Wamda

Palestinian iPhone App for Prayer Launches

This week, those looking to connect with their community have a new tool at hand. AnaBasalli, a mobile application and web platform...

Mobile Apps

Microsoft Imagine Cup UAE Announces Winner

Microsoft's Imagine Cup, a competition inviting software developers around the world to "imagine a world where technology helps solve the...

Competitions Environment Mobile Apps

Mowgli Releases Research Briefing On Mentoring for Entrepreneurship

This December, The Mowgli Foundation released Mentoring And Entrepreneurship: A Natural Fit For Learning, a five page white paper that...

Mobile Apps

Livestream of Flat6Labs' Mobile Gaming Class

Want to build the next big game? Train by watching Flat6Labs's new mobile gaming classes, which will be held for the next 3 weeks, over 9...

Mobile Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming

12 Mobile Predictions for 2012 from Google at Arabnet

Mobile was one of the biggest buzzwords during Arabnet 2012, and this talk from Ahmad Hamzawi (@ahamzawi), Google’s Head of New Business D...

Arabnet Google Mobile

Beirutna: A Platform To Locate, Socialize and Share Favorite Places In Lebanon

A couple of years ago, four young Lebanese became frustrated enough by the lack of restaurant guides in Beirut that they spent a month...

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps

Looking for an Affordable Place to Go Out in Cairo? No5rog Has Answers

Two months ago, young Egyptian entrepreneur Kirolos Alfy pitched online entertainment guide No5rog at Startup Weekend Cairo, and...

Mobile Apps

Prayer, Media, and Gaming Apps Win at the Innovation Theatre Competition at QITCOM

After 10 teams pitched their ideas yesterday at the Innovation Theatre, in a competition hosted by Potential at QITCOM, the 5 team that...

Education Gaming Mobile

Diabetes Prevention App for Qatar Wins Vodafone Appathon at QITCOM

Over the past 48 hours, 13 teams hustled to build working mobile apps during the Appathon hosted by Vodafone Qatar and supported by...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Yahoo! Maktoob's New Geo-Located Events Concept Battuta Revealed at QITCOM

Of the pitches that I saw today in the TechZone at QITCOM, Qatar's IT-dedicated conference, one that stood out was Yahoo's forward-thinking...

Digital Media Mobile Mobile Apps

Going Mobile: Are You Ready to Put the “m” in “www”?

Looking for recent movie information? If you go to imdb.com on a smartphone to research this information, you’ll be welcomed by a mobile o...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Egyptian Location-Based Mobile App Nasy Increases Civil Society Engagement

The Middle East has, undoubtedly, seen some changes in the past few months. One of the most noticeable changes is engagement with local...

Mobile Apps

How a Self-Taught Young Iraqi Developer Hit #1 in Saudi Arabia

When young Iraqi developer Ammar al Issa first started building iPhone applications for kids in his free time, he didn't expect...

Mobile Apps

6 Ways a User-Generated Recipe Site Became a Success in Saudi Arabia

Sometimes becoming the biggest recipe website in Saudi Arabia is not enough. For the creators of Shahiya, an Arabic recipe portal, creating...

Mobile Apps

Virtual Closet App DressBox Wins Microsoft DevCamp Competition

With every startup competition lately seeming to feature iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, and Android apps, watching a series of developers pitch...

Fashion Mobile Apps

Tired of Political News ADD? Just-Launched Egyptian Mobile App Brings You Smart Aggregation

With all that’s going on in Egypt, staying on top of political developments can be all-consuming. When grazing on today’s media buffet, it’...

Mobile Apps

Mobile App Startup Localizes Daily Deals in Malaysia [Wamda TV]

In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Fadzli Anuar, the founder of Voucheres, a mobile app for local ad promotion based in ...

Daily Deals Mobile Mobile Apps

Gaza Startup Builds Creative Arabic Mobile Apps [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] Palestinian entrepreneurs Abed Al Hamid Al Fioumi and Mohammed Belbol started Sanabel to build technical solutions in Palestine, i...

Animation Arabic Content Digital Media

Zoboon App Rewards Brand Loyalty Across Cairo

Egyptian startup Zoboon is creating a city-wide loyalty program for Cairo’s consumers. To simplify the process of tracking the v...

Analytics Digital Advertising Egypt

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 23-27

This week has been all about inspiration, and what it takes to foster a work environment that encourages creativity. How do you do it? Pic ...

Airlines E-commerce Egypt

Can an Egyptian Mobile App Make Daily Deals Smarter? AlZwad Launches Dealazion

As the region witnesses the departure of LivingSocial and rumors that Jabbar is looking to sell Cobone, one startup in Egypt is pushing...

Daily Deals Mobile Mobile Apps

Game Minion Seeks to Level the Playing Field for Indie Game Developers

Independent developers have long competed with large publishing houses in the realm of game development, often outmatched by greater...

Gaming Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming

It's the AppAttack!

If you're an app developer with a creative streak and a thirst for innovation, this competition is for you. The Global Mobile Internet...

Competitions Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming

Building Out-of-the-Box Business Applications: Emad Ayyash Of What Is Next? [Wamda TV]

Emad Ayyash, co-founder of “What is Next?”, speaks about the platform he created to help businesses build their own online applications wit...

Arabnet Mobile Apps

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