Category: User Experience

26 Jul

10 Reasons Why We Want Arabic Hashtags on Twitter!

by Mina Nagy

If you are an Arabic speaker and on Twitter, you’ve probably come across the increasing demands from the Arabic-speaking community in Qatar and the Arab world for Twitter to start supporting Arabic hashtags. With the #letstweetinarabic movement going strong in Qatar and spreading in other Arab countries, Twitter is increasingly becoming a hub for quality [...]

26 May

QITCOM Keynote By Guy Kawasaki A Crash Course On Successful Innovation

by Anirudh Sharma

In her address at the opening of QITCOM 2011 ictQATAR’s inaugural Conference and Exhibition, Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber described Guy Kawasaki as “one of the true visionaries of our industry” and said that he is “a clear thinker and an innovator, and I am sure we can all learn from him.” Kawasaki, keynote speaker at QITCOM, [...]

19 Apr

Qatar’s ICT Landscape Report: Not Just Crunching Numbers!

by Anirudh Sharma

Do you feel elated that Qatar has moved 5 places up to be the 25th most networked ready-nations in the world? Before you answer, remember that this piece of news is based on hard facts gathered and analyzed by the Global Information and Technology Report 2010-2011. Honestly, being ranked 25th out of 138 developed and [...]

11 Apr

Access for All? It’s a never ending story, just ask Mickey!

by Brian Wesolowski

David Banes, Deputy Director of Mada, Qatar’s Assistive Technology Center, shares his latest insights on assistive technologies with us! Earlier this year I had the opportunity to travel to Orlando in the American state of Florida for a major assistive technology conference. The conference was a success despite the hotel catching fire and a tornado touching down in [...]

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