Archive for the ‘Where 2.0’ Category


Screenshot The launch of facebook locations has taken lots of buzz, the service allows users to check in using their touch phones into different location, know where their friends are and get information about places and discover new ones. Facebook places competes head to head with startups such as NY based Foursquare, texas based Gowalla and Face2face...
Screenshot AS the Muslim's month of Ramdan is about to start, Nokia has launched recently a new range of mobile applications and content tailored for the holy month of Ramadan. This is the second year that Nokia launches such apps. The new range of Ramadan applications 2010 are available for free on Ovi Store, and the last Ramdan applications has bee...
Screenshot Today Jordanian startup Aqar Estate a real estate web listing site has organized a party at Bristol hotel in Amman, Jordan where they showcased to the real estate and web industry their upcoming version of the site. The new site which is set to be launched the 1st day of the Islamic Month of Ramadan -around 20th of this month- will have a co...
Screenshot While Aqara Estate a Jordanian startup founded by ex-Jeeran female employee Hanan Khader offers real estate agents in the Arab world and sellers the ability to list land, buildings or apartments for sales or rent. Aqaramap a Yamni startup that was launched last April came with emphasis on location by pin pointing the real estate address to the m...
Screenshot There are no shortage in location based services, the leader is foursquare followed by Gowalla, But Face2face takes another approach. After you download the app in your mobile device (iPhone, Android or BlackBerry) you do not need a to signup with a new user name, use your existing Facebook, linked, Twitter or Myspace accounts to connect and u...
Screenshot The oldest independent browser company in the world Opera has released the final version of Opera 10.6 . We wrote about the beta version of 10.6 here but it had problems rendering some Arabic websites on Mac OS X such as ArabCrunch Arabic and Aljazeera Arabic, as it used to display Arabic letters without combining them . We informed  Opera direc...
Screenshot Opera released Opera 10.60, saying it is 50% faster than its predecessor on selected JavaScript tests. In addition Opera 10.60 beta incorporates new web-standard features, such as Geolocation and WebM support for HTML5 video, as well as a polished and  more easy-to-use user interface. Opera 10.60 beta is available on all platforms and can be d...
Screenshot Since years Location based services (LBS) has been a hot topic that did not take off until recently. There were many attempts to tap into this market from brightkite to ArabCrunch demo 09 demoer wenear to Yahoo it self with fire eagle. Many experts agree that location based and intention based advertising is the next big multi billion dollar ...
Screenshot As AC broke yesterday the heavy rains that stormed the Saudi capital Riyadh flooded many parts of the city, causing damage and putting human life in danger. Many were trapped and some unverified reports suggest incidents of death. As we reported Twitter was instrumental in almost everything related to this sad event. Since ArabCrunch also ...
Screenshot As  many Muslims strive to live according to Islam in their life and in their daily commercial dealings in the west and in non Muslim countries, a number of Muslim entrepreneurs provided the needed services via a number of useful websites. Here is a list of 6 sites providing guides for Halal Restaurants, Muslims Friendly Hotels, Mosques and Is...
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