2.0 Arabic Dictionary

With an increasing demand for online content in Arabic, and the language seeing impressive growth rates on sites like Twitter and Wikipedia, a new project aims to do its part…

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The Middle East's Souq.com Acquires Sukar.com

Souq.com, the Middle East’s largest e-commerce site, has just announced the acquisition of Sukar.com, a private Middle East sales club founded two years ago. Sukar.com was one of the Middle…