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…
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…
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…
LinkedIn might be celebrating the launch of its new iOS and Android apps right now, but some of their staffers probably have others things to attend to. Silicon Republic reports that for a…
Private sales clubs, often dubbed flash sales sites, are not-so-slowly gaining traction everywhere around the world. You likely know how it works by now: these online clubs are exclusive and…
A recent survey conducted by Arab Advisors in Jordan has shown a significant growth in the e-commerce department, with the research firm concluding that the figures bode well for Middle Eastern e-commerce…
In January, Dubai-based SeedStartup graduated its first three startups and the incubator is gearing up to do it all over again with a second cycle of applications – and yours could be…
Following an initial attack on the official Formula One website, Anonymous is continuing to target sites affiliated with the Grand Prix races, and with the Bahraini government. The attack was…
While Skype remains banned in the UAE, the restriction could easily be lifted following a licensing agreement with the country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). Speaking about the restriction, Mohamed Al…
According to a study on the mobile Internet consumption habits of Middle Eastern smartphone users, there’s an Arabic-speaking market ready and waiting for more localized mobile advertising. Conducted by Plus7, the study polled over…
15 Lebanese governmental sites were taken down this morning by a group of hackers identifying themselves as, “Raise Your Voice,” Reuters reports. The 15 websites, which Now Lebanon describes as…
2015 is a site recently launched in the Middle East, which invites users to submit their own creations – whether photographs, videos or pieces of writing – to a public gallery….
Google is set to launch its Street View service in Israel on April 22, unveiling the street-based photography collection which will include images from a number of major cities and…
It is only fitting that the latest citizen journalist app, Signal, is coming right out of the Middle East, courtesy of Lebanese entrepreneur, Mark Malkoun. No area in the world has highlighted…
Fazil Say, a Turkish-born pianist and composer, is the latest Middle Eastern Twitter user to find himself targeted for statements made on the social network, reports the National Turk. Like his…
