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The State of the Internet in 2012 [Presentation]

Henry Blodget and Alex Cocotas from Business Insider’s BI Intelligence team have assembled a detailed overview of the U.S. and global digita...

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Developing Mobile And Web Games: Abdullah Hamed of GameTako [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] Abdullah Hamed, founder and CEO of GameTako, discusses the big move into mobile games, and advises games developers not to start...

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The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, Part 1 [Wamda TV]

At our June event, CoE E-Commerce, Abed Agha, Founder and CEO of Vinelab, moderated a panel on The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical ...

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Weekly Wrap-Up: September 30 - October 04

This week, we've highlighted a number of startups that keep on setting the bar higher for themselves. What drives you to go further? Pic of ...

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10 Arab Gaming Startups to Watch

This week we highlight some of MENA’s most creative gaming startups. These innovative ventures transport players into new worlds to o...

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Game Cooks Hits #1 Around the Globe with New Mobile Game Deja Vu

Lebanese-based gaming startup Game Cooks recently launched Deja Vu, a new mobile game designed to test a gamer’s memory and reaction t...

Mobile Gaming

Wizards Productions Continues to Go Global, Announcing Partnership with Tapjoy, Acceleration with YetiZen

After announcing a pivot into mobile gaming and a deal with leading international publisher 6waves, Wizards Productions is continuing to...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

Entrepreneur of the Week: Sohaib Thiab of Wizards Productions [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week, Sohaib Thiab, founded game development Wizards Productions along with Hussam Hammo and Afif Toukan in ...

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Weekly Wrap-Up: September 02-06

It’s finally Thursday and time for our Weekly Wrap-Up! If you're game for taking your business to the next level, don't miss this week's to...

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Entrepreneur of the Week: Nour Khrais of Jordanian Gaming Studio Maysalward [Wamda TV]

This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Nour Khrais of Jordanian gaming development studio Maysalward, one of the first game development...

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Trends in Gaming in the Middle East Market: Alex Tho Seeth, Formerly of Travian Games [Wamda TV]

Alexander Tho Seeth of monetizer.com, a company that helps digital content companies enter the Middle East market, discusses why German...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

N2V Announces First StartAppz Investment in Mobile App Startup iAraby

N2V has announced investment in Arabic mobile developer company iAraby, via its mobile investment vehicle and accelerator,...

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Does Peace in the Middle East Need Bombs? A Look at Game Cooks' New iPhone Game

Brothers Lebnan and Arz Nader, half of the team behind this year's biggest gaming success Birdy Nam Nam, are releasing a new iPhone game...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

Jordanian Gaming Studio Wizards Productions Pivots into Mobile

2012 marks a new era for Wizards Productions, which today announced a publishing agreement with 6waves, a leading international social and...

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Wixel Studios to Return to Arabic Mobile Games with New Investment

When Wixel Studios was started by Ziad Fehali, Reine Abbas and Karim Abi Saleh in 2007, it was one of the first companies to appear...

Mobile Gaming

Will Jordan's My Marbles be the next Angry Birds? TakTek Games Inks Deal with Chillingo

Amman-based TakTek Games has secured a breakthrough deal this week, signing with U.K.-based mobile publishing giant Chillingo, which...

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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...

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twofour54 Abu Dhabi and Ubisoft Debut Arabic Video Game Studio

Investment vehicle twofour54 has announced the opening of the first major video game studio in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with French video...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

Building a gamer community for women in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

At Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh, we chatted with Tasneem Salim, the cofounder of GCON, a community and annual conference for female gamers a...

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A Tour of Wixel Studios in Lebanon: Launching Survival Race [Wamda TV]

Note: Wixel Studios has since changed the game’s name from Abou Ahmad the Arabian (AAA) to Survival Race. Today, Wixel Studios in Lebanon l...

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Entrepreneur of the Week: Walid Sultan Midani of DigitalMania in Tunisia [Wamda TV]

After overcoming a lack of game development skills in Tunisia, Walid Sultan Midani, the founder of DigitalMania, is throwing a dose of...

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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...

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Turkish Gaming Startup ArcadeMonk Turns to the Arab World [Wamda TV]

During the Webrazzi Summit, we chatted with Omer Ersoy from ArcadeMonk, a social and mobile Turkish gaming company, about their stategy...

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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...

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