A look at Islamic banking consumption in the UAE [Report] In the UAE, almost 60% of the population holds at least one Islamic Banking product, according to a recent survey of 5,300 UAE residents... Glen Dalakian II • 26 November, 2013 Banks Islamic products Financial systems
AstroLabs partners with Blackbox to send a Middle Eastern startup to Silicon Valley AstroLabs, the startup workshop series, is now joining ranks with the organizations working to connect startups in the Middle East with... Wamda • 26 November, 2013 tim draper blackbox silicon valley
Will Qatari startups adopt a more flexible work environment? Flexibility has been a hot topic in 21st century office culture. In February, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer controversially curtailed her... Ahmed Gabr • 25 November, 2013 working culture office hours office culture
8 leading startups get connected with Silicon Valley at MENA Innovation DemoDay Despite the instabilities at home, Egyptian startups are gaining global recognition for their innovations lately; it’s not just that I... Akram Dweikat • 25 November, 2013 techwadi palinno disrupt
How are teenagers using social networks? Can Shots of Me surpass Facebook? Shots of Me, the new social network for selfies (photos taken of oneself), has famously raised $1.1 million USD in a seed-funding round... Aline Mayard • 25 November, 2013 shots of me teenagers Social Networks
Global 6 of the hottest smartwatches: fashion trend or smartphone alternative? In 1973, Motorola introduced the first wireless "hand-held cell phone." Twenty years later, in 1993, IBM and American... Reine Farhat • 25 November, 2013 wearables smartphones Trends
Activity-tracking app wins at Startup Weekend Doha as women attend in record numbers An activity monitoring mobile application, created by a team that included two high school students, won first prize in the... Christina Paschyn • 24 November, 2013 Startup Weekend
StartupYourLife, the community that’s shaking up the Moroccan startup scene “Countries from all around the world look up to Silicon Valley as if it were the heart of innovation; they’re all getting the... Aline Mayard • 24 November, 2013 startupyourlife morocco events
4 trends shaping the future of mobile The future is mobile, and the future for mobile is apps. Advertising, video and image sharing, and mobile retail are all gaining traction... Ahmed Gabr • 24 November, 2013 tech mobile advertising Technology
Weekly Wrap-Up: November 17-21 Join us on the Wamda Plane for a free trip to our Saudi blogger meetup! We're getting closer to our first Mix N' Mentor in Jeddah, and... Wamda • 21 November, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Wamda CEO wins Media Creativity Award In a bit of Wamda news today, our CEO Habib Haddad, founder of translation technology Yamli, was awarded in Media Creativity by NGO Arab T... Wamda • 21 November, 2013
Egyptian startup Integreight looks to crowdfund its award-winning Arduino shield In today’s unstable economic and political climate, in which Egyptian entrepreneurs struggle to achieve success, the founders of the ... Eman Mostafa • 21 November, 2013 disrupt techcrunch Integreight
How are NGOs perceived on social media in the Arab world? [Infographic] Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Arab world should make good use of social networks to spread their message and increase... Maya Rahal • 21 November, 2013 Nakhweh
Lebanon's Roadie Tuner debuts a device 'three times more accurate than the human ear' Fresh off their stay in China at hardware accelerator HAXLR8R, the Lebanese team behind Roadie Tuner is now set to release its... Glen Dalakian II • 20 November, 2013 haxlr8r china Hardware
GDG Dubai's dbcon In collaboration with MongoBD and Nabbesh, Google Developers Group (GDG) Dubai is hosting dbcon on November 23rd, offering technical and... Wamda • 20 November, 2013 Google
New loyalty program QHat hopes to disrupt marketing in Egypt A new loyalty scheme went live in Egypt that could disrupt the typical model deployed by market leaders like... Omar Aysha • 20 November, 2013
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