digg_url = 'http://arabcrunch.com/2009/07/breaking-google-friend-connect-now-supports-47-additional-languages-including-arabic.html';
Update: localize your current member gadget, at the end of the post.
Google Friend connect, which aims to bring the social world into all over the web, has just announced adding support to 47 additiona...


UPDATE: More details of the deal at the end of the post.
WebProNews reports that Google and the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology have signed a $10 million contract regarding business and workforce development in Egypt. According to the site the deal was signed in Washington D.C during the Egyptian Minister of...
Folowen the Jordanian startup which was previously reviewed by ArabCrunch here, has just gone out of private beta, which means people can start using folowen without an invitation code. Folowen is a search tool that uses Google AJAX Search API to help you find profiles of people and organizations in different social media sites (currently 20.)
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Google's new product” Translator Toolkit” is an awesome product for anyone involved in translating from English to any of the 43 languages it currently supports, including Arabic. Because it is a smart and a faster translation SaaS based suite that is free for anyone to use, and I've never seen something like it elsewhere.
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Google has local domains for almost every country in the world. And Morocco is one of them http://google.co.ma/ . However it appears that it is hacked, as of now.
Once you try to access the domain, you get a message that says...
Updated. Update 2. Update 3: Linkedin Bows: Restores Service to Syrian Users, Says a Human error!
AnasOnline blog reports (Arabic link) that Linkedin (AC Group here) completely blocked all Syrian users. According to the blog post:
3 weeks ago when Linkedin blocked all Syrian IPs users , but they were able to access the site by using IP...
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...
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Coinciding with Google’s executive trip to Jordan and across the region, I’ve been hearing rumors that Google is in acquisition talks with a Jordanian internet startup, the deal is rumored to be in millions of dollars. I have the name of the startup but I won’t mention it, if these rumors were true it will mark the 1st Goo...
Google launched Google Blog Arabia is as the official blog for Google in the Arab world. The blog is hosted like all Google’s corporate blogs on Blogger.
Currently there is only one post at the blog, a hello word or a welcome message posted by Google Middle East and North Africa team. I just hope they change that Middle East North Af... 


