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Google Incites Muslim Women to Throw Off Veil – Claim

Google Incites Muslim Women to Throw Off Veil – Claim

AMERICAN BEDU: When Google decided to celebrate dancer Martha Graham’s birthday with an animation little did it understand the furore it would cause in Saudi…

 Alexander McNabb

The Wild Web: The Super Injunction v.s. The Net

The Wild Web: The Super Injunction v.s. The Net

ALEXANDER MCNABB: Twitter, Google et al argue they are a medium. Suing them for the content on their networks would be like suing a telco for something someone said…

 Alexander McNabb

Internet Privacy? No Chance – You’re Being Tracked…

Internet Privacy? No Chance – You’re Being Tracked…

ALEXANDER MCNABB: It would do as well to be aware that you’re now essentially a public figure. And you’re leaving footprints behind all the time…

 Alexander McNabb

For Real News Tweet All About It…

For Real News Tweet All About It…

ALEXANDER MCNABB: Presumably GN felt it couldn’t use the word ‘Jewish’, but I do feel misled… Context and analysis? I’d rather trust Twitter…

 M.-Lynx-Qualey

The Top 100 – and Five – Arabic Novels

The Top 100 – and Five – Arabic Novels

M. LYNX-QUALEY: The Arab Writers Union has listed the Top 100 Arabic novels. Puzzling, annoying, lists such as this are nevertheless fun.

 Steve Royston

Thoughts On Blogging – How to Start, And Why?

Thoughts On Blogging – How to Start, And Why?

STEVE ROYSTON: You could say that I’ve now entered my next career. Not a hobby – because I do earn money – but an activity entirely under my control, and in which money is not the prime motivation.

 SuhaibWebb

Online Dating: A Muslim Guide on How to Be Safe

Online Dating: A Muslim Guide on How to Be Safe

MUNIRA LEKOVIC EZZELDINE, SUHAIBWEBB: With Muslims turning to online dating sites what are the pros and cons of establishing a relationship via the Web.

 James M. Dorsey

Comment on Palestinian Emerges as Israeli Soccer Star by James M. Dorsey

I suggest you check on Google or otherwise who won the 2003-4 Israel Cup

 Steve Royston

A Billion Images is Worth a Trillion Words

A Billion Images is Worth a Trillion Words

STEVE ROYSTON: If it is possible to build a Wikipedia in ten years, is it not also possible to build a disciplined, structured resource that delivers images – both moving and static – in a similar manner?

 Steve Royston

Labour: The GCC’s Most Dangerous Addiction

Labour: The GCC’s Most Dangerous Addiction

STEVE ROYSTON: Low-paid migrant workers keep their host countries running by doing the jobs that the locals refuse to do. Their presence is resented by many.

 Alexander McNabb

Google and Ghonim: The Horns of a Dilemma

Google and Ghonim: The Horns of a Dilemma

ALEXANDER MCNABB: The best outcome for the corporate people at Google would probably be a quiet resignation and a few public words thanking Google and exonerating it of involvement.

 Sultan Al Qassemi

Egypt and Zolm: The Road From Revolt to Change

Egypt and Zolm: The Road From Revolt to Change

SULTAN AL QASSEMI: If the Egypt uprising of 2011 can be summed up in a single word, it is zolm, defined as “oppression, tyranny, inequity, unfairness, injustice, abuse”.

 Carrington Malin

Ten 10 Predictions for Digital in the MidEast, 2011

Ten 10 Predictions for Digital in the MidEast, 2011

CARRINGTON MALIN: Some of our predictions may seem a little obvious and some may seem a little extreme, but all should provide food for thought.

 Alexander McNabb

Etisalat Plans – Mickey Mouse, but less Friendly

Etisalat Plans – Mickey Mouse, but less Friendly

ALEXANDER MCNABB: My plan? What plan? It was called ‘Mubashir’ because nobody knew what 3G was (“I don’t understand what 3G is!” “No problem, take this! It’s called Mubashir!” “What is it?” “3G”).

 David Roberts

Arabian Gulf vs. Persian Gulf – Google’s Match Report

Arabian Gulf vs. Persian Gulf – Google’s Match Report

DAVID ROBERTS: I looked first, sorry my angry Iranian friends, for Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf. Though you easily irascible fellows ought to be pleased…

 Steve Royston

GCC Youth and the False Goal of ‘Being Management’

GCC Youth and the False Goal of ‘Being Management’

STEVE ROYSTON: The parents of many in the GCC instill in their sons and daughters (particularly sons) the idea that the only respectable career is management.

 Alexander McNabb

The Future’s Coming, Please Tell the UAE’s Telcos

The Future’s Coming, Please Tell the UAE’s Telcos

ALEXANDER MCNABB – Technology has allowed us to speak to each other in ways unimaginable five years ago. The telco operators in the Middle East, however, don’t appear to have caught on yet.

 Alexander McNabb

Telcos & Disintermediation: Slow Motion Car Crash

Telcos & Disintermediation: Slow Motion Car Crash

Telcos are staring looming disintermediation in the face and don’t have the faintest clue what to do about it.

 David Westley

VOIP imminence claim rings hollow

VOIP imminence claim rings hollow

According to UAE based Arabic newspaper Al Ittihad, UAE’s telecom service providers Etisalat and du will launch Voice Over Internet Protocol services by the end of 2010.

 Alexander McNabb

Google Voice, Censorship, Media Idiocy

Google Voice, Censorship, Media Idiocy

There has been a great deal of concern and speculation this week regarding a possible move against Google by the UAE’s telecom regulator, the TRA. Much of this concern has been triggered by appalling journalism…