As of late, a couple organizations campaigning for faster internet in Lebanon have been birthed. One of them, Ontornet (a play on the Arabic ‘Ontor’, colloquial Lebanese Arabic for “wait for the net”), has already started to gather quite the buzz locally and internationally. Lebanon has one of the slowest internet connections in the world. […]
It’s a good day for us in social media when we see it being used for social good. It’s an even better day for us in the Arab world, when we see it being used to help each other out. Let’s face it, there is A LOT of negativity floating around the web, lots of […]
“When you are walking, walk. When you are sitting, sit.” – Buddha We all know not to drink and drive. Correction: Most of us know not to drink and drive. What would your answers be when posed with the question would you drink and write? Perhaps writing a love letter is different, but when it […]
From revolutions to natural disasters, social media is playing a massive role. From initial awareness of such events, to raising awareness and funds, as well as reconnecting loved ones together, there is no doubt Twitter and Facebook are a life line to many around the world. Going into details about the ‘revolutionary’ role of Social […]
As mentioned in last week’s post, 2011 is predicted to be the year of Digital in the MENA region and arguably the rest of the world. At a time when anything and everything digital is booming, so are Digital Agencies (or New Media Agencies): Any business that delivers internet based creative and technological development services […]
2011 is expected by many in the industry to be the year to see the highest levels of digital and online advertising, especially in the MENA region. 2010 already saw record highs in the amounts of mobile, social, video and dynamic advertising. The rapid growth of technologies has played a major part in the growth […]
Flashback 1991- Waking up in the morning, birds chirping, having breakfast and listening to the gentle crackle of the newspaper s the parents are flipping through whilst sipping their coffees. The doorbell rings. It’s the postal delivery man with a few lovely (handwritten) letters from friends and family all over the world. The exact kind […]
Steering away from Social Media in Politics, this post will discuss Social Media in Business. It is no secret that when it comes to advertising, Facebook is the go to place for promoting brands. A new Facebook trend on the scene now is ‘pop up’ stores (example: Roots), literally popping up all over Europe and […]
In last week’s blog post ‘Online Activism: Social Media & Politics’, we took a bird’s eye view of the situation in the region as a whole, and how Social Media tools were assisting in organizing protests and demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Jordan and other parts of the middle east. In the past week, shortly […]
The recent events in Egypt mirror the uprising in Tunisia just a couple of weeks ago. Those events in turn remind us of similar anti-government protests in Iran in 2009. The thing that they all have in common, and that stands out, is that all were instigated online through social networks. Online activism in the […]
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