Egypt Will this social network maintain your privacy? More social networks outside of Facebook? (Images via Begether) According to the US-based tech news site The Information Facebook users... Eman Mostafa • 26 May, 2016 Begether Chaino privacy
Regional Kelly Hoey on the power of networks to create opportunity [WamdaTV] At last week’s ArabNet Beirut conference, Wamda caught up with Kelly Hoey, the New York-based startup mentor, community-building expert, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 March, 2015 team culture arabnet beirut 2015 kelly hoey
Regional LinkedIn launches Arabic platform LinkedIn has launched an Arabic version of its social networking website that allows new users to register in Arabic and existing users to... Wamda • 18 February, 2015 Arab region LinkedIn Social Networks
4 ways to engage your Twitter audience this Ramadan It’s that time of year again: Ramadan. During this period, many online startups look back to their last year’s analytics to try to make the ... Maya Rahal • 03 July, 2014 Rackspace the online project TOP
An Emirates-developed screenshot sharing app makes a flashing success Smartphone users are becoming increasingly addicted to sharing screenshots from their mobile devices, as opposed to links that require... Ahmed Gabr • 19 February, 2014 sharing screenshots Social Networks
Et3arraf, the Middle East-focused dating site, announces $150,000 USD fundraising round With his French business school diploma and his job at an international consulting firm, Cédric Maalouf was following the same path that ... Aline Mayard • 09 January, 2014 Dating service Seeqnce Social Networks
What You Look Like to a Social Network [Infographic] Facebook makes a lot of us feel warm and fuzzy; if commenting on ‘life event’ photos and smugly stalking friends and family halfway around ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 December, 2013 privacy tumblr twitter
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 Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest? There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to... Reine Farhat • 27 October, 2013 Funding Social Networks Marketing
LINE readies for a $28 billion IPO; could it overtake Whatsapp in the Arab world? While the tech world is hotly anticipating Twitter's IPO, which could happen before the end of the year at a valuation of around $16... Maya Rahal • 21 October, 2013 Social Networks Mobile
LinkedIn goes Orientalist with new Middle East infographic LinkedIn's new infographic doesn't tell you much you won't know already, if you've read their recent data on the Middle East, but it does... Nina Curley • 09 October, 2013 LinkedIn Social Networks
Can the Arab region keep up with the rise of the social media profession? [Infographic] Social media use has exploded over the past few years, so much so that today, a "social media manager" is taken for granted as a job... Maya Rahal • 08 October, 2013 LinkedIn Infographic Social Networks
Avoid these 10 mistakes that could ruin your company's reputation For small businesses, reputation is everything. A report recently published by O2 shows that 72% of consumers will not forgive a small... Muhanad Sabha • 02 October, 2013 reputation Social Networks
Don't overthink your startup's social media strategy If I had a dollar for every time I heard, “I want our social media to be exactly like Just Falafel. I know we are not in the s... Darine Sabbagh • 18 September, 2013 Social Networks Social Media
Jidari: A sneak peek at an alternative to Facebook from Egypt Nowadays it's safe to say everyone wants to be the next Facebook, but going head to head with the behemoth on its home turf is something... Omar Aysha • 15 September, 2013 Social Networks Facebook
A look at Twitter's IPO: what will change? Twitter’s IPO, which it announced last week, is one of the most hotly anticipated IPOs since Facebook. After announcing via tweet that t... Nina Curley • 16 September, 2013 twitter IPOs Social Networks
This is the state of Twitter in 2013, while on the verge of a potential IPO [Infographic] Seven years after its launch, Twitter is on the verge of an IPO. Even though both CEO Dick Costolo and cofounder Jack Dorsey have denied... Maya Rahal • 12 September, 2013 twitter Infographic Social Networks
Mobile app MummyChitChats helps mothers in Egypt, UAE, and Saudi “It all started as a BBM group with friends who became moms around the same time and were eager for help and advice,” says young Egyptian e... Maya Rahal • 08 September, 2013 Social Networks Women
How a grad student is tackling the Yemeni market with a wildly unfocused Islamic Google+ clone Launching a new social network in the age of Facebook is difficult. But entrepreneurs seem to be having an easier time of it, in a market... Maya Rahal • 13 August, 2013 Islamic products Social Networks Social Media
Global If you want resume or career advice, these two new job portals can help Unemployment remains one of the most persistent problems in the Middle East; more than 26% of young people in the region remain without... Ahmed Gabr • 18 August, 2013 CV Job Creation Social Networks
Can this Jordanian startup revolutionize social networking using voice? Sowt could be called Twitter for audiophiles. As a social network based upon short voice recordings, this Jordan-based platform (whose... Ola Doudin • 31 July, 2013 Social Networks Social Media
What happens online every 60 seconds [Infographic] While you're taking a full minute to Google "grumpy cat," Amazon just made $83,000 in sales, 571 new websites were created, and 1.4 million ... Maya Rahal • 30 July, 2013 Social Networks Social Media Digital Media
How customers connect with brands on social networks [Infographic] For startups looking to better market their products and engage with consumers, mastering social media is key. According to a recent study... Ahmed Gabr • 01 August, 2013 Infographic Social Networks Social Media
How Jordanians are using the internet [Infographic] Although internet penetration in Jordan is only around 48%, those who do use the internet have been incredibly active. Of the 1.5 million... Ahmed Gabr • 29 July, 2013 Internet growth Jordan Social Networks