Alexander McNabb

Ka-Choo! Sharjah’s Mystery Radar Shooter Still At Large

Ka-Choo! Sharjah’s Mystery Radar Shooter Still At Large

As eagle eyed observers will recall from earlier posts, Sharjah has been suffering from a mysterious and expensive spate of radar shootings. Someone has been regularly taking out the traffic radars on the Mileiha Road – the arterial route that leads from the notorious National Paints parkabout all the way out to the delightful East […]

 Crossroads Arabia

Faking News: It’s All Too Easy In The Digital Age

Faking News: It’s All Too Easy In The Digital Age

CROSSROADS ARABIA: The practice is as old as news itself but faking news has become a lot easier with new technology

 Alexander McNabb

Tweet Your Way Into Trouble: Social Media Dilemma

Tweet Your Way Into Trouble: Social Media Dilemma

ALEXANDER MCNABB: We have these incredibly powerful technologies which allow us to broadcast to the world as soon as a thought enters our head.

 Juan Cole

The Rise and Rise of Solar Power: Everyone’s Getting It

The Rise and Rise of Solar Power: Everyone’s Getting It

JUAN COLE: The precipitous fall in the cost of generating solar power has resulted in traditionally oil-dependent nations such as Saudi Arabia investing heavily in it for domestic power production.

 Steve Royston

‘Oh, How It Used To Be’: The Fate Awaiting Yahoo

‘Oh, How It Used To Be’: The Fate Awaiting Yahoo

STEVE ROYSTON: As Yahoo slips into ‘tech-middle-age’ its leaders must adapt to a reality or face inevitable extinction

 Alexander McNabb

‘Samsung, Please Release Me from My Touchpad Hell’

‘Samsung, Please Release Me from My Touchpad Hell’

ALEXANDER MCNABB: Oh yes, you might think it’s simple – turn off the touchpad button perhaps. My odyssey through user support says otherwise

 Alexander McNabb

The Day I Was Deleted: A Blogger’s Nightmare Realised

The Day I Was Deleted: A Blogger’s Nightmare Realised

ALEXANDER MCNABB: There I was – gone, an-ex blogger, deleted, an online non-entity. It was the ultimate social media, Kafka-esque nightmare.

 Alexander McNabb

An Object Lesson in How Not to Use Technology

An Object Lesson in How Not to Use Technology

ALEXANDER MCNABB: I know it shouldn’t annoy me. I’ve been here long enough. I know how things work. Or don’t. But I couldn’t help the fury rising.

 Susan Al Shahri

Time To Grow Up and Ditch The Technology

Time To Grow Up and Ditch The Technology

SUSAN AL SHAHRI: ‘My name is Susan and I’m a techno-holic’. I’m well on the way, though, to solving my problem

 Common Ground News Service

Initiative ‘Offers Hope’ to Female Saudi Job Seekers

Initiative ‘Offers Hope’ to Female Saudi Job Seekers

LULUA ASAAD, CGNEWS: Here’s a shocking statistic – 60% of Saudi women with a Phd are unemployed. What’s to be done?

 Alexander McNabb

Nol Cards and the Future of Money

Nol Cards and the Future of Money

ALEXANDER MCNABB: You’ll have a clash between the RTA, telcos and banks: Who will ‘own’ mobile money? Suddenly the Nol card becomes really interesting.

 Steve Royston

2012 and Beyond: The Many Reasons to be Both Fearful – and Cheerful

2012 and Beyond: The Many Reasons to be Both Fearful – and Cheerful

STEVE ROYSTON looks at the arts, society, education, politics, business, technology and the environment as we move into 2012, the Year of Fear’.

 David Roberts

Iran’s Capture of the U.S. Stealth RQ 170: Let Speculation Begin on the Fallout

Iran’s Capture of the U.S. Stealth RQ 170: Let Speculation Begin on the Fallout

DAVID ROBERTS: Certainly, this is a blow for the U.S. When grainy footage emerges from China of a wing shaped UAV taking off, we’ll know how much so.

 David Westley

News Analysis: Google Mulls Yahoo! Bid

News Analysis: Google Mulls Yahoo! Bid

NEWS ANALYSIS: Google is the dominant search company, Yahoo! is the number one display advertising company – combined it’s a solid gold ATM.

 Alexander McNabb

Gitex: Not Just a Trade Show, Part of Dubai Itself

Gitex: Not Just a Trade Show, Part of Dubai Itself

ALEXANDER MCNABB: The miracle is that it’s still with us at all – all the other great horizontal computer shows barring Hanover’s CeBIT have tanked.

 Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

People, Not Technology, are Agents for Change

People, Not Technology, are Agents for Change

SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Let’s not diminish the creativity and courage of the Arab Spring by attributing great sacrifice to amorphous, faceless technology.

 Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

My name is Shelina and I Want an IPad 2 (and bag, and…)

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.

 Common Ground News Service

The Day My Vote Counted: A Trip Worth Making

The Day My Vote Counted: A Trip Worth Making

HODA OSMAN: How far will you go to exercise your new-found ability to vote? I’ll tell you how far – 5,621 miles which is the distance from New York to Cairo

 Crossroads Arabia

Conspiracies and Prejudice: Getting A Grip

Conspiracies and Prejudice: Getting A Grip

CROSSROADS ARABIA: People owe it to themselves and their fellow men to not feed the animals that inhabit all our inner beings.

 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.