Update 2: I made a typo it was 18 videos not 8, sorry Dan. Updated for Contest section:  According to Dan Stuart, 18 videos where submitted, plus about 2x with many drawings, storyboards or assorted portfolio samples. Contributors were generally global with the majority from MENA (the Arab world). Pan-Arab Virtual Job Fair: Bayt.com, the...

  Arab Advisors new online survey of Oman's Internet users revealed that 40.2% of adult Internet users in Oman have used e-commerce. The Arab Advisors Group estimates the number of Oman Internet users who use e-commerce to be more than 158,000 which is around 5.62% of the total population in Oman, spending US$ 236 million in e-commerce transac...

A new report from Arab Advisors Group analyzes the UAE’s Internet and data-communications market. The country, a regional leader in advanced services adoption, is on track for more growth especially as the market entered a competitive stage.   The UAE's telecommunications market was officially closed to all but Etisalat, which has been the t...

  The fifth annual Business Plan Competition was launched on March 6th. 2009  by the Egyptian Technology Incubation Program (TIP),  that focus on Innovative communications, Information Technology, and electronics products and service. To me this competition offers the best value compared to other regional business plan competitions in terms o...

  Berytech the Lebanese NGO incubator, is launching Berytech Entrepreneurs Forum with the support of Mohammad Bin Rashid el Maktoum Foundation (MBRF), taking place on May 21, 22, 2009 at the Pavillon Royal of the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL). This premier event is specifically designed to help existing or a...

Last month I reported on ArabCrunch that facebook launched Arabic beta, but as of today yeserday its officially launched along with Hebrew according to Ghassan Haddad, ‎Director of Internationalization‎ at facebook. As with all other Facebook international languages translation, facebook Arabic and Hebrew was translated by the communit...

I had few questions for H20 New Media in light with their first funding round, Steve Vaile - Founder & CEO of H20 New Media answered me, then I followed with some more via email. So I thought to put them all here. Many thanks to Steve for answering them. AC: who is your competition in the region in each of your product and service? We ...

  As you can tell I did not post updates for the past few days, well because I was in Lebanon for OpenSesame BarCamp- event there. OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon was initiated by RootSpace and Naharnet   and Co-Organizered by Youth Shadow Government (IT/Telecom emphasis) and Creative Commons. According to the organizers the event was h...

  A new report from Arab Advisors Group analyzes the cellular tariffs for 46 cellular operators in 19 Arab countries. Operators in Lebanon have the highest average cost of prepaid cellular minutes in the Arab World while those in Morocco have the highest average cost of postpaid cellular minutes. Egypt and Yemen offer the lowest average cellula...

UPDATE:  3 Q&A with STEVEN VAILE, CEO of H2O New Media, bellow. UPDATE 2: full interview here. H2O New Media , the technology company focused on white label Social Media applications in Dubai, UAE has confirmed its first round of funding from Equinox International. An undisclosed yet “significant investment” has been sanctioned ...