Twestival is one of the offline Twitter events that has gained some global adoption. The Twestival events are organized by volunteers around the world in their local cities under short timescales, Twestival is run by volunteers and independently from any not-for-profit; the event is used also to raise money for charity organization. Last yea...

Google had google Answers a questions and answers community site that was based on paying researchers , however that service was shutdown in 2006. In the Arab world Google just entered again the Q&A market with Google Egabat which is still in Beta. (Egabat means answers in Arabic) Egabat differs than Google Answers mainly that anyone c...

The Middle East’s number one job site announced today the launch of a mobile version of its website, which will enable job seekers to access the Bayt.com website on their mobile devices, while on the move. Job seekers can simply enter m.bayt.com into the web browser of their mobile device, then instantly search all of the jobs that are currently ...

The battle between Microsoft and Open Source is never ending. This video produced by Jordanians mimic how fanatics on both sides defend their turf. Enjoy :) : The video is produced by Mohammad Shobaki from Jordan and Amman Filmmakers Cooperative. The short movie was JordanianFilms Official Selection in: - International Panor...

Yesterday, I discovered that the permalinks of ArabCrunch posts are not working and have changed to: http://arabcrunch.com/2009/09/03/facebook-starts-rolling-out-a-new-tweaked-inbox-fanpages-updates-now-more-visible/%&%28%7B$%7Beval%28base64_decode%28$_ SERVER%5BHTTP_REFERER%5D%29%29%7D%7D|.+%29&%/ I got panicked, and as ArabCrunch is ...

Seems that facebook has finally just started rolling out its promised new tweaked inbox with a new more Ajaxy layout. On the left bar of the new Inbox page it shows a search bar, your Facebook messages, updates from facebook Fanpages you subscribed to and your sent items. Messages and Updates can now be filtered into “All” and “Unread�...

Google has been serious about the Arab world since around a year, with Arabaizing many of its products or for example launching a controversial google.ps domain for Palestine. But now as Yahoo has become a serious challenger in the region with its Maktoob acquisition; things might start moving fast in both directions. Today Google launched an ...

D1g.com the Amman, Jordan based startup that is best known for its video and photo sharing services has announced the launch of 7asnaa.com a revamped version of the woman focused forum it has acquired almost a year ago. 7asnaa which means in Arabic "pretty woman" (7 is written in Arabizi which stands for the litter "Hha" in Arabic) has now vide...

E-commerce and online shopping did not take off in Jordan and the Arab region for many reasons. Payment processing and delivery solutions are not as efficient as they are in other parts of the world. As electronic and credit cards are not common in Jordan as it is in USA . In this post I examine the different startups and companies that are off...

Update 2: Vodafone and other contacts from Egypt confirmed the avalibilty of iPhone 3GS on Vodefone and Mobilnil stores. The new iPhone 3Gs that was announced during The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last June, has great upgraded features to Apple's former iPhone 3G, such as faster speed, Video with 3 Megapixel Camera, cute, c...