Al Jazeera Launches First Creative Commons Video Footage Repository
Al Jazeera Network launches the world’s first online repository of broadcast quality video footage released under the ‘Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution’ license.
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DemoCamp Dubai 4 – Radisson SAS, Dubai Media City (Jan. 28th)
The fourth DemoCamp Dubai; the Dubai-based launch event for new products, technologies and companies; will be taking place at the Radisson SAS in Dubai Media City on January 28th at7:30PM.
Continue readingQatar Science & Technology Park Opens Registration For Next Investor Readiness Program
Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), has announced that registration is now open for its next Investor Readiness Program seminars, covering the full process of planning a successful start-up, from idea development through to raising capital and steering the company through its early years.
Continue readingReport: MENA Advertising Growth To Double In 2009
An industry report by ZenithOptimedia says 2009 advertising growth for the MENA region will grow by 10 percent, nearly the double of this year’s expected growth rate of 5.8 percent.
Continue readingStartUpArabia Launches Arab World Tech Events Calendar
To provide information about the various events taking place all around the Arab world; that are related to technology, internet, entrepreneurship, investment and more; StartUpArabia has gone ahead and launched its Events calendar.
Continue readingMIT Arab Business Plan Competition 2008
The MIT Arab Business Plan Competition is a competition designed to encourage all entrepreneurs in the Arab world to start their own company and, ultimately, create a nest of leading firms in the Arab world.
Continue readingStartUpArabia Launches New Mobile Version
StartUpArabia has just launched a new mobile version that aims to enable you to quickly and easily access the latest news, articles and reviews while on the go.
Continue readingMiddle East Economic Slowdown To Boost Online Advertising
The economic slowdown in the Middle East is expected to accelerate the growth of online advertising in the region, as companies opt for less expensive web ads over pricey traditional media.
Continue readingIntel Capital Invests In Dubai-Based Startup Sphere Networks
Intel Capital, Intel’s investment arm, joined Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) by announcing its investment in Sphere Networks, an emerging Dubai-based startup specialising in next generation network management software.
Continue readingGlobal Entrepreneurship Week, November 17 – 23, 2008
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide initiative aimed at young entrepreneurs everywhere who seek to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things.
Continue readingASTF And Intel Launch 4th Arab Technology Business Plan Competition
The Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF), a regional and international non-profit NGO, in collaboration with Intel announced the launch of the 4th Arab Technology Business Plan Competition.
Continue readingBroadband Subscribers Increase By 48% In The Middle East
The number of broadband subscribers in the Middle East increased by 48 per cent in 2007 compared to 2006, according to a new report published by industry research company RNCOS.
Continue readingAmazon Joins Taufeer.com E-Channel Retailers Program
Taufeer.com, part of Riyadh-based Taufeer Information Systems LLC, a leading e-commerce service provider, announced that amazon.com, one of the world’s largest online retailers, has joined Taufeer.com e-channel retailers program.
Continue readingMiddle East Has World’s Second Fastest Internet Traffic Growth
The Middle East claims the second fastest internet traffic growth in the world, with a growth rate of 97% a year since 2005.
Continue readingMiddle East Businesses Missing Out On Online Marketing Power
Middle East businesses could be taking far greater advantage of the marketing power of the Internet.
‘Online advertising has been growing at more than 50% a year since 2004. Despite this frenetic increase the total last year came to just $35m, or less than 1% of what Middle East companies spend offline.’
The Nine Deadly Startup Diseases
Building a successful startup is no easy feat; There are a number of problems that founders can face and that can hurt their startups, even fatally. Here is a list of the nine deadliest ones.
Continue readingInterview With Habib Haddad, Co-Founder Of Language Analytics LLC. / Yamli
Continuing our series of interviews with Arab entrepreneurs, we bring you our interview with Habib Haddad, co-founder of Language Analytics LLC., the company that brought us Yamli, the cool web-based transliteration tool that solves the problem of many Arab users who don’t have an Arabic keyboard or who aren’t as comfortable typing in Arabic.
Continue readingInterview With Twffaha Co-Founder & CEO Ashraf Mansoor
Before anything, I’d really like to thank Ashraf Mansoor, the co-founder and CEO of Twffaha, the job portal for Arab
Continue readingChallenges To Web 2.0 In The Arab World
This guest blog is by Mohamed Nanabhay , Head of New Media at the AlJazeera Network based in Doha, Qatar.
Continue readingThe Importance Of Having An API For Arab Startups
Over the past few years, one of the really important trends and directions we’ve been seeing with online services is
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