Archive for 2010

The Huge & Alarming Arabic Content Crisis

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

As someone who’s been working in the Internet space in the Arab world for what feels like ages now; I’ve heard the following line, and all imaginable variations of it more than I can keep track of; basically the line is: We have a big problem with the lack of Arabic content online, with it [...]

The Gap Between Generations

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. – George Orwell Simply said, but very true and represents experiences we’ve all surely had with people from the generation before us; whether parents, relatives, teachers or others; and the experiences we’re [...]

Privacy In A World Of Online Social Networks

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Privacy is a really hot issue these days with many people debating how this or that online social network, of which so many have popped up everywhere, is violating our privacy and exposing us to the whole world against our will. Of course, user privacy is not an issue to be taken lightly, and should [...]

links for 2010-05-14

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls (tags: mobile phone data trends) SCVNGR, A New Entry Into the World of Location-Based Games (tags: scvngr location game service Internet) Yahoo! to open source floating Google-Amazon crossbreed Interesting initiative from Yahoo! to open source internal cloud serving platform. (tags: yahoo! cloud platform technology server) 65,000 [...]

links for 2010-05-11

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Top 25 Open Source Project Management Apps

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