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 [...]
23 Mar
David Banes, Deputy Director of Mada, Qatar’s Assistive Technology Center, shares his latest insights on assistive technologies with us! People all around the world will be celebrating the 5th birthday of Twitter this week. Here in Qatar, tweeps (term used to describe Twitter users) will be getting together at Aspire Park for the Doha Twestival. Like many others [...]
16 Mar
For many of us, social media is the way we receive our news and watch events unfold. We know what is going on from Tweets, Facebook posts, virally spreading YouTube videos and photostreams on Flickr. This is true of profound events, such as the revolutions in the Arab world and the tsunami in Japan, but [...]
15 Feb
The GSMA Mobile World Congress has launched into full motion, with two very interesting keynotes on the first full day. Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Office of Microsoft, gave a sneak preview of Windows phone with IE9 during his keynote. Trust me – it will be competition for the iPhone! Microsoft also gave a demonstration of some [...]
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