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Month: December 2006

  • My hard disk disaster!

    Something really terrible happened with my Mac yesterday evening. Its 80 GB Toshiba hard disk failed. First the computer refused to wake up from sleep. Then after a few restarts it started making HORRIBLE sqeaking noises and it totally stopped working. I have only limited back ups (mail and photos and some work). But it…

  • Carrefour opens today in Amman

    After quite a long wait, Carrefour, the french global hypermart is opening its doors in Amman new City Mall. I will definitely go and check it out (unless we get too much snow). I know how a Carrefour looks like, as I’ve seen them in Dubai. I more interested to see their pricing policy, and…

  • Question to Jordan’s game freaks: is anyone selling the Nintendo Wii in Amman (or Dubai)?

    The Nintendo Wii has caught my attention recently. I am ‘in the market’ for a new games console as a birthday gift for my son. He, believe it or not, still uses a PlayStation 1 (which he inherited from his teenage uncle). So our household has missed on a complete generation of video games. Originally…

  • Back by popular demand: the Nig Nig man and Co.

    We keep meeting people telling us that they ago addicted to our ‘biggest yellow button’ campaign which we did prior to launching Ikbis. “Where has it gone?” they ask us. So, here you go.. Read these related posts on 360east: Apple’s video servers overloaded by demand for Jobs’ presentation Jordan Telecom: “show us there is…

  • Upload photos and videos to Ikbis by email

    Yet another way to upload a photo or video to Ikbis: by email! This is especially great for people with email enable phones. Say you are on the street and you pass by a UFO landing in Saqf Al Seil. Shoot it. Send it to you secret Ikbis mail. Immediate publishing. Who needs CNN or…

  • Import your photos from Flickr to Ikbis!

    Hot from the Ikbis development oven: We’ve unlocked another new feature on ikbis: Import from flickr. It enables you to import one or more of your flickr photo sets into ikbis. Of course, you have to have a flickr account and defined at least one photo set. In the process, you will have to grant…

  • If Free Energy becomes reality, what will happen to Arab oil?

    Humanity is short sighted. We live the moment, thinking it will last forever. And the world is changing, often faster than we think. Consider the facts: How would people have reacted in the 1800’s if you told them that millions of people will ‘travel by flying’ in 2000. How would people in Roman Empire have…

  • When blogging becomes LESS credible than the ‘old media’!

    I’ve been wanting to write about this for months, but now it’s really time. Its about a new marketing phenomenon that really threatens to corrupt the blogosphere: advertisers paying bloggers to write about services and products to generate buzz. This, of course, is part of the larger trend of word-of-mouth marketing that is all the…

  • Good stuff starts appearing on Ikbis..

    A great video, which was made around two years ago by Amr Toukhy, as part of an exercise with the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative. It stars Mohammad Al Qaq (who posted it on Ikbis today) and ex-SYNTAXer and good friend Ahmad Saqfalhait.. It’s short and great.. We need more! Read these related posts on 360east: Check…

  • Lebanese?

    Read these related posts on 360east: Found in a bathroom of a Lebanese restaurant in Dubai A Lebanese man walks in Amman.. Arab Heaven and Arab Hell Branding the Cedar Revolution Vigil for Qana and Gaza | Thursday, 3 August 2006 | 8-10 pm

  • SYNTAX helps Javna take its brand to the next level

    SYNTAX developed the first corporate design for Javna, a leading mobile technology company in 2001. Back then, the firm consisted of a few developers who were working on the company’s first product, a multi-channel communication platform. Over the years, SYNTAX’s work with Javna continued as the company evolved into a key player in the hot…

  • Abdoun bridge to open today

    Photo by: Osman Akuz. [click to enlarge] I hope to cross the bridge today and post a video report here and on ikbis. Read these related posts on 360east: Dawwar Abdoun at its best Abdoun Circle: Not even buildings by star architects are safe from ugly signs! Hello ‘West Amman”: the biggest mall is in…