OpenX, the world’s largest open-source ad server for web publishers, has launched today OpenX Market which is an e-Bay like ad auction marketplace that connect publishers and advertisers, the marketplace has been available in Alpha for a while, and it seems that it is ready to be rolled up.  Publishers can route any or all of their ad impress...

For over five thousand years, from the dawn of the pharaohs to the modern era, Egyptian culture is one of the world’s richest -if not the richest – with historical wonders, which made it the touristic destination to millions of tourists every year.  Even though the web is full of images about Egypt, the recent announcement of "Egypt Memor...

Nokia Developer Summit, is a two-day event that will explore global application distribution through Nokia channels, web runtime and browser optimization, plus cross-platform development using latest Nokia technologies. The  Summit will be held in Monte Carlo, Monaco from April 28-29, 2009. Tero Ojanperä, Executive Vice President, Nokia Servic...

Update: More pics at the end of the post. Update 2: More bigger pics. Update 3: From CrunchGear Look at the end of the post. Update 4: Look at end of the post. Update 5: From TC Look at the end of the post. Seems like TechCrunch's "Crunchpad" the web wifi enabled tablet is coming soon according to this pic (Update: Arrington r...

Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one job site, has announced that it received more than 14,000 unique visitors to its pan-regional Virtual Job Fair (VJF), which ran on the Bayt.com website between March 22nd and 26th, for employers and job seekers in the Middle East to interact in a convenient, hassle free and stress free forum.  The Virtual J...

Growth in user spend on mobile entertainment services will slow dramatically over the next two years unless key markets emerge from recession, according to a new report from Juniper Research. In addition, the report argued that slower deployment of content services meant that revenues were likely to be lower than previously forecast even after mark...

WaTweT is a micro blogging, group messaging & social networking platform for Arabia (like Twitter). The Jordanian startup was initially reviewed on AC here and here. ArabCrunch channel is now featured among few handpicked channels available on WaTweT to the public, where if you subscribe, you can receive the channels updates to your WaT...

Salam Business Club (SALAMBC ) the professional social network that targets business people from in the Arab, Asian, and Muslim world, is now in Arabic. The website is also available in English, German, Urdu, French and Turkish. SALAMBC is the result of the rebranding Muslim Businesses Club, the company's cofounder Rias A. Sherzad  was feature...

Update: Initial feedback for the new desktop version, look below. Many Arab startups just duplicate International websites especially American based and add few things such as local feel and an Arabic Interface. However there are a number of Arab entrepreneurs and startups who are thinking outside the box and going Global, and some of them...

ZAAD  is a Palestinian Arabic/English user generated Local search engine. Currently maintains a database for Palestinian private sector and NGOs. ZAAD allows users to enter their information directly to the site and update it frequently. According to Ibrahim Jabour from ZAAD, the website aims to build national databases for several sectors in P...