Month: June 2009
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Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
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For mobile geeks only: talking to Nokia’s Levant marketing head about the N97, Amman’s missing map and Ovi
The N97 has been on sale in Amman for the past few days (apparently for JD 450, US$ 633). There is a lot of Nokia and activity and buzz these days. I’ve been invited to attend its launch in Beirut but couldn’t go. Instead, I caught up with Bruce Howe, the marketing head for Nokia…
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Islam Samhan: poetry, jail and the limits of Jordanian “tolerance”
It seems that Jordan’s tolerance and moderation can’t include a 28 year old poet who “dared” to use a fragment of Quranic language in one of poems in a way that a religious authority found offensive. The news that a Jordanian court has sentenced the poet Islam Samhan to one year in prison plus a…
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Has anyone heard of Blink Communications (and their 5 to 500 Mbit bandwidth)?
Yesterday, I received a comment on one of my posts from someone who said he’s from a company called Blink offering internet for business plans from 5 500 Mbit on their own infrastructure! Has anyone heard of them or dealt with them?
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Abu Dhabi’s ‘The National’ discovers Jordan’s tech startup scene
Over the past week or so, several stories have been published in The National, Abu Dhabi’s quality English language daily, about Jordan’s technology scene, with a special focus on Jordanian web startups and the emerging culture around them. Reporting from Jordan, The National’s Tom Gara has been firing off one article after the other, featuring…