مقتطفات من ورشة عمل القاهرة

by Beshr Kayali on December 30, 2010

كانت ورشة عمل القاهرة من أكبر ورشات العمل التي قام بها فريق عرب نت، حيث تجاوز عدد الحضور الـ 500 شخص! بدأت ورشة العمل بالمحامي بدر الدين عبد الخالق مدير مكتب مجموعة طلال أبو غزالة في مصر والذي تحدث عن (…)

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10 Applications Every Android Mobile User Should Install

by ArabNet on December 29, 2010

(This list was compiled by Rahaf Makarati for ArabNet Weekly Digest – Issue 11) 1. Google Chrome to Phone: allows you to click one button in your browser and sync what you were viewing to your phone to check out at (…)

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Welcome to Egypt: Please Pronounce the ‘g’ as in ‘Giza’

by ArabNet on December 21, 2010

Travel days are not necessarily our favorite days. With some of us now on the road for 2 straight weeks, and others of us at an airport every three days, traveling can get tiring. This time we were traveling as (…)

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Dubai Workshop Highlights

by Wael Nabbout on December 21, 2010

The Dubai workshop was our penultimate stop of the ArabNet Roadshow, and was held in partnership with Dubai Internet City. Sally Soubra identified the options for starting a company in Dubai, and concluded that is not possible to start a (…)

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Why Delicious Failed? 10 Reasons

by ArabNet on December 21, 2010

(This list was compiled by Rahaf Makarati for ArabNet Weekly Digest – Issue 10) 1. The people: The people managing a website are the strongest factor in determining its success. The most important reason for Delicious’s failure is the change of (…)

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Dubai: Day 1

by ArabNet on December 19, 2010

Yesterday we woke up to a slow and heavy start. I personally opened my eyes at almost 3:00 PM, so lunch was already on its way. Omar had ordered Ethiopian food. Instantly there was a chorus of mmmmmmmsssss as we (…)

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From Qatar to Dubai…the Team Separates Again

by ArabNet on December 18, 2010

So yesterday night, the guys were faced with a minor dilemma. To road trip to Dubai or not to road trip to Dubai. They had the option of flying, but would they bail and take the easy way out or (…)

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Doha Workshop Highlights

by Wael Nabbout on December 18, 2010

The Doha workshop started off with Duha El-Buhendi, incubation services manager at ICT Qatar, giving a brief talk about what our moderator Omar Christidis later described as one of the most comprehensive incubator in the region. The ICT Qatar incubator (…)

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Beirut to Qatar: The Team Reunites

by ArabNet on December 16, 2010

So for various reasons that most of you can guess the ladies did not accompany the gents to Saudi. In any case, yesterday marked the day of our reunion. As planned, we were to meet the guys in Qatar and (…)

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Wikileaks Founder: Julian Assange, Timeline

by ArabNet on December 16, 2010

(This list was compiled by Rahaf Makarati for ArabNet Weekly Digest – Issue 9) 3/7/1971: Birth of Julian Assange, in Townsville, Australia; Of two parents who had a touring theatre company; 1979: His mother remarried to a musician; 1982: The new (…)

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