Social Media: Are Brands Getting the Revolution?
ALLAN BIGGAR: The path is now open for a consumer revolution where a new generation will be more influenced by their social-network contacts than by traditional marketing messages.…
My name is Shelina and I Want an IPad 2 (and bag, and…)
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: So now I have to decide: gadget or face goo? Both are about good looks and sleek finishes. The marketing hype for each tells me that I can’t live without either. …
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.…
Ambition, Inspiration a Heady Scent at ArabNet
ALEXANDER MCNABB: I went to the event with high expectations and they were, in the main, met, matched and knocked out of the field. This is now a crucial regional event.…
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?…
Social Media’s Rise: A PR Blessing, And A Curse
HAYDEN SUTHERLAND, ANDREW MACKAY: Social and digital media are changing traditional comms, giving rise to new communicators.…
#iheartsyria: A New Hashtag That Has Hit A Nerve
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Tweeting positive stuff about Syria is a depressing business - I seem to hit a reflexive 'kick me'. That's why the success of this new hashtag came as a bit of a surprise...…
New Urgency For Anti Cyber Censorship Day
NASEEM TARAWNAH: We have seen just what happens at the hands of the Internet. We have witnessed the possibilities and seen them realized in countries like Tunisia and Egypt...…
Another Blogger Held as Syria Tightens Grip
MICH CAFE, F.NAJIA: Syrian Military Security this week arrested another native blogger, Ahmad Abul-Khair, on his way back to Damascus from the coastal city of Banias. …
#Egypt Wakes up Global Media Outlets to Arabic
NATASHA TYNES: Events in Egypt have woken up global media to the importance of Arabic, especially in social media and communications with their audiences.…
