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Musings on tech and more from a cafe in the Middle East
via theoatmeal.com Things you probably never knew about beer, or maybe you did but it's a good read early in the week.
via techfluff.tv Not a fan of second rate newspapers, but this has to be one of the coolest ads I've seen in a while! Enjoy.
Despite recording significant growth, the Venture Capital industry in China is set to get a further boost thanks to a new plan announced by the Chinese Central government to channel VC funds to innovative companies with high-growth potential. VC investments in China recorded significant growth quarter-on-quarter, almost tripling from $211 Million (1.4 Billion Yuan) in the second quarter to $630 Million (4.3 Billion Yuan) in the third quarter of this year. A statement issued by the National Development and Reform...
via youtube.com A brilliant video that just makes me happy every time I watch it... Check it out, pretty cool!
Almost a decade ago I worked on what, at the time, was called an eBusiness Strategy for a telecommunications company in the GCC, and one of the our most exciting findings was the potential the web had on integrating women into the workforce in some of the more conservative societies. Our findings, while interesting, never did match the reality on the ground. That's not to say that there aren't female entrepreneurs in the region. In fact a member of the founding team at Bayt, one of the most successful start-ups...
Yamli, which means dictate in Arabic, is a tool that allows you to type in Arabic script without using an Arabic keyboard. An updated version of the popular Smart Keyboard, has just been released. The update, still in Beta, introduces rich text features and an improved interface. They say that necessity is the mother of all invention, and Yamli is an absolute testament to that. During the war in Lebanon, in the summer of 2006, the team behind Yamli realized that most of the news coming out of Lebanon was in Arabic...
via huffingtonpost.com Okay, this is just the funniest video I've seen: Williams on Palin.
Summary of this site There are now approx. 100,000 iPhone applications available on the App Store. Apple has a secret, undocumented, unquestionable, semi-random process for deciding which applications to “allow” onto the deck. This site aims to document and share all known examples of what is ACTUALLY rejected via apprejections.com Hilarious website, well I find it funny, tracking Apple's rejection of apps. The website's curator just had his own app rejected by Apple.
Dubai shock after debt standstill call By Simeon Kerr in Dubai and Jennifer Hughes in London Published: November 25 2009 20:48 | Last updated: November 25 2009 22:29 Into the storm: Dubai rode the wave of easy credit during the boom years and investors had been reassured by soothing messages from officials on the emirate’s debt position Dubai has shocked investors by asking for a debt standstill at Dubai World, the government’s flagship holding company that has developed some of the world’s most extravagant real...
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