TechWadi the organization of  Arab technology professionals in Silicon Valley and around the world, will be hosting its next networking event on Thursday Nov. 20, 2008.  you can join the event to network with your peers and to learn new professional skills from TechWadi’s distinguished speaker. Communication is a cornerstone of all businesse...

The announcement of the winners came few days ago, as this year competition was open for Jordanian entrepreneurs only, next year it might be open to all Arab entrepreneurs. Last  Thursday, Princess Sumaya  said the Kingdom’s large pool of graduates “represents a tremendous value that Jordan creates every year”. In her address at a cer...

Do you upload your files to many file uploading websites? If so this manual process takes allot of your time and your effort, in uploading each file to each website alone. Well, you do not have to do that anymore, a new Arabic startup called Mrrha offers the solution to this  problem. Mrrha allows you to upload your files synchronously on the I...

Google Launch of its Arabic version of its SaaS calendar is part of its plan to continue serve the Arabic market, by Arabaizing all its products, and launch other apps that caters to the Arabic speakers. GoogleGoogle Calendar is a tool that simplifies keeping track of events, special occasions, and appointments -- whether they're on your own age...

ArabCrunch is proud to announce its partnership with Mashable, in its 2nd Annual Open Web Awards. Mashable is one of the top visited blogs worldwide, its choice to include ArabCrunch as one of the 100 worldwide blog partners, shows the level of global credibility ArabCrunch has achieved in a short time period. The open web award is a unique...

muslimbc whose CEO Rias A. Sherzad I interviewed back in April 08, is in few days time –next Tuesday-  to rebrand to SALAMBC short for Salam Business Club. (Screen shots at the end of this post.) MuslimBC was initially aiming to be a Linkedin for Muslims, but the startup found out a different target market than initially planned accordi...

Yamli's the Arabic transliteration technology now available on iGoogle custom homepage.Yamli's  gadget now allows users to type in English and get Arabic letters right  from their Google homepage, to search the web, news, images, videos, wiki, or to use the notepad to copy and paste somewhere else. This is a smart move by Yamli to enable i...

If you are a blogger or a mid-sized website who wants to monetize your traffic and manage your ads easily and with less hassle, the free open source company OpenX 's announced OpenX Hosted is the solution for you. OpenX Hosted, the hosted version (SaaS) of the company’s popular open source ad server that powers a community of more than 100,00...

Joining forces with Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) , Intel announced its investment in Dubai-based Sphere Networks, an emerging Arab based software development firm specialized in enterprise management. Intel Capital did its first investment in the region in 2000, when it poured an undisclosed amount of money into a portal company,  Arabia Online, ...

Press Release: The Arab social Web shopping portal, SouqElArab.com, partners with LebanonPath.com to better serve Arab communities across the globe with the finest Lebanese and Arab products. LebanonPath.com is an Online Lebanese shopping Web site that serves directly from the heart of Lebanon with products such as Lebanese sweets, food, coff...