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Month: November 2008

  • WOW!! Almost 800 KB/sec downloads on my 8 Mbit Orange DSL!

    After an evening of frustrating internet slowness it suddenly happened after midnight. At around 1:15 am I felt the web was faster so I repeated my speed tests. A download from Microsoft.com BLEW ME AWAY. First I got 660 KB/sec. Then, on another download the speed almost hit 800 KB/sec.. BOOM! It finally happened. A…

  • Games in your pocket: Talking to Mr N-Gage in the Middle East

    Last week I had the chance for a talk with Gregory Horoupian, who manages Nokia’s game business in the Middle East and Africa. Gregory was on a tour of the region, including Jordan, to check out the gaming culture and industry. Nokia’s N-Gage started life as a gaming smart phone some years ago. Although the…

  • A new vision for public transport in Amman

    [Click image to enlarge] Public transport is what makes a city a real city. In Amman, we have devolved, over the past few decades, into a private car city. Only 17% of people in Amman use public transport and private car ownership has gone through the roof. Millions were spent on roads, tunnels and bridges.…

  • Branding Amman: Have your say about Amman’s new logo

    [Click image to enlarge] Amman is getting a new logo in 2009. And all citizens are invited to take part in choosing their favorite design. The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) is publishing the above advert in today’s newspapers, inviting everyone to head down to Al Hussein Cultural Center to have a look at an exhibition…

  • SYNTAX and Spring design, develop the website of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha

    As the world of culture’s eyes turn to Doha today for the VIP opening of Qatar’s Museum of Islamic Art, SYNTAX, a leading design, branding and user experience company and Spring, a pioneering web technology company announced the launch of the museum’s website at mia.org.qa. The Museum of Islamic Art represents a major milestone not…

  • Jordanian inventor creates world’s highest laptop stand

    This is not a joke or a stunt. This is how our media guru at Ikbis, Mohammad Jaradat (aka Neo) REALLY works. He has some neck problems and he started stacking packs of promotional materials under his new laptop to make his posture more healthy and comfortable, The stack got higher and higher. This is…

  • Two potential Jordanian Lamborghini buyers interviewed..

    We were able to catch them in front of the new Lamborghini showroom in Amman. Which, incidentally also houses the Skoda dealership. Go figure. Read these related posts on 360east: 360east featured on BBC Five Live Typography is architecture BOBS interview: Die Zeit Digital Filmmakers of Amman: Unite! Toot and Arab blogging to be featured…

  • 8 Mbit: ADSL heaven, ADSL hell..

    After two days of installation problems, my 8 Mbit line was installed by Orange. So how is life with 8 Mbit you must be wondering. Well.. First of all, Orange told me they need to replace my modem (which is the ancient but very reliable Alcatel Speed Touch Home). I think my current modem is…

  • Testing Google voice search on the iPhone

    I’ve been following the news about Google’s voice search for the iPhone eagerly for the past few days. I don’t have an iPhone but one of my colleagues in the office does So when I read that the application is out (disguised as the Google Mobile Application) I immediately stole my colleagues iPhone and installed…

  • Ikbis on the cover of Venture magazine

    Jordan’s new generation of web ventures is on the cover of Venture magazine this month. The issue asks, somewhat skeptically perhaps, “More than a Bubble?”. The story, written by Venture journalist Adam Lichtenheld, features our very own Ikbis as well as D1G, 3alarasi and Mecca.com, focusing on the post-Maktoob web ventures which appeared in the…

  • Netanyahu copies Obama’s site

    Not only is he a wicked, right wing, anti-peace and previously failed politician. Now he’s also a web design plagiarizer? Benjamin Netanyahu basically copied Barack’s Obama web site design style and adopted it for his upcoming bid to become prime minister of Israel. What a joke. There is no way in hell Netanyahu can be…

  • What are those Toot people up to?

    I walked into our office the other day, and found a dangerous meeting taking place. What the heck are Wael, Roba, Karim, George and Munther up to? I called this meeting the Toot Coup d’état (or Toot Coup d’état).. Well, actually I was invited to it but arrived extremely late, not even remembering that the…