Category: The web
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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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Watwet: new look, stronger taste
Watwet fans had a big watweting party today, with the launch of the site’s new look and features. The new look is a complete departure from what the site was launched with late last year. For me, one of the most important features of Watwet is the badge that can be added to you blog…
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Ambient awareness: how Facebook, Twitter and other social web apps are re-wiring our social lives
When I describe Watwet to friends and acquaintances they often are puzzled or dismissive. Why would anyone be interested in receiving mundane updates on their mobile from a wide circle of friends? What’s the point. Well, it’s this and other questions about the new tools of social networking that are being address in an excellent…
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Photosynth RULES
Photosynth is the best thing to have the Microsoft name on it in history!
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Alexa’s data stuck since August 6, 2008
Has anyone else noted this? For a whole week now Alexa’s data has not been updated. It’s stuck on August 6, 2008. I;ve searched the blogosphere for posts about this issue but only found one entry on a forum. The Alexa blog has nothing to say about this issue. Has anyone else noted this? Has…
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How “Necessary” is it for an “online” shopping business to have a website?
Tucked away in one of the harder to notice alleys of Zara Center in Amman, I found the poster above and the shop it advertised: Unnecessary Necessity (say that 10 times quickly and win a 360east car sticker).. The poster caught my eye. I mean who wouldn’t wish King Kong is unleashed onto the top…
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TootCorp’s Karim Arafat talks about Watwet and World Domination on the Spin Show!
The cool guys at SpinBits in Dubai have hosted TootCorp’s Karim Arafat on the their Spin Show podcast, to talk about the Arabian web and mobile scene and the story of TootCorp and specifically about the development of watwet. Really worth a listen. Karim even manages to go through the podcast without saying “Ya’ani”.. Download…
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Good speed on my 2 Megabit Orange internet connection!
I am usually the first to complain about my ISP’s internet speed. But today I have good news. I noticed my browsing was zippier over the past two days. So I went to my favorite internet speed test site and did a test with three US based servers. I am happy to share with you…
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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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Is anyone in Amman having an internet outage?
I have an ADSL line from Orange. A bit past midnight the web started acting crazy. Most pages don’t load. Some do very slowly. Is anyone facing the same problem? Read these related posts on 360east: Done searching the web? Now search your own PC! Good speed on my 2 Megabit Orange internet connection! Beyond…
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Queen Rania mentions Ikbis, Toot and Akhtaboot as examples of homegrown web innovation
HM Queen Rania is surely following up on what’s happening in the Jordanian web scene! In her recent interview in Jordan Business magazine, she talked, among other issues, about the homegrown development of web sites in Jordan. At TootCorp, we were delighted to read that Ikbis, and Toot where cited by the Queen as two…