Category: Conferences
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360east Exclusive: First ever demo of Amman’s GPS map on a Nokia device
Yes you read it right. Amman is finally getting a navigable GPS map. And that’s thanks to Nokia, who will be providing it for free for its Nseries and Eseries devices. I got a private demonstration of the map by Nokia today (see video below). This is the first time it has ever been shown…
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic ships in the UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in December ’08
I had my first chance to touch the Nokia XpressMusic at the Nokia Dead Sea MENA event. I will try to share my experience with it later on. But it has just been announced that device will make its way to the stores in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and, yes, Jordan, in December. The original…
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Nokia to demonstrate the 5800 XpressMusic at the Dead Sea today
Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki is on the stage at the Dead Sea press event event, presenting Nokia’s global strategy. He just mentioned that the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be demoed to the press later today. More updates later today.
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Ovi goes live in the Middle East, sort of..
Chris Braam Vice President for Sales at Nokia MENA has just announced that Ovi, Nokia’s online services portal has been launched in the Middle East. I have just registered an account and it worked. But it seems that sharing services are not live yet. I will try to dig more to understand how Ovi will…
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Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki @ The Dead Sea: Will a date be set for releasing the 5800 XpressMusic and other burining questions
Tomorrow Thursday, I will be blogging from Nokia’s heavyweight press event on the shores of the Dead Sea. Nokia’s Executive Vice President for Markets, Anssi Vanjoki is the key name of this event, alongside Chris Braam Vice President for Sales at Nokia MENA. They will be presenting Nokia’s global and regional strategy and showing off…
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ALERT: Creative Commons CEO lecture in Amman next Wednesday
This is very exciting. Creative Commons is coming to Arabia and they’re holding a lecture in Amman. Creative Commons CEO Joichi Ito will be the speaker. Check out the invite below and read more at the ArabianMonkey. This should be interesting anyone who authors stuff like texts, music, photos, videos, software and so on. It…
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Boring event, pretty good phone: the G1 Google phone is here
“i would like to congratulate”.. “on behalf of”.. “i would to thank”.. “moving forward”.. “driving innovation”.. “a momentous day”.. “maximize”.. What a boring launch event for the “Google Phone” aka T-Mobile G1. Why is it that most corporate leaders always insist in communicating in a manner that doesn’t communicate. You don’t have to have Steve’s…
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Sha3shaboneh: Come and learn the art and science of blogging this Saturday..
Come on.. admit it. You want to get in touch with your inner blogger Well, this Saturday, the 28th of June 2008, you can. Thanks to Sha3shaboneh: a joint project between Mohammad al Qaq (the man behind the excellent Khobbeizeh blog), and Makan, Jordan’s most progressive art space. Sha3shabobeh (Arabic: incy wincy spider) is an…
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iPhone 3G: the good, the bad and the stoooopid!
First of all, let me share with you how I followed the keynote speech at Apple WWDC 2008: 1. I watched part of this live web video show, hosted by these three geeks.. 2. I listened to the whole presentation LIVE in audio via the USTREAM.TV stream provided by the the amazing people over at…
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It’s another Apple night tonight: 8 pm Amman time
3G iPhone? Touchscreen Mac or PDA? A special Mac for developers? A new .mac service? Errr, The end of global warming? The rumors are raging like CRAZY. We’re now less than 8 hours away from the opening of Apple World Wide Developers Conference 2008 with a Steve Jobs keynote presentation. Apart from awaiting conformation or…
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UPCOMING: Reading between the lies – Perception and prejudice in the Middle East
For those of you interested in the media aspect of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it might be worth it to check out the session “Reading between the lies – Perception and prejudice in the Middle East” at the Global Media Forum, which will be held at 12:00 pm German time (that would be 1:00 pm Amman…
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Shirin Ebadi at the Global Media Forum: Beware of the warmongers and monopolists
The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, kicked off yesterday in Bonn, Germany. After a couple of welcoming speeches by the director of Deutsche Welle and a local minister, Shirin Ebadi took the podium. Just a minute before she started, someone announced that she will speak in in farsi, sending almost everyone scrambling for the translation…