Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) free zone technology park established in 2004 in Dubai for the semiconductor, microelectronic and other high technology-based companies looking to set up their regional headquarters and R'&'D facilities in the Middle East and Africa region.
The free zone said that it has recorded an increase in its profit by 134% n...


A New Arab Advisors Group's survey conducted on February 2012 of cellular users in Kuwait reveals some details on smartphones and tablets adoption and usage patterns. The survey probed general cellular usage habits, smartphones awareness in addition to tablets availability among cellular users in Kuwait.
The survey revealed that iPad is the ...
MonsterGulf.com, one of Middle East’s leading online career and recruitment solutions providers, today launched Monster application for mobile devices on Windows Phone platform, the app gives job seekers and career minded professionals the to search for jobs and explore new career opportunities. The new application can be downloaded through ...
Saudi Arabia occupied the first rank among the countries with the highest proportion of mobile phone users in the world with a ratio of 188%, followed by Vietnam and Oman in the second and third places respectively, according to a recent study.
The study conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and development (UNCTAD) indicated t...
At AC we have been receiving invites from a site called mawwell.com which says it would be the first crowed-funding platform in the Arab world aimed at creative, artistic, innovative, scientific, sports related, green project.
Though we could not get much information about the platform here what it says:
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Project creators will keep 100% o...
Reporters Without Borders condemned the arrests and trials of netizens in the United Arab Emirates, yesterday. It also listed the UAE as a country “under surveillance” in its 2012 report on “Enemies of the Internet.”
“The Emirati authorities are cracking down harder on bloggers and netizens who criticize the regime,” Report...
InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile advertising network, announces the appointment of Richard O’Sullivan as Head of Sales for the Middle East, as part of its latest step in its global expansion. InMobi will be exhibiting at The Mobile Show in Dubai on between 17-19th April 2012.
Richard O’Sullivan has over ten years exper...
B-Kam.com has just launched; a search engine that brings all Egyptian shopping websites in one place to let shoppers search, compare prices and get the best deals, all from one place.
The site is first price-comparison shopping website in Egypt but not the first in the Arab world as there is Menwayn from Jordan.
On B-kam Shoppers s...
The U.S. Embassy in Amman is hosting former NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins from March 21-26, 2012, for a number of lectures and workshops in Aqaba, Ma’an, Tafeeleh, Irbid, Mafraq and Amman, to meet and inspire Jordanian youth and share through presentations her experience as a pioneer woman astronaut in space exploration and space research.
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Bayt the leading job portal in the Arab world has redesigned putting much emphasis on it social offerings.
The new design offers a clean and streamed lined UI. A search bar has been added where you can search for Jobs, Salaries, and People. Resource tab has been added offering different resources that can help in career hunting and develo... 


