While I was about to go sleep Saturday, I witnessed unusual traffic on AC, at a closer look most traffic was coming from Slashdot. ArabCrunch was experiencing Slashdot Effect, or has been Slashdotted. I remember knowing about Slashdot since the late 90s, back then I remember most of Slashdot visitors used to be very anti-Microsoft. I also ...

Access to the Web via TV is gaining momentum, as a number of access devices with Web capabilities are gaining global household adoption with tens of millions of units being sold every year. These devices range from Set-Top Boxes like DreamBox, video gaming consoles such as Xbox, Playstation and WII, and new LCD TVs with Web and Bluetooth capabiliti...

As the crisis continues in Gaza, Aljazeera Labs is continuing their innovation. This time they recently beta launched crowdsource mapping mashup "Mapping the War on Gaza" service, in collaboration with Ushahidi who  have successfully used their platform to crowdsource information during recent crisis in Kenya and South Africa. The platform...

Internet users are increasingly creating their own online experiences by uploading videos to websites like YouTube and Vimeo, authoring blogs on Blogger, micro-blogging on Twitter, and creating their personalized online profile on Facebook and MySpace. Bayt.com the #1 job site in the Middle East is capitalizing on those talented, creative individua...

Arab Advisors Group has analyzed recently the ADSL rates in nineteen Arab countries. Iraq and Mauritania have the highest ADSL fees, while Egypt and Algeria have the lowest fees. When rates are analyzed in relation to GDP per capita in each country, the GCC countries and Libya lead the pack. ADSL remains the prevailing Internet broadband technol...

Recently more than ever, hackers with different agendas are launching different attacks on many famous websites with an attempt to take them down, control the servers to attack other servers, corrupt or destroy the database or even steal valuable data. Those hackers launch their attacks using immature to sophisticated mechanisms. Their agenda migh...

Go3 is a Canadian startup that has been developing online games since 2007 and has  grown to include more than 6 games and a number of other online properties in the gaming industry. Go3 games are mostly browser based games, however Go3 is also expanding into the 3D MMO game market, with Mechtek and other games yet to be announced. Explainin...

The Arab techies gathering was 4 days workshop held in Cairo, Egypt - from 23-26 December 2008. ArabCrunch was present and demonstrated itself there. This post is to sum up the workshop. written by Zeinab Samir a guest writer to ArabCrunch, Zeinab is an Egyptian Web designer who creates designs and themes for Drupal CMS. She also has a personal...

Royal Jordanian and OnAir signed an agreement whereby RJ, a oneworld member, will provide passengers with OnAir’s inflight Internet and mobile phone services, including email, SMS and voice calls, the first airline in the Middle East to offer such facility. President/CEO Samer Majali who signed the agreement with OnAir CEO Benois Debains said ...

Yesterday I visited Citex Software's ( the company behind Adhere) office office in Cairo Egypt, met its founder and CEO Hussein F. Salama also met with Citex team. We spent  many hours talking about Adhere, mobile advertising and starups in the Arab word. He also displayed to me Adhere and showed me a demo of how it works. This post profiles in g...